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Pi Network has completed the distribution of rewards to participants who passed the first round of KYC verification. More than 1 million verifiers helped verify approximately 18 million users’ identities, completing 526 million review checks in total, with the reward pool reaching 26.5 million Pi. Eligible verifiers can receive a reward of about 0.0504 Pi per task, and must complete 50 tasks by 2026. New users can still participate in subsequent rewards; the program will optimize performance measurement metrics to influence future reward allocation.

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Bitcoin's price fluctuates around $68,780 as ETFs see significant inflows, despite weak spot demand. The correlation between bitcoin and global monetary policy is shifting, with ETFs possibly leading price movements rather than lagging behind them.

Based on the data, San Francisco’s real estate market hit a new high in March 2026, with the median price for single-family homes reaching $2.15 million, up 18%; the median condo price reached $1.36 million, up 27%. Growth in the AI tech industry has driven high-paying jobs, sharply increasing demand for home purchases and creating an imbalance between supply and demand, in stark contrast to weakness across the U.S. market.

Wasabi protocol, a DeFi platform that allows users to trade long tail assets (like NFTs and meme coins) with leverage, today announced a strategic partnership with OpenOcean, a DeFi and CeFi full aggregator that provides users with the best swap pricing and top trading efficiency across

XRP failed to break above $1.35, resulting in a 1.9% decline to $1.31. Thinning liquidity and rising selling volumes indicate increased bearish control. Traders should monitor $1.35 as a resistance level and $1.31-$1.30 for potential support breakdowns.

The challenge to solving the quantum threat to Bitcoin could be more social than technical, according to Grayscale’s head of research, especially if the community fails to come to an agreement on certain contentious issues. Google released a paper that shook the crypto industry on March 30,

U.S. bankruptcy filings in the first quarter of 2026 totaled 150k cases, up 14% from the previous year. The biggest increase was seen in applications from small businesses, which rose by as much as 67%. Four major structural factors driving the pressure include persistent inflation, high interest rates, credit tightening, and global instability. Although legislation raises the threshold for bankruptcy protection, the situation is unlikely to improve in the short term due to economic conditions.

Grayscale research director said that technical breakthroughs in quantum computing could introduce uncertainty, so public blockchains need to accelerate the deployment of post-quantum cryptography. A Google paper highlights the time sensitivity of quantum risk, specifically noting that if quantum computers reach a certain number of logical qubits, they will threaten existing encryption systems. Solana and the XRP Ledger have already begun experimental deployments of post-quantum cryptography technology. While Bitcoin has lower technical risk, challenges still exist at the governance level.

Grayscale's Zach Pandl emphasizes the urgency for public blockchains to enhance security against quantum threats, citing Google's advancements in quantum computing. The XRP Ledger and Solana are recognized for their proactive post-quantum cryptography efforts as the 2029 deadline approaches.

As of April 6, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $471 million in a single day. IBIT and FBTC accounted for nearly 70%, indicating that institutional investors prefer stability. On the same day, Ethereum spot ETFs also saw a net inflow of $120 million; market sentiment leaned toward risk-on, and institutional capital’s demand for allocations to mainstream crypto assets remains strong. In addition, BlackRock has filed to enter the Nasdaq 100 ETF market, expanding its ETF product lineup.

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder of Bitcoin, acquired 4,871 BTC for approximately $329.9 million at an average price of $67,718 per bitcoin between April 1 and April 5, 2026, purchasing well below its overall cost basis of $75,644.

Grayscale, a digital asset manager, argued on April 6, 2026 that a new research paper from Google Quantum AI makes post-quantum cryptography an urgent priority for public blockchains, as quantum progress may arrive in “discrete jumps” rather than linear steps, requiring as few as 1,200 to 1,450 logical qubits to break classical cryptography.

An Indonesian court for the first time successfully convicted three terrorist financing suspects using on-chain cryptocurrency evidence, marking an important breakthrough for the country’s law enforcement system. Through a comprehensive analysis of wallet addresses, transaction history, and the flow of funds, Indonesian authorities were able to effectively trace the inflow of money into ISIS activities, demonstrating the potential and importance of on-chain data in combating terrorist financing. The technical support provided by TRM Labs has also been a key factor, and in the future, other countries across Southeast Asia will actively strengthen their blockchain intelligence capabilities.

High-performance Layer 2 protocol MegaETH recently released an investor memo, outlining on-chain progress and updates to the Mafia ecosystem, and clearly set out a KPI-based token generation event plan. GMX, through its deployment on MegaETH, delivers real-time trading experiences with performance close to that of a centralized exchange, further narrowing the performance gap between DeFi and CEX. The team commits to driving stablecoin adoption and the growth of functional applications through accountability mechanisms, and expects to achieve major progress in April.

Fireworks AI launched a Fireworks Training preview version, transforming from an inference infrastructure to an integrated training-and-deployment platform, offering a three-tier training architecture suitable for users with different technical backgrounds. Its main customers, such as Vercel, Genspark, and Cursor, have already deployed its technology in production environments and achieved significant results. The company emphasizes consistency between training and inference, helping developers assess model stability through publicly available KL-divergence data.

Anthropic has announced a partnership with Google and Broadcom for "multiple gigawatts" of next-generation TPU compute capacity expected to come online starting in 2027, a commitment the company called its most significant to date as revenue growth accelerated to a $30 billion annual run rate

Trump announced on April 7 that he will hold a meeting and luncheon at Mar-a-Lago on April 25. This news came at the height of the spread of health rumors. A White House spokesperson denied that Trump is ill, emphasizing that he is working normally at the White House. During the rumor period, the price of the TRUMP coin associated with Trump rose at one point, showing how politically themed meme coins are sensitive to news events, but long-term value has remained under pressure; the TRUMP coin is down more than 96% from its all-time high.

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