Golden Web3.0 Daily Report | OpenAI plans to IPO as early as Q4

DeFi data

1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: $49.185 billion

DeFi Total Market Cap Data Source: coingecko

2. Trading volume on decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours: $40.2

Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours. Data source: coingecko

3. Assets locked in DeFi: $921.92 billion$100 million

Top 10 DeFi Projects by Locked Assets and Total Value Locked. Data Source: defillama

NFT Data

1. Total Market Value of NFTs: $7.203 billion

2.24 hours NFT transaction volume 1.411 billion USD

Headlines

OpenAI Plans IPO as Early as Q4

According to CNBC: OpenAI plans to IPO as early as Q4. OpenAI's CEO and CFO are "confident" about the IPO after raising $122 billion.

AI Hot Topics

1. OpenAI Asks California and Delaware to Investigate Musk

April 7th news: OpenAI urged the attorneys general of California and Delaware to investigate possible "improper and anti-competitive conduct" by Musk.

2. The United States ranks first globally in computing power with a market share of 37.4%

According to Bitcoin News, the United States ranks first globally in computing power with a market share of 37.4% (approximately 375 EH/s). Russia ranks second with a market share of 16.9%, followed by China with a market share of 12%. Kyrgyzstan achieved a year-on-year growth of 300% and a month-on-month growth of 167% after its parliament approved transparent mining regulations in mid-2025. Paraguay's computing power increased by 54% year-on-year, reaching 4.3% of the global total. Laos and Finland achieved 100% year-on-year growth, respectively, thanks to cheap hydropower and favorable climate conditions.

3. Bitcoin Miners Face New Competitor in Cheap Electricity Sector: Anthropic Signs Multi-Gigawatt Hashrate Agreement

On April 7th, Anthropic reached its largest hashrate partnership agreement to date, collaborating with Google and Broadcom to acquire multi-gigawatt-level next-generation TPU hashrate starting in 2027. Simultaneously, its annualized revenue has grown from $9 billion at the end of 2025 to $30 billion. The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is becoming a direct competitor to Bitcoin mining in scarce energy resources, including grid access, land, cooling capacity, and cheap electricity. AI is now one of the largest sources of new electricity demand in the United States. Under pressure from rising costs and volatile mining economics, large Bitcoin mining companies are increasingly shifting towards supporting AI workloads, positioning themselves as power and data center infrastructure providers while also engaging in Bitcoin mining, rather than simply being mining companies.

4. Former OpenAI Employees Launch $100 Million VC Fund Zero Shot, Focusing on AI Investments

On April 7th, several former OpenAI employees jointly launched the venture capital fund Zero Shot, targeting a size of $100 million. It has already raised approximately $20 million in its first round and completed several investments. The fund was initiated by Evan Morikawa, Andrew Mayne, Shawn Jain, and others, with Kelly Kovacs and Brett Rounsaville also participating. Invested projects include enterprise automation platform Worktrace AI and robotics company Foundry Robotics. The team stated that they will focus on AI areas with long-term potential, while maintaining a cautious approach to certain sectors, including the "vibecoding" platform and robot video data training.

DeFi Hot Topics

1. Crypto hedge fund Split Capital to shut down gradually; founder joins Plasma as executive

Crypto hedge fund Split Capital has announced its gradual shutdown. Its founder, Zaheer Ebtikar, has joined stablecoin startup Plasma as Chief Strategy Officer, shifting his focus to the stablecoin sector. Zaheer Ebtikar stated that although the fund achieved returns of approximately 100% and 20% in 2024 and 2025 respectively, he believes the business model of crypto hedge funds is gradually becoming ineffective. With the launch of products such as Bitcoin spot ETFs, institutional investors are more inclined to obtain exposure to crypto assets through traditional financial instruments, weakening the competitive advantage of hedge funds.

2. Aave Founder Responds to Chaos Labs' Exit: Will Maintain Two-Tier Risk Management Model, Supports LlamaRisk Takeover

Aave founder Stani Kulechov tweeted that Aave respects Chaos Labs' decision to exit its risk management role and thanks it for its contributions over the years. Aave's smart contracts, asset listings, and network deployment will remain unaffected, and both parties will maintain close cooperation during the exit process. Aave currently employs a two-tier economic risk management model, jointly managed by Chaos Labs and LlamaRisk. Given the scale of the Aave protocol, it will continue to maintain this two-tier model, with an additional technical risk layer managed by Aave Labs. Aave Labs will work closely with LlamaRisk to ensure uninterrupted risk coverage during the transition and support LlamaRisk's increased budget and team size.

3. Polygon Foundation: Giugliano Hard Fork to Take Place on Polygon Mainnet on April 8th UTC

On April 7th, the Polygon Foundation announced that the Giugliano hard fork will be launched on the Polygon mainnet at block height 85,268,500, expected to take place at 2 PM UTC on April 8th. This upgrade includes: faster finality by allowing block producers to broadcast blocks earlier; adding fee parameters directly to the block header; and adding RPC support for fee data. All node operators must upgrade Bor to v2.7.0 (or Erigon to v3.5.0).