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Publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies sold over 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026—more than the entire year of 2025

According to Cointelegraph, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies collectively sold over 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026—exceeding their total sales for all of 2025 and setting a new quarterly record. Data from TheMinerMag indicates that the relevant companies include MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer. The report also notes that the current miner hash price stands at approximately $33 per PH/s per day—below the breakeven level of roughly $35 per PH/s per day for some mining firms. Additionally, according to CryptoQuant data, Bitcoin miners’ reserves have declined from over 1.86 million BTC in 2023 to approximately 1.8 million BTC.

A whale unstaked 150,000 HYPE tokens and placed a TWAP sell order for 100,000 tokens.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), an early holder from the HYPE genesis phase has unstaked 150,000 $HYPE tokens—worth approximately $6.52 million—and placed a TWAP order to sell 100,000 $HYPE tokens—worth approximately $4.35 million. The holder currently still has 354,303 $HYPE tokens staked, valued at approximately $15.42 million.

A whale, dormant for 2.5 months, deposits $1.9 million USDC and opens a 20x leveraged short position on the S&P 500 index

Odaily News According to Onchain Lens monitoring, after being dormant for 2.5 months, a whale deposited $1.9 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened 550 short contracts on the SP500 with a leverage multiplier of 20x.

A trader increased $960 to $337,000 within two hours, achieving a 351x return.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a trader increased $11 worth of SOL (approximately $960) to $337,000 in under two hours—a 351x return. The trader purchased 158.51 million ASTEROID tokens across three wallets, then sold 134.75 million ASTEROID tokens for 1,539 SOL (approximately $135,000). The trader currently holds 23.76 million ASTEROID tokens, valued at approximately $202,000.

A major whale withdrew 31.55 million SIREN tokens from Binance Alpha over the past two weeks, worth approximately $64.67 million.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a mysterious whale has withdrawn 31.55 million SIREN tokens from Binance Alpha over the past two weeks, valued at approximately $64.67 million. Meanwhile, the SIREN price surged over 150% today.

ASTEROID’s top-ranked address, Ily, purchased at an average cost of approximately $5,920, achieving a return rate of 2,164%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai 9684xtpa), Ily—the top address on the ASTEROID leaderboard—purchased the relevant tokens at ~$5,920, with a cost basis of $0.00043 per token. The current unrealized profit is approximately $130,000, representing a return of 2,164%.

An address deposited $7.47 million worth of USDC within one hour and purchased 169,800 HYPE tokens.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), an address deposited 7.47 million USDC at 7 a.m. today and subsequently purchased 169,800 HYPE tokens, of which 60,000 HYPE tokens were staked—all within one hour. The article states that the address’s average purchase price was $43.861 per HYPE token, resulting in an unrealized loss of approximately $105,000.

Four wallets transferred 1.23 billion AKE tokens to Binance Alpha within four days, accounting for 55% of the circulating supply.

According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), over the past four days, four wallets collectively transferred 1.23 billion AKE tokens to Binance Alpha—representing 55% of the circulating supply and valued at approximately $8.67 million. He noted that AKE surged to $0.00158 yesterday before retreating by 65%, and this inflow may be one contributing factor. Additionally, since these AKE tokens began entering Binance Alpha, its daily trading volume has risen from $2 million to $34 million.

Arthur Hayes’s associated address deposited 3,000 ETH to Binance and Bybit 11 hours ago

According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai 9684xtpa), an address associated with Arthur Hayes deposited 3,000 ETH—worth approximately $6.927 million—to Binance and Bybit 11 hours ago. She noted that the Bybit deposit address used by this address had also interacted with Arthur Hayes one year ago. As of now, this address still holds 5,278 ETH, valued at roughly $12.33 million.

ETH ICO Whale Transfers 2,000 ETH 8 Hours Ago, Possibly Intending to Sell

According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), an ETH ICO whale—previously holding 1 million ETH—transferred 2,000 ETH (valued at approximately $4.63 million) to a multisig address eight hours ago, potentially signaling an intent to sell. She noted that the receiving address can be regarded as the whale’s “dedicated sell address,” which typically deposits ETH into OKX shortly after receipt. The funds transferred originated from address 0x2bf…E4087, which has frequent interactions with block builders BuilderNet and Titan Build.

