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The latest disclosed SEC documents show that as of March 31, 2026, Avenir Group holds 18,276,100 shares of BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin Spot ETF, with a position market value of approximately $702 million based on the quarter-end closing price, a slight decrease of about 0.061% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Since the second quarter of 2024, Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for eight consecutive quarters.Since 2026, Avenir Group has been continuously promoting the integration of TradFi and Crypto, including strategic investments in CoinRoutes, leading a $20 million seed round for Inference Research, and signing a cooperation MOU with Tiger Brokers, AMINA Bank, and CoinRoutes during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to advance the construction of next-generation institutional trading infrastructure.

The crypto data platform Dune Analytics announced a major restructuring on Thursday, cutting 25% of its workforce while shifting its strategic focus to two main areas: AI-driven data tools and the on-chain asset adoption by financial institutions. The company stated that it is well-funded and emphasized that it has built a complete end-to-end technology stack for crypto data infrastructure, covering data collection, quality assurance, storage, cleaning, standardization, and querying. Its core product, Dune MCP, allows teams and agents to build dashboards and workflows without the need for SQL knowledge or managing data infrastructure costs.Dune stated that it currently serves almost all leading crypto companies and is expanding to large financial institution clients to address the trend of traditional assets such as currencies, stocks, bonds, and commodities migrating on-chain. Since its establishment in 2018, Dune has experienced multiple market cycles, and this restructuring reflects a broader trend in the industry towards institutional-grade infrastructure and AI integration tools.

The Gate Research Institute recently released the "April 2026 Cryptocurrency Market Review" report, which pointed out that the cryptocurrency market in April showed an overall upward trend, with total market capitalization significantly rising compared to March. The trading volume of BTC and ETH ETFs remained high and volatile. The report indicates that the activity levels of major public chain ecosystems continue to diverge. Solana's daily trading volume remained in the range of approximately 90 million to 110 million transactions, continuing to lead.In terms of hot sectors, the report noted that Pokemon TCG RWA has become one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors of on-chain RWA and entered a secondary explosion phase in April. Major trading platforms saw monthly trading volumes exceed 220 million USD, with weekly revenue nearing 6 million USD at one point, setting a new historical high. Meanwhile, Aave experienced the most severe liquidity shock in its history in April, with TVL outflows reaching hundreds of billions of dollars within days, and net outflows for the month exceeding 9 billion USD.Regarding financing and security incidents, the Web3 industry completed a total of 51 financing rounds in April, with a total amount of approximately 834 million USD, with funds further concentrating in leading finance and infrastructure sectors. Among them, Payward topped the monthly financing with 200 million USD. On the security front, Web3 security incidents in April resulted in losses of approximately 306 million USD, a month-on-month increase of about 858%, primarily driven by a single cross-chain infrastructure attack incident involving Kelp DAO, which amounted to about 293 million USD. The report believes that against the backdrop of a market recovery, on-chain activity and capital liquidity are improving simultaneously, but the security risks of cross-chain infrastructure and high-leverage protocols still warrant ongoing attention.

The Gate Research Institute recently released the report "April 2026 Cryptocurrency Market Review," indicating that the cryptocurrency market in April showed an overall upward trend, with total market capitalization significantly higher than in March, and BTC and ETH ETF trading volumes maintaining high volatility. The report shows that the activity levels of major public chain ecosystems continue to diverge. Solana's daily trading volume remains in the range of approximately 90 million to 110 million transactions, continuing to lead.In terms of hot sectors, the report points out that Pokemon TCG RWA has become one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors of on-chain RWA and entered a secondary explosion phase in April. Major trading platforms saw monthly trading volumes exceed 220 million USD, with weekly revenue nearing 6 million USD at one point, setting a new historical high. Meanwhile, Aave experienced the most severe liquidity shock in its history in April, with TVL outflows reaching hundreds of billions of dollars within a few days, and net outflows for the entire month exceeding 9 billion USD.Regarding financing and security incidents, the Web3 industry completed a total of 51 financing rounds in April, with a total amount of approximately 834 million USD, with funds further concentrating in leading finance and infrastructure sectors. Among them, Payward ranked first for the month with 200 million USD in financing.On the security front, Web3 security incidents in April resulted in losses of approximately 306 million USD, a month-on-month increase of about 858%, primarily driven by a cross-chain infrastructure attack incident involving Kelp DAO, which amounted to about 293 million USD. The report believes that against the backdrop of market recovery, on-chain activity and capital liquidity have both increased, but the security risks of cross-chain infrastructure and high-leverage protocols still warrant ongoing attention.

