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Australia is considering significant reforms to its Capital Gains Tax (CGT) system, planning to replace the current 50% tax discount policy for long-term held assets with an "inflation-indexed" mechanism, covering investment categories such as cryptocurrencies and stocks. The current system allows individuals to be taxed only on 50% of the capital gains if they hold the asset for more than a year, a policy that has been in place since 1999.If the reform is implemented, investors will calculate their gains based on inflation-adjusted cost bases, which may lead to an increase in actual tax burdens during periods of rapid asset price increases. According to the proposal's logic, the new mechanism will only tax "real gains" (the portion after excluding the effects of inflation), but in a low-inflation environment, the indexed deduction may be lower than the current 50% discount, resulting in increased tax burdens for most investors. The impact on cryptocurrency investors is particularly pronounced.The current "hold to reduce tax" mechanism reinforces long-term holding (HODL) strategies, while the new proposal will weaken the advantage of time holding, significantly increasing the tax burden on unrealized gains during periods of high appreciation. The proposal is still in the discussion stage and is expected to face strong opposition from investor groups and the financial industry, with the focus of the controversy centered on the balance between capital formation efficiency and tax system fairness.

According to market news, American Bitcoin Company (NASDAQ: ABTC) disclosed in its latest quarterly report that the company purchased approximately 11,298 S21 XP ASIC miners (with a computing power of about 3.05 EH/s) from Bitmain for $49,400,000 this year, of which 80% of the payment was made by pledging 314 BTC.Based on this calculation, the valuation of the pledged Bitcoin agreement is approximately $125,900 per coin, while the average market price of BTC at that time was less than $70,000, resulting in a discount of about 44%. According to the agreement, Bitmain cannot forcibly liquidate the pledged BTC during the approximately 24-month redemption period. If the BTC price at maturity is higher than the agreement valuation, ABTC can choose to repay in cash and reclaim the BTC, locking in the appreciation gains; if it is lower than the agreement valuation, ABTC can forgo redemption and leave the BTC to Bitmain. This structure essentially grants ABTC a long-term Bitcoin call option.As of March 31, 2026, ABTC has cumulatively pledged 3,090 BTC to Bitmain, with a fair value of approximately $210,800,000, corresponding to a mining equipment purchase liability of about $364,300,000.

According to the official announcement, to further enhance market liquidity and user trading experience, Bitget has launched exclusive fee rate discounts for contract market makers, covering stock, precious metals, commodities, and index contract currency pairs. The Taker fee rate for the above currency pairs has been uniformly adjusted to 0.0065%, and the event will end on June 30. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

The Humanity Foundation has recently made significant adjustments to the $H token allocation plan, requiring investors to make a final choice between two options by April 26 at 09:00 UTC: one, extend the distribution, pushing the Cliff to September 25, 2026, and changing to equal distribution over 12 quarters; two, a 3:10 discounted immediate unlock, replacing the original 16,666,666 tokens with 5,000,000 $H (a 70% reduction), to be fully distributed on June 25, 2026.It is understood that the Humanity Foundation has sent adjustment notifications to over 100 investors. Early investment firm Trix Ventures has publicly disclosed its choice of the discounted immediate unlock.It is reported that this firm invested during the project's valuation phase of approximately $60 million, and even after the 3:10 discounted replacement, it can still achieve about 7 times return. Notably, the Humanity Protocol previously reached an in-depth cooperation with payment giant Mastercard, and the project's fundamentals have received endorsement from traditional financial institutions. The on-chain identity verification sector it belongs to is currently in its early market stage, but with the continuous expansion of AI-generated content and automated accounts, the demand for on-chain real identity verification is widely believed to grow exponentially, giving this sector long-term potential to become a leading project in the Web3 infrastructure field.The project is about to face a test of significant selling pressure from a one-time massive unlock, and whether it can grow explosively alongside the AI sector is crucial. Analysts point out that choosing the one-time unlock on June 25 is a safer decision. In the current market cycle, "certain liquidity" far outweighs paper numbers. The deferred plan extends the cycle to 3 years, with huge uncertainties regarding the protocol's survival and team stability.From a market structure perspective, June 25 faces obvious concentrated selling pressure risks: the Sablier contract release node is transparent on-chain, and quantitative and short-selling funds will precisely target this node; institutions may lock in profits by hedging in advance during the two-month window; market makers may withdraw buy depth in advance, causing the actual realization value to be less than 10% of the nominal value. Historically, large-scale concentrated unlocks of Starknet (STRK) and ApeCoin (APE) have triggered severe selling pressure, with the former dropping over 95% from its peak and the latter declining 77% within 7 months.

According to on-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr (@AxelAdlerJr), the discount for short-term holders (STH) has narrowed from -21.6% to -5.7%, and the 7-day moving average of STH-SOPR has risen back above 1, indicating that short-term sellers are no longer clearly in a loss position. However, the current price is still below the cost basis of $83,000, and the market has not yet entered a true risk appetite phase.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), due to Aave suspending WETH withdrawals, the deposit certificate aEthWETH has experienced a discount.Whale address 0x8ad withdrew 13,000 ETH (approximately 30 million USD) from the exchange, purchased 13,143 aEthWETH through Swap, and then repaid its ETH loan on Aave at a 1:1 ratio, netting a profit of 143 ETH (approximately 330,000 USD).

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale/institution lost 310 ETH (worth 720,000 USD) by directly selling the deposit certificate (aEthWETH) for ETH through a swap in order to retrieve 17,400 ETH that was on Aave. This resulted in a discount of 1.8%, and the ETH obtained was then redeposited into Spark.Note: Currently, Aave has paused WETH withdrawals, so to exit ETH from Aave, one must either convert it to other assets (such as wstETH) or swap the deposit certificate (aEthWETH) for ETH, but there will be a slight discount.

