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The cryptocurrency research institution Delphi Digital released the latest report "How Far Can Saylor Stretch It," which systematically analyzes the Bitcoin (BTC) funding expansion mechanism of Strategy, pointing out that its financing structure is transitioning from "low-cost accumulation" to the "diminishing marginal efficiency" stage. The report shows that in the current asset accumulation system centered around Bitcoin, STRC has become the core financing tool for Strategy's continuous purchase of BTC. Initially, it relied on a significant premium in MSTR's stock price (mNAV far exceeding BTC's net value) to achieve a positive cycle of "issuance leads to accumulation," but as the valuation has fallen back to about 1.24 times the EV-based mNAV, the BTC per share enhancement effect from common stock issuance is nearing breakeven.At the same time, while convertible bond tools have played an important role historically, they have accumulated about $8.2 billion in principal and will face concentrated repayment pressure after September 2027, putting long-term sustainability of the financing structure under pressure. STRC provides a continuous financing source for Strategy by offering approximately 11.5% annualized monthly dividends to income-oriented investors, to maintain the pace of BTC purchases. However, this mechanism also introduces ongoing cash flow obligations, meaning that each round of financing increases BTC assets while simultaneously accumulating future dividend burdens.The report emphasizes key risk scenarios: if BTC prices remain stagnant and MSTR's premium fails to recover, then the "STRC financing purchase gain" may be gradually offset by "common stock dilution and dividend obligations." Although the company's approximately $2.25 billion cash reserves can cover about $1 billion in redemption pressure in 2027, larger-scale debt and dividend structures in 2028 still need to be addressed. Additionally, the current authorized issuance limit of about $28.3 billion for STRC becomes a critical constraint point. Once the limit is reached, the ability to purchase new BTC may slow down, but existing dividend obligations will continue to exist, thus altering the overall BTC per share dynamic growth path.

According to Bloomberg, Ripple's main brokerage division has secured a maximum of $200 million in asset-backed debt financing from Neuberger Berman to expand its collateral financing services offered to institutional investors.The report states that the financing is provided by Neuberger Berman's specialized finance division, and Ripple can draw up to $200 million in phases based on the borrowing needs of institutional clients in the equity, fixed income, and cryptocurrency markets.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the whale 0x8ea8 deposited 2,990,000 USDC into HyperLiquid to increase its BTC long position. Currently, it holds a long position of 800 BTC (65,200,000 USD), with an unrealized profit of 5,300,000 USD.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, during the continued pullback of BTC from its peak last night, the whale on Hyperliquid with address 0xc6c chose to go against the trend, going long on 109.7 BTC with 35x leverage, amounting to 8.8 million USD, at an average price of 82,000 USD, with a liquidation line at 80,650 USD.This morning, the downward trend of BTC continued, and the price briefly hovered near the liquidation line, with a price difference of less than 50 USD (about 0.06%). The whale may have given up on closing the position for the first time as most of the funds were already lost on paper. Later in the afternoon, BTC rebounded to around 81,680 USD, significantly recovering on paper, and the unrealized loss narrowed. However, the whale chose to remain inactive again. Ultimately, in the past 10 minutes, BTC faced a large-scale liquidation during a second drop, and then manually stopped out before the next round of liquidation, with the account balance dropping below 100,000 USD.

According to The Block, Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated crypto spot margin trading services for U.S. retail users just days after its parent company acquired the Bitnomial derivatives platform.Such products have largely been unavailable to U.S. retail users, forcing them to turn to offshore platforms. Kraken stated that users can use their crypto assets as collateral for trading with up to 10 times leverage without having to sell them.This launch follows the announcement made on Monday that Kraken's parent company Payward has completed the acquisition of Bitnomial. Bitnomial is a Chicago-based crypto derivatives exchange that holds licenses as a matching entity, contract party, and clearinghouse issued by the CFTC.Payward stated that this acquisition will ultimately enable it to offer regulated spot margin, perpetual futures, and options products to U.S. users. This move also strengthens Kraken's position in regulated derivatives infrastructure in preparation for a potential public listing.Payward has submitted a confidential S-1 registration draft to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in November. The trading platform is also continuing to expand its institutional and derivatives business in the UK and Europe following its $1.5 billion acquisition of NinjaTrader in March 2025.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced the launch of MegaETH (MEGA) in the innovation zone and opened the MEGA/USDT spot trading pair. Trading officially starts on May 6, 2026, at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00 UTC), and the deposit and withdrawal channels will soon be opened.The official stated that with the launch of spot trading, MEGA will also be included in the margin support range for all cryptocurrency contracts, allowing users to directly use it as margin assets for contract trading.It is reported that MegaETH is a fully EVM-compatible Optimistic Layer 2 network, which uses Ethereum as the settlement layer and employs EigenDA to provide data availability (DA).

