BlockBeats reported on April 5 that Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted an update tied to the firm's Bitcoin Tracker, writing "₿ack to Work." Based on the company's past practice, Strategy typically releases details of any additional Bitcoin purchases a day after related signals appear. In its most recent disclosure, Strategy said it held 762,099 BTC acquired for about $57.69 billion in total, implying an average cost of roughly $75,694 per coin.

Michael Saylor suggested he may buy more Bitcoin, sharing a post that read: "₿ack to Work."

Token Unlocks data cited by ME News shows several large token releases are scheduled for next week, including APT, BABY and LINEA. Aptos (APT) is set to unlock about 11.31 million tokens at 4:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 12, equal to roughly 0.68% of circulating supply and valued at about $9.5 million. Babylon (BABY) is scheduled to unlock about 612 million tokens at 6:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 10, representing around 37.77% of circulating supply and worth about $7.8 million. Linea (LINEA) plans to unlock about 1.38 billion tokens at 7:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 10, or about 5.32% of circulating supply, valued at roughly $4.5 million. RedStone (RED) will unlock about 40.85 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on April 7, accounting for around 13.89% of circulating supply and valued at about $4.2 million. Movement (MOVE) is set to unlock about 164 million tokens at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 9, equal to roughly 4.92% of circulating supply and valued at about $2.9 million. io.net (IO) will unlock about 11.31 million tokens at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 11, representing around 0.68% of circulating supply and valued at about $1.3 million. (Source: PANews)

Michael Saylor's Strategy has signaled it may buy more Bitcoin.

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would allow 401(k) retirement plans to include alternative assets such as Bitcoin. The move follows a Trump executive order and could broaden investment choices for roughly 90 million Americans, potentially expanding the range of assets held in retirement portfolios.

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Ethereum and the broader crypto market are showing signs of stress. Prices have stayed marginally positive at times, but buyers have struggled to overpower persistent selling. Against that backdrop, Tom Lee's BitMine has drawn attention for increasing its Ethereum exposure. On April 4, BitMine added 40,000 ETH valued at $82.07 million, sourced from FalconX, an institutional crypto prime brokerage, according to Lookonchain. The purchase landed as the Crypto Fear and Greed Index remained in "Extreme Fear." The indicator has spent most of the period since mid-January below "Neutral," largely oscillating between "Fear" and "Extreme Fear," underscoring how some firms are positioning without waiting for sentiment to recover. In the Bitcoin market, a comparable accumulation playbook has been associated with Michael Saylor's Strategy, which holds 762,099 BTC. The approach has influenced other corporate buyers, including Metaplanet, Boyaa Interactive and American Bitcoin Corp. Following the latest addition, BitMine's ETH holdings total 4,732,082 ETH, worth about $9.69 billion. SharpLink ranks next with 868,699 ETH ($1.77 billion), followed by The Ether Machine with 496,712 ETH ($1.01 billion). ETHZilla is ranked seventh with roughly 69,802 ETH ($141.92 million), while Galaxy Digital ranks ninth with 29,200 ETH ($59.33 million). Across more than 30 entities tracked, total Ethereum treasury holdings stand at 6,733,596 ETH valued at $13.79 billion. On the market side, ETH was trading at $2,028.64, down 1.34% over the past 24 hours. Spot Ethereum [ETH] ETFs recorded outflows even as the new quarter began. On-chain data points to longer-term positioning. Net transfer volume to and from exchanges suggests investors have been moving ETH off exchanges despite price weakness. Separately, the Ethereum Foundation lifted its total staked ETH holdings to around $139 million over the past seven days, signaling continued long-horizon participation from large holders. Final Summary Even with sentiment stuck in "Extreme Fear," institutional buyers are continuing to accumulate. Exchange flow data continues to support a longer-term bullish read despite near-term price softness.

Swift and Chainlink have completed a major interoperability trial designed to support tokenized bond transactions across multiple blockchain networks while remaining connected to existing financial infrastructure. The work aims to standardize digital-asset processing for institutional users through established messaging and data standards, including ISO 20022. The trial included several European banking participants, including BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale FORGE. Chainlink said the testing showed how Swift can coordinate tokenized bond flows across both blockchain environments and traditional enterprise systems. The project builds on earlier work involving UBS Asset Management and more than 12 global financial institutions. Participants including Citi and BNY Mellon tested cross-chain settlement using existing payment rails, allowing access to blockchain networks without replacing current systems. Institutions relied on Swift messaging standards alongside Chainlink infrastructure. On the data side, the initiative introduced a framework to standardize corporate actions information. During testing, Chainlink's Runtime Environment validated outputs from multiple AI models, converted the results into ISO 20022 messages, and sent them over the Swift network. In parallel, Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) distributed the same data across blockchains. Designated data attestors and contributors verified and enriched records, delivering nearly 100% accuracy across the corporate actions tested. The setup also supported multilingual processing, including Spanish and Chinese disclosures. Chainlink also expanded into identity and compliance tooling. Through a partnership with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, the firms introduced verifiable identity capabilities for blockchain use, combining legal entity data with on-chain infrastructure to support compliant transactions, asset-origin verification, and programmatic enforcement of regulatory requirements. Swift and Chainlink additionally demonstrated CCIP-based cross-chain transfers with institutions including Euroclear, Clearstream, and Lloyds Banking Group, highlighting a path for tokenized assets to move across systems while keeping data, identity, and compliance standards consistent.

Bitcoin has climbed about 13% since fighting in the Middle East escalated, outperforming tech shares, gold, and broader U.S. equities, according to CoinDesk. In March, BTC is up roughly 1%, while gold has fallen 11% over the same period. Mark Connors, an analyst at Risk Dimensions, said Bitcoin "really hung in there", attributing the resilience to earlier deleveraging that flushed out overleveraged positions. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have logged about $1.3 billion in net inflows so far in March, putting the category on pace for its first month of net positive flows since October.