On April 2, Mustafa, a member of the Polymarket team, responded affirmatively to the community member's question about whether the platform would support using POLY tokens to pay for fee discounts.

Matrixport's analysis states that since October, the price of Bitcoin on Coinbase has consistently been lower than on other global exchanges, creating a noticeable discount. Although this price difference is somewhat influenced by fluctuations in USDT prices, the long-term discount still reflects a more pronounced selling tendency among investors on the Coinbase platform.The imbalance in capital flows from the U.S. market may be one of the important reasons for the continued pressure on the market in recent months. However, when the price of Bitcoin briefly fell to around $60,000, the discount began to narrow and has now basically returned to neutral levels. We previously mentioned that this kind of correction often indicates that most of the selling pressure has been gradually absorbed by the market, and the trading status of Bitcoin is expected to improve accordingly.Recent price trends seem to confirm this judgment. Despite ongoing geopolitical risks and the overall weak performance of risk assets, Bitcoin's overall trend remains relatively robust. This may indicate that the earlier phase of heavy selling pressure is gradually coming to an end, and the market environment is expected to see marginal improvements.

As the Middle East conflict leads to flight cancellations and logistics disruptions, a large amount of gold stranded in Dubai is being sold at a noticeable discount.Insiders reveal that due to exceptionally high transportation and insurance costs, and the inability to guarantee timely delivery, many buyers have suspended new procurement orders. As a result, under the pressure of indefinitely bearing storage and capital costs, traders have started selling gold at discounts of up to $30 per ounce below the London benchmark price.Sources say that although some gold has been loaded onto flights leaving Dubai since the middle of this week, as of Friday, many batches of gold remain stranded. The UAE, especially Dubai, is a significant global hub for gold refining and trading, exporting gold to various parts of Asia and serving as an important transit point for gold to Switzerland, the UK, and several African countries. Due to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, some airspace in the UAE has been closed; meanwhile, the military strikes by the US and Israel against Iran have entered their seventh day, with no signs of an end in sight.

Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart posted on X platform that BlackRock has updated its Ethereum staking ETF (ETHB) application documents. The latest documents indicate that the staking fee rate for the product will be adjusted to 10% of staking rewards, and may offer tiered fee discounts based on scale. In the previous version of the documents, the staking fee for the ETF was "18% of total staking returns," and this fee reduction is seen as part of the optimization of its Ethereum product structure.

Brokerages generally apply a 100% discount to stablecoins, meaning that related holdings cannot be counted towards net capital, severely limiting the enthusiasm of institutions to participate in stablecoin business.

Binance Futures will launch a trading fee discount event for all traditional asset perpetual contracts from February 4, 2026, 10:00 to March 4, 2026, 10:00 (UTC+8). Users can enjoy zero maker fees and a 50% discount on taker fees. Please note that the new fee discount structure will take effect at the start of the event.

OSL Group (09618.HK) announced that it plans to place approximately 104 million shares at a price of HKD 14.9 per share after the trading session on January 28, which represents about 11.6% of the company's issued share capital after the placement and issuance of new shares. The placement price is approximately 17.2% lower than the closing price on the last trading day. The net proceeds are estimated to be around HKD 1.55 billion.As a result, OSL Group's stock price fell over 5% during today's trading session, with the latest price reported at HKD 17.01.It is reported that this is OSL Group's second placement since raising HKD 2.355 billion in July 2025, with the funds still focused on strategic acquisitions and global business expansion initiatives (payment services and stablecoin business).

According to the official news from ATT Global.io, the 1% discount for exchanging ETH will become one of the ongoing activity sections of the "IEO" series, aimed at allowing the ATT Foundation to better give back to the numerous ecological contributors and participants, while also providing more applications and usage scenarios for ATT.Advertising Time Trace (ATT) is a forward-looking Web3.0 application project that integrates DePin technology. Through its unique DA-AIOT-P (Decentralized Assets - Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things - Payment) mechanism, it has built a new digital advertising ecosystem that combines physical advertising assets, advertising e-commerce merchants, user resources, and digital technology. A commercial advertising system centered around the LED screens in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong has been established, gradually improving LED screen advertising coverage in key commercial areas such as Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. Currently, the core participants of the ecosystem have reached tens of thousands, potentially radiating hundreds of thousands of commercial ecological users, aiming to become a new entry point for traffic and assets in the Web3 field.

According to Jinshi, the Federal Reserve will keep the reverse repurchase rate at 3.5% and the discount rate at 3.75%.

According to CoinDesk, Strategy launched its first non-U.S. perpetual preferred stock, Stream (STRE), in Europe last November, attempting to replicate its high-yield preferred stock model in the U.S. market. The product has a face value of 100 euros and an annual dividend of 10%, but it was ultimately issued at a discount of 80 euros, raising approximately $715 million, with market response remaining sluggish after its listing.Analysts believe there are several structural reasons for STRE's failure. First, STRE was listed on the Luxembourg Euro MTF, and large brokerage platforms, including Interactive Brokers, as well as many retail-oriented platforms, do not support trading, making it difficult for both retail and institutional investors to access the product. Secondly, the product lacks transparent historical pricing and reliable market data. Currently, Strategy has not released more information regarding the follow-up arrangements for STRE, and the market is watching whether it will continue to deepen and expand in Europe or maintain its focus on the U.S. market, where it has already launched four perpetual preferred stock products.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tweeted, "Back to Orange." (referring to increasing Bitcoin holdings again). Subsequently, gold advocate and economist Peter Schiff replied questioning the source of his funds, "Where will you raise the funds to buy more Bitcoin? Will you use the reserves established by recently selling stocks? Or will you sell stocks at a discount below net asset value, resulting in a negative Bitcoin yield?"