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Bitcoin And AI Are No Longer Aligned On Decentralization, Study Finds
Mining costs in parts of the US have climbed past $100,000 for a single bitcoin, pushing operators to pack up and move. Paraguay and Ethiopia have emerged as top destinations, both offering surplus hydroelectric power that keeps electricity bills low.
According to crypto exchange KuCoin, the shift is already underway, with hash rate actively migrating toward what analysts are calling the “Global South.”
That geographic spread, KuCoin argues, actually strengthens the Bitcoin network by reducing its exposure to any one country’s political or energy shocks.
It is a different kind of decentralization — not the kind Satoshi Nakamoto imagined, but decentralization just the same.
The Opposite Paths Of Two TechnologiesWhile Bitcoin mining grows more concentrated in terms of hardware and industrial scale, artificial intelligence may be moving the other way.
Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, made that case on Sunday, pointing out that AI started its life in massive, corporate-controlled data centers.
bitcoin mining began decentralized (CPUs, GPUs) and became centralized (ASICs, industrial-scale farms)
AI may follow the opposite path: it started centralized in giant hosted clusters, but as frontier model gains slow (from data scarcity, context limits, and memory bottlenecks)… pic.twitter.com/J2indQsTt8
— Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) April 12, 2026
Now, as frontier models run into constraints — data scarcity, memory limits, context bottlenecks — open-source alternatives are gaining ground. Smaller models are getting cheaper and more capable. Some already run directly on phones and laptops.
“If local models keep getting smaller, cheaper, and more efficient, AI may become increasingly personal and on-device,” Thorn said.Bitcoin mining started the opposite way. Ordinary people once mined coins from home computers. That era is long gone.
Today, mining requires either specialized ASIC hardware or access to an industrial-scale facility. The gap between a casual participant and a serious miner has never been wider.
A $119 Billion Market Taking ShapeThe push toward on-device AI processing has a name: edge computing. It refers to running AI models locally — on the device itself — rather than routing data to a remote server.
Data shows the global edge AI market was valued at roughly $25 billion in 2025. Based on projections from Grand View Research, that figure is expected to reach close to $120 billion by 2033, a jump of nearly 300% over eight years.
The growth is being driven by the spread of connected devices, demand for real-time processing, and growing concern over data privacy. Industries that cannot afford delays — manufacturing, healthcare, logistics — are among those pushing adoption forward.
For Bitcoin, the concern runs in the other direction. Increasing concentration of mining power raises questions about long-term network security.
A network where just a handful of large players control most of the hash rate is more vulnerable to disruption than one spread across thousands of independent operators.
Geographically, the migration away from the US may ease some of that pressure. Whether it is enough remains an open question.
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Bitcoin Bearish Flag Is Still In Play, So Price Could Crash Again
Crypto analyst Captain Faibik has announced that the Bitcoin price is still very much bearish despite the recovery. This comes after the market sentiment shifted as the Bitcoin price began to surge last week and then eventually claimed the $70,000 resistance, turning it into support again. Despite a lot of Bitcoin investors turning bullish off of this, the crypto analyst is still not convinced, believing that the current uptrend us actually only temporary.
Why The Bitcoin Price Is Still Bearish Despite Reaching $73,000Last week, the Bitcoin price surged high, rising more than 5% and reaching $73,000 before meeting resistance. This has naturally led to more positive sentiment after weeks of negative sentiment, bringing a much-needed relief rally to investors who have suffered major losses.
Despite this, Captain Faibik does not believe that this calls for celebration and is instead choosing a very conservative stance. As for the current uptrend, the crypto analyst believes it could eventually continue, putting a possible peak right between $77,000 and $78,000 due to the liquidity there.
Other than this liquidity grab, there seems to be nothing else suggesting that the bitcoin price has turned bullish. Even after the push upward to get liquidity, the next direction is expected to be downward, triggering a possible 20% correction in this regard. This correction, as the analyst explains, could lead the price to push back into the $54,000-$56,000 area.
If this trend does play out and the price does push this low, it could mean a new cycle low for the digital asset. This will erase the current cycle support, which still lies at $60,000. Nevertheless, the crypto analyst points this out as a possible play, saying that the bears are actually still in control of the Bitcoin price.
Despite being bearish on Bitcoin, the crypto analyst remains bullish on the altcoin market. He explains that while stabling most of his funds, a good chunk (30%) is currently sitting in the altcoin market, which the analyst expects to be be more bullish than Bitcoin from here. According to the analyst, investors need to be patient and wait for confirmation first before making a move.