According to The Block, Solana ecosystem infrastructure provider Jupiter has commissioned Bitwise to create a segregated dedicated lending market for USDe on Jupiter Lend, marking the first time an institutional asset management firm has orchestrated a market on Jupiter Lend. This market will be isolated from the existing liquidity layer of Jupiter Lend to reduce the risk of institutional capital. Jupiter also utilizes the decentralized protocol Fluid to provide lending and collateral infrastructure support. Bitwise DeFi Strategy Director Jonathan Man stated that this design offers deep liquidity and risk mitigation features. USDe issuer Ethena Labs CEO Guy Young stated that USDe is an institutional-grade savings product built for scalability.

According to official news, Ethena announced the launch of a dedicated USDe market on Jupiter Lend, which is completely independent of the existing Jupiter Lend deployment. Bitwise is responsible for on-chain asset management and risk supervision, and institutional participation is supported. Users can now deposit USDe on Jupiter Lend, engage in lending, and execute leveraged USDe strategy operations.In addition, USDe can also be bridged to the Solana network through Stargate Finance.

According to The Block, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan pointed out that Circle's Arc, Canton Network, and Stripe's Tempo have recently completed over one billion dollars in financing collectively, with all three financings occurring after the signing of the GENIUS Act in July 2025. Hougan believes that this act has broken the regulatory deadlock that previously suppressed institutional capital entry.Hougan summarized three major signals: first, all three chains have made native privacy transactions a core design to meet institutions' needs for transaction confidentiality; second, the implementation of the GENIUS Act has significantly reduced regulatory uncertainty, with the next key variable being the ongoing Clarity Act, which is expected to benefit stablecoins and tokenized infrastructure; third, the backing of top institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Citadel, BlackRock, Stripe, and Visa behind these three chains stands in stark contrast to the grassroots paths of Ethereum and Solana.Hougan stated that his funds are still primarily betting on native crypto projects and believes that emerging enterprise chains will raise overall competitive standards and attract more capital inflow.

According to CoinDesk, the three blockchains focused on stablecoins and tokenization, Arc, Canton, and Tempo, have collectively raised over $1 billion, reflecting an increasing demand from institutions for privacy-focused crypto infrastructure. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that as cryptocurrencies further enter mainstream finance, privacy features may become a key application scenario for the industry.Specifically, Circle recently raised $222 million for Arc, with a valuation of $3 billion; Digital Asset is reportedly raising $300 million for Canton, with a valuation of $2 billion; and Tempo, supported by Stripe and Paradigm, previously raised $500 million, with a valuation of $5 billion. Hougan also mentioned that the advancement of stablecoin legislation in the U.S. is providing a clearer regulatory environment for institutional investment in related infrastructure.

The regulated securitization trading platform tZERO announced the integration of its tokenized issuance platform into the Aptos network, enabling issuers to directly issue real-world asset (RWA) tokens on this high-performance public chain, further broadening the on-chain path for institutional-grade assets.Aptos is positioned as the underlying network for institutional-grade tokenization infrastructure and is continuously attracting traditional finance and compliant tokenization platforms. Currently, tokenized funds from institutions such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are already operating on-chain.With the integration of tZERO, the compliant asset issuance and trading infrastructure on Aptos has been further improved, covering the full chain capabilities from issuance, circulation to settlement.

Michael Saylor tweeted that the CLARITY Act being advanced by the U.S. Congress will unlock the potential of the next phase of the "digital capital, digital credit, and digital equity" market, and will bring stronger institutional legitimacy and adoption framework for BTC.

On May 9 and 10, the Chainlink network recorded 282,170 and 264,090 unique active LINK addresses, respectively, the highest levels since September 2025. The surge in on-chain activity comes against the backdrop of several institutional-grade DeFi projects announcing their migration of cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP. On May 7, Solv Protocol announced the completion of a security review following the April Kelp DAO vulnerability incident and decided to migrate over $700 million in tokenized Bitcoin assets (SolvBTC and xSolvBTC) from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP.Previously, Kelp DAO had also announced the migration of its rsETH infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP. These initiatives represent a significant shift of institutional-grade DeFi infrastructure from LayerZero to the Chainlink cross-chain ecosystem. Additionally, earlier this month, data showed that whale wallets holding between 100,000 and 10 million LINK increased their holdings by 32.93 million LINK within 30 days.

