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According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched the “Ignite $HTX Season” campaign, featuring four core activities—holding, trading, grid trading, and earning crypto—to deliver a one-stop participation experience. From now until May 15, 18:00 (UTC+8), users who complete designated tasks can unlock random airdrops, participate in raffles for Apple surprise prizes, and share in a $100,000 USDT reward pool.
Microsoft has officially announced an updated partnership agreement with OpenAI, further clarifying the long-term nature of their collaboration. Under the new agreement, Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will continue to launch first on Azure—unless Microsoft is unable or chooses not to support the relevant capabilities. At the same time, OpenAI may now deploy all its products on any cloud service provider. The agreement also states that Microsoft holds a license to OpenAI’s model and product intellectual property through 2032; however, this license has changed from exclusive to non-exclusive. Microsoft will no longer pay revenue-sharing payments to OpenAI, while OpenAI’s revenue-sharing payments to Microsoft will continue through 2030 at the same percentage rate—but subject to an overall cap. Additionally, Microsoft will remain a significant shareholder and continue participating in OpenAI’s growth.
According to an official announcement, Aster has launched the eighth round of its Rocket Launch program—Genius (GENIUS). Concurrently, the platform has introduced a trading campaign with a total prize pool of $200,000. The campaign runs from 15:30 UTC on April 13, 2026, to 14:00 UTC on April 20, 2026. Users are eligible for rewards if their total trading fees incurred during the campaign exceed $5 and their reward amount is equal to or greater than 1 $ASTER. Each participant’s maximum reward is capped at 3% of the total prize pool. Additionally, trading the GENIUSUSDT perpetual contract grants a 1.5x bonus multiplier. Rewards will be distributed within 14 business days after the campaign ends. Notably, Genius—partnered with the Aster Code ecosystem—is the first Aster Code partner to debut under the Rocket Launch program. Aster has also become the first DEX to list the $GENIUS perpetual contract.
Bitget’s Q1 2026 Transparency Report, released today, shows that user trading behavior is rapidly shifting from single crypto assets to multi-asset portfolios. By the end of Q1, non-crypto assets—such as commodities—accounted for 20%–40% of total trading volume, while crypto assets’ share declined from a dominant position at the start of the year to 60%–80%. This fluctuation signals that holistic asset portfolios have become the core strategy for high-net-worth investors. At the product and ecosystem level, Bitget released the whitepaper for its Holistic Exchange (UEX) in Q1, further clarifying the integration path for crypto assets, tokenized assets, and AI-driven trading within a unified architecture. Simultaneously, the platform has continued strengthening its AI trading infrastructure, launching Agent Hub and GetClaw—advancing AI from an assistive tool to an execution system that enables agents to ingest real-time market data, identify trading signals, and execute operations autonomously within predefined parameters. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, stated: “The boundary between crypto markets and traditional finance is rapidly dissolving; the explosive growth of CFDs heralds the arrival of a unified market. Users are no longer making binary asset choices—they are engaging in efficiency-based competition across diverse assets under a single logical framework.”
According to Bitmine’s disclosure, Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) officially upgraded to the NYSE Main Board on April 9, 2026, retaining its ticker symbol. Concurrently, the Board approved expanding the share repurchase authorization from $1 billion to $4 billion, placing it among the top ten announced buyback programs of 2026. As of April 6, the company held approximately 4.803 million ETH—representing 3.98% of Ethereum’s total supply—and had completed over 79% of its “5% Alchemy” target. The company’s total crypto assets, cash, and other assets amounted to approximately $11.4 billion.
According to GlobeNewswire, Greenlane Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed BERA treasury company, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $2 million share repurchase program. The company also released its full-year financial report, which disclosed that, following the acquisition of 7.5 million BERA tokens, its holdings had increased to 77.9 million BERA tokens as of April 7, 2026—approximately 32% of the current BERA circulating supply.