Crypto and stock market indicator | Strategy invested $255 million last week, increasing holdings by 3,273 BTC; Bitmine's total assets reached $13.3 billion, holding over 5.07 million ETH (April 28)

Editor’s Note: The US-Iran conflict is still ongoing and at a deadlock, but as we mentioned last week, traditional financial markets have already started to rally. Stock markets in Japan and South Korea have all hit record highs. In the US stock market, heavyweight Nvidia has once again moved above a $5 trillion market cap, while indices such as the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have also maintained an upward momentum. Another key focus for market pricing is whether Kevin Woorh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve, can take office smoothly. As for the crypto US-stock market, in the absence of direct positive catalysts, this week it has continued its broad-based selloff. It is still recommended to only buy dips in a small number of leading stocks, or trade short-term rebounds.

Below is a roundup of last week’s crypto and listed-stock market information compiled by Odaily Planet Daily. All US stock data are from msx.com.

US stocks face an IPO liquidity “big test,” and the new Fed chair’s policy stance comes under scrutiny

Over the past week, the focus has been on the hearing of the new Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Woorh, and the market liquidity test brought about this year’s US stock IPO boom, driven by SpaceX.

Analysis: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic going public could attract capital or disrupt BTC and crypto market liquidity

SpaceX secretly filed an S-1 with the US SEC earlier this month, planning an IPO with an estimated valuation of about $1.75 trillion. The fundraise is up to $75 billion. If it goes public as expected in June, it will surpass Saudi Aramco’s $29 billion fundraising record in 2019, becoming the largest IPO in history. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Anthropic also each plan to go public in the second half of this year. The three companies are expected to attract a combined total of more than $240 billion.

Market analysis believes that these mega IPOs could significantly drain liquidity from risk assets, while the crypto market is in the same pool of capital. Since mainstream crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have been highly correlated with Nasdaq and US stocks’ risk appetite in recent years, a large shift of funds toward subscribing to tech giants’ IPOs may weaken buy-side support for BTC, ETH, and altcoins. Analysts note that Coinbase went public on the day Bitcoin hit a cyclical top in 2021; this SpaceX IPO may once again become an important liquidity inflection point for the crypto market.

Woorh’s high-energy hearing: denies promising rate cuts to Trump, unleashes anger at the Fed “losing its way,” and gets called a “puppet”

Woorh, the Fed chair nominee selected by Trump, went all out at his confirmation hearing: he refused to answer whether Trump lost the election, and was angrily criticized by Warren as a “puppet.” He also fired back at the Fed, saying it has “lost direction and turned to politics.” He additionally denied multiple times that the President asked him for any commitment to low interest rates. Nick Timiraos, who is known as the “Fed’s mouthpiece,” wrote that Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren characterized Woorh in her opening statement as both Trump’s “puppet” and an opportunist. However, Warren’s argument was that a Fed chair who is not willing to come forward even when a simple statement might displease the president would not stand up to confront that president at a critical moment. This theme ran throughout the entire hearing, with Democrats repeatedly returning to it.

Woorh also said that the Fed needs “fundamental policy reforms,” including a new inflation framework, new tools, and new ways of communicating information. Although Woorh avoided directly responding to Trump’s public attacks on the Fed, he repeatedly denied to senators from both parties that Trump had ever sought any commitments regarding interest rates. “The President has never asked me to pre-decide, promise, determine, or make any interest-rate decision. In any of our discussions, there hasn’t been any such request, and I would never agree to do that.”

Goldman Sachs: Changing Fed leadership will not bring quick rate cuts

In a report to clients, Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle said that the path for Kevin Woorh to become Fed chair is now clear, but leadership changes may not immediately alter the Fed’s policy stance in the coming months. He noted: “When the Federal Open Market Committee is divided, the new chair may not be able to push for rate cuts as forcefully as Powell.” And regardless of Woorh’s influence, the new chair’s enthusiasm for rate cuts may not be much higher than Powell’s—especially with uncertainty from the Middle East war still running high. However, Goldman still believes that easing policies will be announced before the end of the year, maintaining its previous forecast that the Fed will cut rates by 25 basis points in September and December.

Weekly updates on listed crypto and stock companies

Representative company for BTC treasury holdings

Strategy leads with $255 million but momentum sharply declines: holdings increase amount drops 90%, with several global reserve companies making slight follow-up purchases

Based on SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on April 27, 2026, the total net weekly buying of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) was $260 million, down 89.8% from the previous week.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $255 million (down 90% from last week), buying 3,273 BTC at a price of $77,906 per Bitcoin, bringing total holdings to 818,334 BTC.

Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.