According to market news, Boundary Labs, a stablecoin startup led by Galaxy Ventures under Galaxy Digital, announced that it is preparing to launch an institutional stablecoin USBD and has completed a $2 million seed pre-financing.It was introduced that this round of financing also attracted participation from institutions such as First Block Capital and BlackWood. Boundary Labs was founded by former Deutsche Bank and Digital Currency Group executive Matthew Mezger. USBD will be deployed on the Ethereum network, focusing on the concept of "verifiable stablecoins," attempting to reduce the reliance of traditional stablecoins on off-chain audits and trust mechanisms through continuous on-chain verification of reserves, net asset value (NAV), and protocol operational status.The project team stated that USBD is designed with over-collateralization and hedging strategies to reduce market volatility risks and shift the stablecoin infrastructure from a "trust-driven" model to a "verifiable financial system." Additionally, Boundary plans to launch a staking token sUSBD for distributing protocol earnings under a delta-neutral DeFi strategy, but USBD itself does not provide yield functionality.The team indicated that the protocol is primarily aimed at asset management institutions, hedge funds, and family offices, and plans to officially launch the mainnet in early summer 2026.

According to Crowdfund Insider, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) announced that it will launch compliant institutional-grade digital asset custody services in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), promoting Abu Dhabi as a global digital financial center, aiming to provide institutional clients with highly secure and scalable digital asset custody solutions.It is reported that the initial services will support custody for Bitcoin and Ethereum, with subsequent phases expanding to stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets (RWA), and more regulated digital financial products. The project still requires final agreement confirmation and relevant regulatory approvals.

Bitfinex Alpha's latest report indicates that after entering May, BTC successfully broke through the dense selling pressure zone of $78,000 to $79,000, briefly approaching $83,000. This round of increase is mainly driven by spot demand rather than leveraged funds. Since May 8, the spot CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta) has significantly risen, showing that buyers are continuously taking orders and absorbing market supply.ETF capital inflows and public market increases have become the main driving forces, while long-term holders have now accumulated nearly 4 million BTC, marking the largest increase since the pandemic crash in 2020, which means that the circulating chips in the market are being further locked up. The market currently expects about a 94% probability that the Federal Reserve will maintain interest rates in June. In the context of macroeconomic uncertainty, institutional funds continue to position themselves in the crypto market.

According to CoinDesk, CoinShares data shows that last week, cryptocurrency funds saw a net inflow of $858 million, marking the fifth consecutive week of inflows and the largest single-week inflow since the end of April. Among them, Bitcoin funds attracted over $700 million in a single week, with a total inflow of $4.9 billion this year, indicating that institutional investors' demand for the cryptocurrency market continues to rise. Market analysts believe that expectations related to the Clarity Act have improved institutional sentiment.Currently, the BTC price remains above $80,000, and the market is focused on whether it can effectively break through the 200-day moving average located around $82,000. Marex analysts pointed out that if Bitcoin closes above $82,000 on a daily basis, accompanied by stable spot buying, it may initiate a new round of upward momentum.In terms of altcoins, SUI rose 12% in 24 hours to $1.26. Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs, revealed that Sui plans to launch a confidential transaction feature this year to support fee-free privacy payments.In addition, Nasdaq-listed Sui Group Holdings (SUIG) previously announced that it has staked most of its SUI reserves, equivalent to a reduction of about 2.7% of the market circulation supply.

The Financial Security Institute of South Korea announced that it will promote three key tasks around digital asset services, including the development of smart contract verification tools, the establishment of a smart contract verification system, and the cultivation of professional talent in digital assets.It will develop dedicated security verification tools that can automatically detect major vulnerabilities such as reentrancy attacks, access control errors, and collateral verification omissions, targeting scenarios like token securities and stablecoins, and continuously update detection rules in conjunction with the South Korean financial regulatory environment. Meanwhile, the agency will also release the "Smart Contract Security Guidelines," covering the entire process of development, deployment, and operation, and enhance the digital asset security capabilities of financial institutions through seminars, collaborative networks, and other means.

According to News1, the Korean National Tax Service is piloting the custody and management of seized virtual assets by entrusting them to private cryptocurrency custody institutions for the first time, with plans to run a trial until the end of this year.Major custody institutions in Korea, such as KODA, KDAC, Hecto WalletOne, BDACS, and InfiniteBlock, are all prepared to participate. Although the budget for this pilot project is only about $5,800, the industry believes that obtaining a reference case from the "Korean National Tax Service project" is of symbolic significance.