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Cosmos Lab's Co-CEO Maghnus Mareneck was cited in Finance Feeds on where tokenization actually stands and what determines whether a chain captures value or just hosts assets. In his own words: "Instit

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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestUnlock Your Personal HTX Airdrop Now Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowBitcoin mining operations in the US are absorbing a 47 percent increase in deployment costs after

Bitcoin mining operations in the US are absorbing a 47 percent increase in deployment costs after Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper stacked on top of an existing 21.6 percent duty on ASIC miners from Southeast Asia, pushing competitive advantage toward mining operations in Kazakhstan, Russia, and other tariff-exempt jurisdictions. Summary A flagship Antminer S21 XP now carries roughly $1,600 in Section 232 metals duties on top of the existing 21.6 percent ASIC reciprocal tariff, bringing the combined tariff burden to approximately 47 percent before any other import fees apply. Mining containers, the steel structures with copper wiring and aluminum ventilation that house industrial deployments, have jumped $10,000 to $25,000 in cost per unit, compounding the hardware tariff impact for any operation scaling new capacity. All-in production costs for publicly listed US miners already averaged approximately $74,600 per bitcoin in late March before the Section 232 tariffs took effect on April 6, meaning the tariff-driven increase could push breakeven costs closer to $82,000 to $85,000. The Section 232 proclamation signed April 2 raised tariffs to 50 percent on products made entirely from steel, aluminum, and copper, and 25 percent on derivative products containing substantial metal content. Mining rigs qualify as derivative products, adding 25 percent to the full customs value of each unit on top of the pre-existing 21.6 percent Southeast Asia ASIC tariff. The tariffs took effect April 6, meaning every hardware order placed after that date is subject to the combined burden. Large miners who stocked inventory ahead of the tariffs, including Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms, and CleanSpark, are partially insulated for now, but each future hardware upgrade cycle becomes relatively more expensive compared to offshore competitors. Bitcoin Mining: Why Th

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Is derivatives activity driving the rally? Perpetual futures activity emerged as the dominant force behind Worldcoin’s latest move. Data showed $78.5 million flowed into perpetual contracts in a singl

Is derivatives activity driving the rally?

Perpetual futures activity emerged as the dominant force behind Worldcoin’s latest move.

Data showed $78.5 million flowed into perpetual contracts in a single day. This accounted for over 30% of total Open Interest [OI], which stood at $253.4 million.

Such concentration pointed to aggressive positioning from traders seeking directional exposure.

The Open Interest-weighted Funding Rates reinforced this bias. At 0.0153%, among the highest this year, it showed long traders paid a premium to hold positions.

This reflected strong bullish sentiment dominating derivatives markets.



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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestBitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Post To Earn BonusPotential New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Cryptocurrency Holdings Revealed Kevin Warsh, one of the names being c

Potential New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Cryptocurrency Holdings Revealed

Kevin Warsh, one of the names being considered for the FED chairmanship, revealed in his financial statements notable investments in technology and cryptocurrency infrastructure.

The publicly available documents, expected to be examined in detail at a Senate hearing next week, show that Warsh was indirectly exposed to early-stage startups.

According to the data released, Warsh’s investments are made through an employment-linked investment vehicle and cover a wide range of technologies. This portfolio includes significant crypto projects such as Compound, which operates in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, Optimism and Blast, which are among the Ethereum Layer-2 solutions, and the Solana ecosystem. In addition, there are investments in various crypto trading infrastructures and investment firms, as well as in different sectors such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology.

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The investment positions detailed in the documents are relatively small-scale and illiquid, and do not generate any reportable income. This suggests that Warsh focuses on indirect investments, similar to venture capital, rather than directly investing in tradable assets.

Nevertheless, the statement is considered one of the most “crypto-focused” financial announcements seen so far from candidates for FED chairman. Warsh’s investment background is expected to be raised during his Senate hearing, particularly in terms of its potential impact on the regulation of digital assets and monetary policy.

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On April 15, according to Sky News, Trump stated that it is 'very likely' he could reach an agreement with Iran before the UK King visits the United States later this month. Trump said, 'It is possibl

Trump: 'Very Likely' to Reach Agreement with Iran Before UK King's Visit to the US

On April 15, Web3 wallet application Zerion revealed that a team member fell victim to an AI social engineering attack linked to North Korean threat actors last week, resulting in the theft of approxi

Zerion Discloses $100,000 Loss Due to North Korean Hacker Attack on Team Member's Device

HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowUnlock Your Personal HTX Airdrop NowEthereum treasury firm Bitmine reports $3.8 billion Q1 loss in latest filing Bitmine Immersion Te

Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine reports $3.8 billion Q1 loss in latest filing

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has turned itself into the Ethereum version of Strategy, doubling its outstanding shares in six months and raising over $10 billion in equity to amass nearly 5% of all ether in existence.

it reported a $3.8 billion quarterly net loss in Tuesday's 10-Q filing, with share count going from 232 million to 494 million between August 31 and February 28.

Additional paid-in capital jumped from $8.36 billion to $18.55 billion over the same period, and those funds went straight into $ETH.