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will soon launch Canton (CANTON) in the innovation zone and open the CANTON/USDT spot trading pair. Trading will officially start on April 24, 2026, at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00 UTC), and the deposit and withdrawal channels will soon be opened.The official stated that with the launch of spot trading, CANTON will also be included in the margin support range for all-currency contracts, allowing users to use it directly as margin assets for contract trading.It is reported that the Canton Network is a public, permissionless blockchain network designed specifically for institutional finance, aiming to integrate privacy, compliance, and scalability. The network is managed by the Canton Foundation and supported by several leading global financial institutions, enabling instant, secure synchronization and settlement of various asset classes on its shared infrastructure powered by its native token, Canton Coin.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will soon launch Chip (CHIP) in the innovation zone and open the CHIP/USDT spot trading pair. The specific trading start time is April 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM Beijing time (04:00 UTC), and the recharge channel is now open.The official statement indicated that with the launch of spot trading, CHIP has also been included in the support range for margin of all cryptocurrency contracts, allowing users to directly use it as margin assets for contract trading.It is reported that Chip is a permissionless lending protocol designed to provide financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The protocol allows GPU operators to tokenize their hardware assets as collateral to obtain instant financing.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures has updated the leverage and margin tiers for the QQQUSDT, SPYUSDT, EWYUSDT, and EWJUSDTU perpetual contracts on April 21, 2026, at 15:30 (Beijing time).Existing positions that users had before the update will be affected, and running futures grids may also become invalid due to the updates in leverage and margin tiers. Users are advised to take appropriate actions before making adjustments.

SuperEx has officially launched Sentio (ST) tonight at 18:15 (UTC+8), opening the ST/USDT spot trading pair. Details are as follows:Trading Pair: ST/USDTTrading Zone: Innovation ZoneDeposit Time: OpenedTrading Time: April 15, 2026, 18:15 (UTC+8, opened)Withdrawal Time: Coming soonAt the same time, the ST token has been synchronized into the margin support range for all token contracts. The tokens launched on the platform will also be supported as margin assets for all token contracts, subject to the actual opening situation of the platform.Sentio is a decentralized, AI agent-ready blockchain data network. It provides a unified Web3 observability and data platform for various users, including DeFi teams, on-chain traders, data analysts, and AI agents, integrating on-chain data indexing, querying, visualization, and alert capabilities, effectively addressing the industry pain points of fragmented on-chain data.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin levels of multiple U-based perpetual contracts on April 10, 2026, at 14:30 (Beijing time).The contracts involved include XPLUSDT, FFUSDT, 0GUSDT, WIFUSDT, WUSDT, ZENUSDT, LINEAUSDT, NMRUSDT, PROVEUSDT, BERAUSDT, SNXUSDT, KAITOUSDT, SUSHIUSDT, MOODENGUSDT, ERAUSDT, TRBUSDT, SPKUSDT, and BIOUSDT. The update will be completed in about an hour, and existing positions will be affected.