An address purchased 590,900 HYPE tokens from Galaxy OTC, and the associated address set holds a total of 4.11 million HYPE tokens.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet purchased 590,900 HYPE tokens from the Galaxy Digital OTC Wallet for approximately $25.92 million. Additionally, a cluster of six wallets—likely controlled by the same entity—holds a combined total of 4,114,234 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $180.53 million, and all HYPE tokens received by these wallets originated from the Galaxy OTC wallet.

The U.S. government transferred Bitcoin worth $606,470 to Coinbase Prime.

Arkham monitoring shows that a U.S. government address has just transferred $606,470 worth of Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime. This Bitcoin was previously seized by the U.S. government from Ilya Lichtenstein, the Bitfinex hacker. It remains unclear whether this batch of stolen Bitcoin will be sold on Coinbase.

Russian exchange Grinex suspends operations after ~$15 million attack

According to The Block, Grinex—a Russia-linked cryptocurrency exchange—suspended withdrawals and trading on Thursday after suffering a hack reportedly worth approximately $15 million. Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic stated that the stolen funds consisted of USDT, which were subsequently moved across the Tron and Ethereum networks and swapped for TRX and ETH to reduce the risk of being frozen by Tether. Grinex said its wallet infrastructure was hit by a “large-scale cyberattack,” resulting in losses exceeding 1 billion rubles—approximately $13.1 million. Reports indicate Grinex is widely regarded as one of the successor platforms to sanctioned exchange Garantex, which U.S. authorities targeted last year for facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit fund flows.

After the SIREN market maker reclaimed over 93% of the tokens, SIREN surged 185% in the past 24 hours.

According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), after the SIREN “whale” distributed and sold off tokens early this month, they have since reaccumulated holdings, raising their control over the token supply to over 93%. This has triggered another round of aggressive market activity. SIREN surged 185% in the past 24 hours, rebounding from its previous post-dip low of $0.13 to $2.18.

A newly created wallet deposited $7.45 million USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 169,800 HYPE tokens.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet deposited $7.45 million in USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 169,800 HYPE tokens at a price of $43.86 each. Of these, 10,000 HYPE tokens have already been staked.

BlackRock Withdraws 3,899 Bitcoins from Coinbase, Worth Approximately $290 Million

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), BlackRock withdrew 3,899 BTC (worth $289.88 million) and 839 ETH (worth $1.95 million) from Coinbase 7 hours ago.

A wallet deposited 3,000 ETH to Bybit and Binance

Odaily News According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet deposited 3,000 ETH (worth $6.93 million) to Bybit and Binance, of which 1,500 ETH (worth $3.46 million) were transferred to the Bybit deposit address of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes.

The U.S. government deposited 8.2 BTC into Coinbase Prime, valued at approximately $606,000.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the U.S. government deposited 8.2 BTC (approximately $606,000) into Coinbase Prime; these funds originated from assets previously seized in connection with the Bitfinex hack.

UAE Investors Buck the Trend, Increasing AI and Crypto Holdings Amid Gulf Tech Ambitions Undergoing Conflict Stress Tests

According to CoinTelegraph, eToro’s latest data shows that during the sharp decline in AI and tech stocks in Q1 2026, investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) bucked the trend by increasing their positions—particularly in AI infrastructure and software stocks such as ServiceNow (+125%), Super Micro Computer (+65%), Adobe (+54%), and Oracle (+38%). Regarding crypto-related equities, Strategy Inc. remained the eighth-largest holding, reflecting investors’ continued exposure to crypto assets. Deutsche Bank’s report dated April 13 noted that this conflict is more likely to strengthen—not weaken—Gulf-region demand for AI, cybersecurity, and sovereign digital infrastructure.

A new startup wallet withdrew 1,470 BTC from Binance, worth approximately $109 million.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet withdrew 1,470 BTC from Binance, valued at approximately $109 million.