HashiChainNews

🔥OpenAI and Cerebras sign procurement agreement worth over $20 billion to obtain up to 10% equity
An exclusive report by The Information says that OpenAI has signed a three-year compute procurement agreement with AI chip company Cerebras, with a value of at least $20 billion—more than double the $10 billion scale disclosed publicly in January of this year. As consideration, OpenAI will receive warrants for a minority stake in Cerebras; if OpenAI’s three-year procurement spending hits the $30 billion cap, the corresponding percentage can rise to 10%. OpenAI also provides Cerebras with about

🔥Former Treasury Secretary Warns of Potential Collapse in U.S. Treasury Market, Calls for Emergency Planning
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson stated about the potential crisis in the U.S. debt market: "Once it happens, the situation will be very severe, and we must be prepared for it."

🔥 Analyst: The crypto market remains in a structural bear market defense state
On April 17, crypto market analyst Axel released a report stating that since early 2026, capital has continuously flowed out of the Bitcoin network, leading to a sustained decline in market capitalization, with the growth rate of market cap never turning positive. The 30-day realized market cap change is still negative (-0.32%), but it has narrowed from -0.54% at the beginning of April, indicating a slowdown in outflows, though a reversal has not yet been confirmed. Axel pointed out that as long as the growth dif

🔥 Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Need to address both rising energy prices and economic slowdown risks, policy making is very challenging
On April 17, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, after attending the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Washington, told reporters that the current situation involves significant shocks caused by rising energy prices, which pose both inflationary and economic slowdown risks. He emphasized that policymakers need to simultaneously address inflation risks triggered by the Middle East conflict and economic slowdown risks, making po

🔥ORDI rises to $10.70, a 24-hour increase of 177%
According to market data, ORDI rose to $10.70, currently quoted at $10.09, with a 24-hour increase of 177%.

🔥The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Resistance Front has issued a warning to ships in the Strait of Mandeb
On April 17, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posted a message on social media saying that a Resistance Front commander revealed that a stern warning had been issued to all commercial and military vessels in the Strait of Mandeb. The warning said, "Starting from noon tomorrow, anyone intending to pass through the Strait of Mandeb must be even more vigilant than at any other time." The message said that the situation in the Strait of Mandeb is entering a new rou

🔥A suspected cluster of addresses belonging to the same entity accumulated an additional 590,000 HYPE, bringing total holdings to 4.11 million HYPE
On April 17, according to monitoring by OnChain Lens, an address purchased 590,900 HYPE through Galaxy Digital’s over-the-counter trading wallet, worth $25.92 million. Currently, there is a cluster made up of 6 wallets, very likely belonging to the same entity, holding a combined 4,114,234 HYPE, worth $180.53 million. These wallets all received HYPE from Galaxy Digital’s over-the-counter trading channels.
#hype

🔥OpenClaw v2026.4.15 Update: The default model has been upgraded to Claude Opus 4.7, and the Google plugin now includes Gemini speech synthesis.
The open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw releases version v2026.4.15, with major updates including directing the Anthropic default model to Claude Opus 4.7 and adding Gemini text-to-speech functionality for the Google plugin.
In terms of security fixes, the trust bypass mechanism for local MEDIA tool results has been adjusted, changing from only recognizing the tool name to strictly binding to the original name of registered built-in tools in

🔥North American listed mining companies sell 32k Bitcoin in Q1, setting a single-quarter record
According to TheMinerMag data, in the first quarter of 2026, publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer sold a total of over 32k BTC, exceeding the total for the entire previous year, and even surpassing the bear market sell-off level triggered by the Terra-Luna collapse in Q2 2022, setting a new quarterly record.
The background for this sell-off is that the key metric measuring miners' profitability, "hashprice," dropped to a

🔥OpenAI releases the first industry-specific model GPT-Rosalind, RNA prediction performance exceeds 95% of human experts
OpenAI has released GPT-Rosalind, their first cutting-edge reasoning model built for specific industries, targeting biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine. Named after scientist Rosalind Franklin, the model is currently available as a research preview on ChatGPT, Codex, and API, exclusively open to qualified U.S. enterprise clients, with no impact on existing quotas during the preview. GPT-Rosalind achieved the highest score among publicly available models on

🔥U.S. stock market’s three major indices rose on Thursday, with cryptocurrency stocks mixed; ETHZ jumped 11.27%
According to reports, on April 17th, the U.S. stock market closed: the Dow rose by an initial 0.2%, the S&P 500 index rose by 0.26%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.36%, with the latter two achieving consecutive gains for 12 straight trading days. Crypto stocks showed mixed performance: Coinbase (COIN) rose 2%, Circle (CRCL) rose 1.84%, Strategy (MSTR) rose 3.76%, Gemini (GEMI) fell 1.22%, Bitmine (BMNR) rose 0.45%, SharpLink Gaming (SBET) rose 2.25%, and Bit Digital (BTBT) fel

🔥Bitcoin short squeeze drives the price above $75k, with liquidation amounts exceeding $283 million
Bitcoin price consolidates between $73k and $75k, with liquidations triggering a short squeeze, but weak spot demand limits the upward momentum.
#btc

🔥Ethereum core researcher Josh Stark leaves the Ethereum Foundation
Josh Stark's departure is the most notable exit event since the Ethereum Foundation's restructuring in the first quarter of 2025.
#eth

🔥Cardano Founder Hoskinson: Quantum Proposals Cannot Save Satoshi's Bitcoin
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated that under the current proposal, it is "impossible" to save all vulnerable Bitcoin from quantum computing.
#ada #btc

🔥The Governor of the Czech National Bank to give a speech on why Bitcoin is included in reserve diversification
Aleš Michl, Governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), has confirmed he will deliver a keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2026 conference titled "Achieving Central Bank Reserve Diversification Through Bitcoin."
The speech is scheduled for 10:20 AM Pacific Time on April 28, at the Nakamoto Stage in the Venetian Resort, Las Vegas.
#btc

🔥Russian Cryptocurrency Exchange Grinex Suspends Trading, Accuses "Western Agents" of $13 Million Attack
Russian cryptocurrency exchange Grinex has suspended trading services following a $13 million attack, claiming that the attack was carried out by "foreign agents."

🔥The federal government's AI applications are surging, but bottlenecks and public concerns threaten the development momentum: Brookings Institution
Reportedly, the U.S. government has rapidly adopted AI tools in recent years, but public doubts about AI and related institutions continue to grow.

🔥Morgan Stanley Digital Asset Head: Cryptocurrency is Becoming Part of the Company’s Daily Business
Morgan Stanley Digital Asset Head Amy Oldenburg stated that demand is divided into direct cryptocurrency exposure and ETFs, forcing the bank to build infrastructure for both simultaneously.

🔥Suspicious Polymarket traders profit $320k from Biden's final pardon bets
Two linked wallets precisely profited from the final minutes of Biden's pardon bets before leaving office, allegedly earning $320k.

🔥Report: The number of bitcoins sold by publicly listed crypto mining companies in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded the total for all of 2025
Mining companies are now divided into two categories: one sells bitcoins to cover operational costs, and the other holds bitcoin reserves to drive future growth.
#btc