According to a report by Coinshares, Bitcoin mining profit margins are at a historical low. In the first quarter of 2026, the hash price fell to about $28-30 per PH/s/day, reaching a new low after the halving. The weighted average cash cost in the fourth quarter of 2025 reached about $80,000 per coin, with approximately 15-20% of mining machines globally operating at a loss.The transition of mining companies to AI is no longer an option. Publicly listed mining companies have cumulatively announced over $70 billion in AI/HPC contracts, and by the end of 2026, up to 70% of the revenue for listed mining companies may come from AI. Some mining companies are taking on huge debts for AI construction, fundamentally changing the risk landscape of the industry. There is a significant divergence in the valuation of mining companies; those obtaining HPC contracts have an EV/NTM revenue multiple of 12.3 times, while pure mining companies have a multiple of 5.9 times. The industry has differentiated into infrastructure companies and mining companies, with vastly different prospects for both.

According to on-chain analysts, a whale that has accumulated 120,000 ETH has recharged 5 million USDC in margin to Hyperliquid after 19 days, possibly to avoid liquidation. Currently, he holds a long position with 15 times leverage on 120,000 ETH and a long position with 20 times leverage on 700 BTC, with a total value of 298 million USD, of which the ETH is showing an unrealized loss of 309,000 USD and the BTC is showing an unrealized gain of 403,000 USD.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will automatically liquidate the APTUSD and OPUSD coin-margined perpetual contracts on March 25 at 17:00, and the aforementioned trading pairs will be delisted after the liquidation is completed.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 10 hours, a certain whale deposited approximately 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid to avoid having its ETH short position liquidated.Currently, the address holds a short position of approximately 15,217 ETH with 10x leverage, with a position size of about 34 million dollars, and a current unrealized loss of about 3.288 million dollars. Despite the position experiencing a drawdown, the overall trading of the address remains profitable, with cumulative profits still exceeding 8.5 million dollars.

According to official news, Hyperliquid's native stablecoin USDH issuer Native Markets will launch the tokenized margin pmUSDH.After users deposit USDH into their portfolio margin accounts, the protocol will convert that position into the ERC-20 format pmUSDH token. This tokenization also allows users to earn interest income paid by borrowers, and it can be used in DeFi protocols including Felix, Hyperlend, Pendle, and Rysk.

Coinbase announced that its Coinbase Prime has launched a regulatory futures and unified cross-margining feature covering the crypto spot and derivatives markets. This will provide around-the-clock access to over 20 futures contracts through Coinbase Financial Markets, while integrating Coinbase's existing perpetual contract products. This feature allows institutions to share margin within a single account, thereby enhancing capital efficiency for hedging strategies, simplifying portfolio management, and supporting unified risk assessment for spot and futures positions, which will enable trading, custody, financing, and risk management to operate within the same environment.

According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the minimum price fluctuation unit (TickSize) for multiple USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts on March 5, 2026, at 15:00 (Beijing time). The contracts involved include MYX USDT, GRIFFA IN USDT, among others. The adjustment aims to enhance market liquidity and trading experience.

According to official news, Hyperliquid's on-chain Perp DEX Trade.xyz has announced the activation of cross-margin functionality for the seven major U.S. stocks MAG7 assets (GOOGL, AMZN, AAPL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA) on the mainnet.To achieve the desired cross-margin effect, users should use a unified account or portfolio margin. In standard accounts, cross-margin only shares collateral between positions within the same DEX.

Bitfinex released an analysis report indicating that the decline in inflation in the U.S. market and the rise in interest rate cut expectations provide psychological support for risk assets, but the cryptocurrency market is more likely to experience phase fluctuations rather than a one-sided trend.The expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet reduces systemic liquidity risks, which historically tends to benefit scarce assets like Bitcoin. However, the current pace of liquidity recovery is relatively slow, and selling pressure on spot Bitcoin re-emerged earlier this week, with cumulative sell-offs reaching several billion dollars. Although the market's ability to absorb sell orders has improved compared to before, on-chain indicators show that the adjusted SOPR (Spent Output Profit Ratio) has dropped to the range of 0.92–0.94, reflecting that most cryptocurrencies are being transferred at a loss, indicating that structural pressure still exists.The current macro environment provides a certain liquidity buffer for the cryptocurrency market, but it is still insufficient to support a sustained bull market. Bitcoin has tactical rebound potential in the short term, while long-term structural upward movement requires clearer signals of declining inflation and sustained spot demand support.