In addition, three other companies bought Bitcoin last week. Japanese fashion brand ANAP invested $770,000 on April 21 to add to its holdings at a price of $84,239.7 per Bitcoin, adding 9.1785 BTC, bringing total holdings to 1,431.9716 BTC. The UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on April 24 that it would invest $3.39 million to buy 44 BTC at $77,071 per Bitcoin, bringing total holdings to 2,750 BTC. A French Bitcoin company announced on April 27 that it would invest $460,000 to buy 6 BTC at $77,151 per Bitcoin, bringing total holdings to 2,943 BTC.

Metaplanet has issued 8 billion yen (about $50 million) in zero-interest bonds to buy Bitcoin.

As of press time, global listed companies in the statistics (excluding mining companies) held a total of 1,084,909 BTC, up 0.3% from the previous week. The current market value is approximately $84.34 billion, accounting for 5.4% of Bitcoin’s circulating market cap.

Metaplanet issues 8 billion yen zero-interest bonds to increase its Bitcoin holdings

Last week, Japan’s Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet announced the issuance of 8 billion yen in zero-interest ordinary bonds to further purchase Bitcoin.

DDC annual financial results: Bitcoin holdings reach 2,383 BTC and it launches an AI treasury intelligence platform

US-listed company DDC Enterprise released its FY2025 earnings report last week. Full-year revenue reached $39.2 million, up 4.6% year over year, setting a record high. As of April 21, 2026, it held about 2,383 BTC, worth approximately $182 million, placing it among the top 30 globally listed companies by Bitcoin holdings. DDC also announced the launch of an AI-driven treasury intelligence platform, “DDC Treasury Intelligence Platform,” to optimize Bitcoin fund management and capital allocation.

) Representative company for ETH treasury holdings

Bitmine has total assets of $13.3 billion, holding more than 5.07 million ETH, representing 4.21% of supply

As of April 26, 2026, Bitmine’s total crypto holdings, cash, and investments amount to $13.3 billion. It currently holds 5,078,386 ETH, valued at about $12.03 billion, representing 4.21% of the total ETH supply. In addition, its holdings also include 200 BTC, $200 million in Beast Industries equity, $91 million in Eightco Holdings equity, and $940 million in cash.

Bitmine currently has 3,701,589 ETH staked. At a price of $2,369 per ETH, it is worth approximately $8.8 billion. Its annualized staking yield is 3.033%, with an estimated annual return of $363 million. Bitmine was transferred to and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 9, 2026, from NYSE American.

In addition, last week the Ethereum Foundation sold 10,000 ETH to Bitmine via OTC, with an average price of $2,387.

) Representative companies for altcoin treasury holdings

Eightco discloses that its WLD holdings have increased to over 283 million tokens, while its ETH holdings remain at 11,068

NASDAQ-listed Eightco Holdings (ORBS) released an update on its holdings last week, disclosing that the total value of assets held increased to $336 million, including: 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) tokens, 11,068 ETH, a $90 million investment in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries, and $118 million in cash and stablecoins. Eightco Holdings said that the value of its held WLD tokens accounts for 23% of the company’s total assets; the investment in OpenAI has decreased to 27% of total assets; and the investment in Beast Industries accounts for 7% of total assets.

AVAX One releases Q1 performance: holds about 14 million AVAX and revenue quarter-over-quarter doubles

NASDAQ-listed AVAX treasury company AVAX One announced preliminary performance for Q1 2026 last week. Benefiting from Avalanche staking rewards and the growth of its Bitcoin mining business, quarterly revenue doubled quarter-over-quarter to about $2.4 million. Regarding asset allocation, the company currently holds about 14 million AVAX, with more than 90% in staking. At the same time, AVAX One has signed a letter of intent to build a 10MW Tier 3 AI/HPC data center in Alberta, Canada. The project is expected to begin operations in Q1 2027, leveraging low-cost natural gas power resources to advance a dual strategy of AI and digital assets with “crypto asset yield + compute infrastructure.” The company also added 220 Bitcoin mining machines, increasing its compute power to over 200 PH/s.

US-listed company Aurelion discloses that it holds 33,318 Tether Gold, with 10,000 of them staked

NASDAQ-listed company Aurelion disclosed last week that it currently holds 33,318 Tether Gold (XAUT). Based on the April 23 price of $4,719.15 per ounce, the value of its holdings exceeds $157 million. In addition, the company disclosed that it has staked 10,000 XAUT, transforming the gold token from a simple reserve asset into a collateralized asset that can generate returns. The remaining 23,318 XAUT are currently unstaked.

Tron Inc increases its holdings by 154,494 TRX tokens

In a post on X, Tron Inc stated that the company recently purchased an additional 154,494 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.3236. Its TRX holdings have risen to more than 693 million tokens. The company aims to continue increasing its Tron DAT inventory to enhance long-term shareholder value.