Weekly Market Report. April 3, 2026

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⬤TOP READS

Hyperliquid whale makes $80M bet on market crash: Is Bitcoin in trouble?An $80 million leveraged position includes a Bitcoin short and a long bet on oil prices, though the trader has a history of large losses. im 20265130?width=700&size=1

Franklin Templeton Agrees to Buy Crypto Spinoff in Digital-Asset ExpansionMoney manager’s crypto investment unit will offer strategies designed for institutional investors shutterstock 1423698650

Franklin Templeton agrees to buy CoinFund spinoff to expand crypto investment offeringFranklin Templeton, the traditional finance heavyweight with more than $1.7 trillion in assets under management, has agreed to buy 250 Digital, a spinoff from the venture firm CoinFund, to expand its crypto investment offering.

⬤ WHAT MATTERED

AI & Technology OpenAI Closes Silicon Valley’s Largest-Ever Funding Round im 48308860?width=700&size=1

Wanted: Head of Human AI Solutions. The New Jobs Being Created by AI im 37356691?width=700&size=1

Oracle Lays Off Workers Amid Heavy AI Investment
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OpenEden issues first tokenized access to BNY’s Global Short-Dated High-Yield Bond strategy lighter

Telegram Wallet integrates Lighter to roll out in-app perpetual futures trading to 150M+ users 20230419 Coinbase Generic2

Coinbase receives conditional approval for national trust charter from OCCCrypto 019d432a 36f0 7f21 8fcb 3e38bd7741ce

Bitcoin hits $68K but BTC futures 019d49c7 7a4f 7bfa a675 5020f7d26360

Warren Buffett bought $17B in US T-bills: A bad omen for Bitcoin price? 019afb50 37d3 7a73 9dc5 a74a4e41a0f6

Bitcoin dips, oil rises as Trump addresses nation on war in Iran

⬤ CAPITAL MOVES

…Where capital is quietly positioning.Midas raises $50M Series AOpenFX raises $94M Series AARO Network raises $5MThe Better Money Company raises $10M seed led by a16z crypto

⬤ UNDER THE SURFACE

Ethereum Is Trying to Turn Layer 2 Fragmentation Into a Unified Economic Zone

Ethereum still accounts for the largest share of DeFi activity, and builders are now trying to solve the ecosystem’s next structural problem: fragmentation across Layer 2s. A newly proposed Ethereum Economic Zone would allow smart contracts on different rollups to interact synchronously and settle back to Ethereum without relying on traditional bridges. The goal is not just technical elegance. It is to rebuild shared liquidity, composability, and user flow across an increasingly splintered L2 landscape. If it works, Ethereum’s next phase will be less about scaling throughput and more about restoring economic cohesion across its own network universe. Uranium Finance Charges Show DeFi Exploits Are Becoming Prosecutable, Not Just Traceable

U.S. prosecutors charged Jonathan Spalletta in connection with the 2021 Uranium Finance hacks, which allegedly drained more than $53 million from the protocol and contributed to its collapse. According to the DOJ, the case includes charges of computer fraud and money laundering, with prosecutors alleging that part of the proceeds moved through Tornado Cash and that some funds have already been seized. The broader signal matters: DeFi exploits are no longer being treated only as anonymous on-chain incidents. They are increasingly becoming prosecutable financial crimes with real-world legal consequences. Metaplanet Has Become the Third-Largest Public Bitcoin Treasury Company

Japan’s Metaplanet has climbed to the No. 3 spot among public Bitcoin treasury companies after reporting 40,177 BTC in holdings, behind only Strategy and Twenty One Capital. BitcoinTreasuries data shows Strategy still leads by a wide margin with 762,099 BTC, while Metaplanet’s move into the top three marks the first time a non-U.S. company has broken into that tier. This is more than a leaderboard update. It is another sign that the corporate Bitcoin treasury model is expanding beyond the United States and becoming a global balance-sheet strategy.

⬤ SNAP OF THE WEEK

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