BTC mining difficulty increased by 3.87%; BitMine increased its holdings by over 71,000 ETH last week.

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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increased by 3.87% to 138.97 T

On April 3rd, according to CloverPool data, the Bitcoin network completed a new round of difficulty adjustments, with the difficulty value increasing by 3.87% to 138.97 T. The current Bitcoin network hashrate is 986.02 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to take place in approximately 14 days.

Bitmine Purchases 45,000 ETH via BitGo

On April 1st, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine purchased 45,000 ETH via BitGo, worth approximately $95.3 million.

Charles Schwab to Launch “Schwab Crypto” Crypto Trading Account

On April 4th, Charles Schwab announced the launch of the “Schwab Crypto” crypto trading account, allowing users to directly trade Bitcoin and Ethereum. The account is provided by a self-built system of Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB, and is open nationwide except for New York and Louisiana. Charles Schwab previously stated that it would offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services in early 2026.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Exploring Innovative Businesses such as “Computing Power Banks” and “Computing Power Supermarkets”

On April 2nd, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on carrying out a special action to empower the development of SMEs with inclusive computing power. It mentioned innovating inclusive computing power service models.

Improve the SME zone of the China Computing Power Platform, the computing power resource matching zone of the China SME Service Network, and the national computing power internet service node zone (hereinafter collectively referred to as the SME platform zone), promote the precise matching of SME demand with computing power resource supply, and implement flexible payment models such as billing by "card time," "core time," and token. Explore innovative businesses such as "computing power banks" and "computing power supermarkets" to support SMEs in depositing idle computing power resources and achieving flexible access through cross-regional and cross-cycle scheduling. Implement the AI ​​SME Entrepreneurship Support Plan, encouraging relevant local departments to subsidize SMEs that meet industry orientations with "computing power vouchers," "storage vouchers," and "transportation vouchers" through the SME platform zone, simplifying the acquisition and usage process.

YZi Labs Announces Strategic Additional Investment in Predict.fun

On April 2, YZi Labs announced a strategic additional investment in Predict.fun following the second quarter of EASY Residency, with Susquehanna Crypto, a leading global digital asset trading company, also participating.

YZi Labs Announces Strategic Additional Investment in Predict.fun

Since graduating from the YZi Labs incubation project EASY Residency, Predict.fun has experienced rapid growth, facilitating over 4 million orders and exceeding $1.8 billion in trading volume. On April 2nd, the Solana-based derivatives trading platform Drift Protocol suffered a security incident, with on-chain data showing losses of at least $200 million, and some estimates approaching $270 million. The project team stated that they have detected abnormal activity and are investigating, advising users not to deposit funds into the protocol and emphasizing that "this is not an April Fool's joke." This attack involved multiple liquidity pools, including JLP Delta Neutral, SOL Super Staking, and BTC Super Staking. A single transfer of approximately 41.7 million JLP tokens, valued at about $155 million, also resulted in the outflow of assets such as SOL, USDC, cbBTC, and wBTC. According to statistics, this incident may be one of the largest DeFi attacks in the Solana ecosystem since the Wormhole bridge exploit. On April 2nd, Yu Xian analyzed the Drift theft incident, pointing out that a week before the attack, Drift adjusted its multi-signature mechanism to "2/5" (1 old signer + 4 new signers) and did not set a timelock. The attackers subsequently gained administrator privileges, forged CVT tokens, manipulated oracles, disabled security mechanisms, and transferred high-value assets from the liquidity pool. Alipay Releases Payment Integration Skill On March 31, Alipay released China's first "Payment Integration Skill," deeply encapsulating basic payment capabilities into standardized components. In addition, Alipay upgraded its "sandbox environment," allowing developers to complete end-to-end payment testing without real funds or officially launched payment products. (Yicai)