As of April 12, Bitmine held 4.87 million ether at an average cost of $2,206 per token, making it the largest corporate Ethereum treasury globally and the second-largest corporate crypto treasury behind Strategy.

The bet is underwater but not by much. Ether traded near $2,325 on Wednesday, roughly 5% above Bitmine's average entry. The $3.78 billion in unrealized losses on the quarter's income statement reflects the drawdown from the token's August 2025 highs near $4,900, not a loss from its cost basis.

Under fair-value accounting rules adopted in 2024, those mark-to-market swings flow through the P&L regardless of whether the company has sold anything.

But the transformation from mining company to leveraged $ETH treasury play is creating its own set of pressures.

Self-mining revenue collapsed 86% year-over-year to $219,000 for the quarter. Staking has replaced it entirely, generating $10.2 million of the company's $11 million in total quarterly revenue.

General and administrative expenses hit $75 million for the quarter, up from $964,000 a year earlier. For the full six-month period, G&A reached $298.6 million against just $13.3 million in revenue. Some of that likely reflects stock-based compensation tied to the equity raises, but the gap between operating costs and op

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Post To Earn BonusBitcoiners propose freezing quantum-vulnerable coins in BIP-361 Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the Bitcoin quantum security space have proposed freezing quantum-vul

Bitcoiners propose freezing quantum-vulnerable coins in BIP-361
Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the Bitcoin quantum security space have proposed freezing quantum-vulnerable coins on the Bitcoin network, including Satoshi’s $74 billion stash, to prevent them from being stolen once quantum computers become available.

The move is the second part of a three-stage proposal under BIP-361 called the “Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset,” which was posted as a draft to GitHub on Tuesday.

It addresses a major risk to Bitcoin — the potential use of quantum computers to steal roughly 1.7 million $BTC locked in early P2PK addresses, including Satoshi’s stash, which are not quantum-proof.

In the wrong hands, these coins could significantly undermine the value of the network.

Three phases to quantum security

BIP-361 builds on BIP-360, released in February, which proposed a soft fork for a new output type called pay-to-Merkle-root (P2MR). It works similarly to Bitcoin’s existing Taproot (P2TR) addresses but with the quantum-vulnerable key path removed.

While BIP-360 protects new coins going forward, it does not address the roughly 34% of the supply that remains vulnerable unless it is transferred to new addresses.

BIP-361 proposes that three years after activation, phase A of the proposal would prevent any new $BTC from being sent to old-style addresses, with all users on quantum-resistant address types.

The second phase (B) would invalidate old-style signatures and any Bitcoin still sitting in vulnerable addresses becomes effectively frozen five years after activation.

Phase C provides a potential rescue mechanism using zero-knowledge proofs, allowing people who missed the deadline but still have their seed phrase to recover frozen funds.
Proposed three-phase solution to the quantum threat. Source: GitHub

The authors described it as a “private incentive to upgrade” because lost or frozen coins only make everyone else’s

Bitcoiners propose freezing quantum-vulnerable coi

On April 15, Bitcoin contributor Jameson Loop and other cryptographers proposed an initiative that could force Bitcoin holders to migrate their tokens to new quantum-resistant addresses, or risk havin

Bitcoin Developer Proposes BIP-361 to Combat Potential Future Quantum Attack Risks

Everyone keeps asking the same question: why does $ETH keep sliding? The honest answer: the market is pricing fear, not facts. Right now, Ethereum is caught in a classic risk-off environment. Macro co

Everyone keeps asking the same question: why does $ETH keep sliding?
The honest answer: the market is pricing fear, not facts.
Right now, Ethereum is caught in a classic risk-off environment. Macro conditions are doing most of the damage — a stronger U.S. dollar, delayed expectations for Fed rate cuts, sticky inflation concerns, and ongoing geopolitical and trade uncertainty. In times like this, investors pull back from risk assets, and liquidity tends to flow toward “safer” plays. Bitcoin has been the main beneficiary, with BTC dominance staying elevated around 57%, leaving ETH under pressure.
On top of that, Ethereum ETFs have delivered a mixed and often disappointing flow picture. After the initial excitement, we’ve seen sustained periods of net outflows, with large players repositioning ETH exposure and adding constant sell-side pressure. Whale movements and high-profile wallet activity have only added to retail anxiety.
There’s also a structural shift happening in the ecosystem. Layer 2 scaling has been a major win for users, but it has also diverted activity away from Ethereum mainnet, reducing fee capture and weakening the ETH burn narrative that once supported a stronger deflationary story. Combine that with leveraged liquidations cascading through the market, and the result is persistent downside pressure and weak price action.
The chart looks ugly. Sentiment is low. Fear is dominant.
But here’s what many are missing:
Ethereum’s fundamentals are still strong.
On-chain data tells a very different story:
Network activity recently surged ~41% week-over-week
DeFi total value locked (TVL) remains above $55B
Ethereum still controls roughly 57% of DeFi market share
Active users, staking participation, and real-world use cases continue to grow
The ecosystem is not collapsing — it is evolving.
Future upgrades like Glamsterdam aim to improve scalability and gas efficiency further, strengthening Ethereum’s long-term foundation.


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