Coinbase CEO Backs CLARITY Act Push After Treasury Secretary Called For Senate Action
The push to pass crypto legislation in the United States has picked up pace again, this time with rare alignment between policymakers and one of the crypto industry’s most influential voices.
A new statement from Brian Armstrong has added new weight to calls for Congress to move the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, just as pressure is coming from Washington to bring the bill back into focus.
Treasury Steps In As Urgency Builds In WashingtonOne of the most consequential voices in American crypto just changed sides. Brian Armstrong, CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase, declared on social media that it is time to pass the Clarity Act, publicly endorsing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 in a post on X, the same legislation he had twice rejected previously.
The comment by Armstrong is in response to a forceful Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and is one of the first few signs that the legislative standoff over US crypto market structure may finally be reaching its end.
Discussions around the CLARITY Act increased after Scott Bessent publicly called on lawmakers to act, noting that the United States risks falling behind in shaping the future of digital finance without clear regulations. In the opinion piece, Bessent mentioned how Congress has already spent years attempting to define how digital assets should be treated and that the time for debate is running out.
The Treasury Secretary also noted the difference in other jurisdictions with clearer regulatory rules, such as Abu Dhabi and Singapore. Therefore, passing the CLARITY Act is important to bringing back blockchain developers and crypto entrepreneurs to the United States after much of the industry relocated to these countries.
“There is one way to give developers and entrepreneurs the comfort to reshore: durable law,” he said.
The piece also connected the CLARITY Act to its predecessor, the GENIUS Act, the stablecoin framework that President Trump signed into law in July 2025. The Genius Act proved that progress is possible, but the progress cannot be fully realized without support from the CLARITY Act.
Armstrong Expresses SupportArmstrong responded to Bessent opinion, noting how it is time to pass the Clarity Act.
“Grateful for all the bipartisan work among Senators and staff over the past several months to make this a strong bill,” the Coinbase CEO said.
Armstrong’s response to Bessent’s remarks is a notable turn for Coinbase, which has played a complicated role in the bill’s journey to being passed. In January 2026, he publicly withdrew Coinbase’s support for the Senate Banking Committee’s draft, stating that the version was materially worse than the current regulatory status quo and that Coinbase would rather have no bill than a bad one.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins also backed the Treasury Secretary’s comments, stating in a post on X how it’s high time for Congress to future-proof against rogue regulators and advance comprehensive market structure legislation to US President Donald Trump’s desk.
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Bitcoin Liquidity Rotation Turns Bullish Again As Stablecoin Shelter Starts To Unwind
Bitcoin’s recent bounce above $70,000 is starting to look like more than a price bounce. An interesting on-chain analysis of on-chain data points to a change in how capital is moving across the market, with money that previously rotated into stablecoins beginning to edge back into Bitcoin.
That change is still small, but it is arriving as BTC recently reached an intraday high of $73,720 and as macro fears tied to the US-Iran conflict are changing.
The Defensive Phase Is Starting To FadeBitcoin’s market structure has been telling a story of restraint for many months. Capital moved to the sidelines, and stablecoins got bigger. Notably, the Bitcoin realized cap, a measure of the aggregate cost basis of all coins in circulation, plunged deep into negative territory, which is a sign that the market had absorbed significant unrealized losses.
This Bitcoin realized cap is the premise of the capital rotation setup, which was shared in a technical analysis by a crypto analyst that goes by the name Darkfost.
At the end of February, Bitcoin’s realized cap change fell to about negative $28.7 billion, which is one of the signs that capital tied to the cryptocurrency had moved into a deeply defensive posture. At the same time, stablecoin market capitalization grew by more than $6 billion, showing that investors were moving funds still in the crypto market instead of keeping that exposure in Bitcoin. According to the analyst, it was the first time this kind of rotation had appeared since the last bear-market phase.
However, the tide may be quietly changing, and the timing of that change has not gone unnoticed. Darkfost’s updated reading shows Bitcoin’s realized cap change recovering to about negative $3 billion, while stablecoin capitalization has fallen to around negative $1 billion.
This means that capital that had been parked on the sidelines appears to be moving back out of shelter and into Bitcoin again. The move is not large enough yet to call it a full risk-on reversal, but it does suggest that investor positioning is no longer as defensive as it was just weeks ago.
Capital Rotation Net Position Change
Price Action And ETF Flows Support The Recovery StoryPerhaps the most striking element of this observation is the timing. The early stages of capital re-exposure to Bitcoin began when geopolitical tensions had not been fully resolved.
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs received $471.32 million in net inflows on April 6 alone, the strongest single day in almost three months, precisely as global markets were absorbing the uncertainty of a US-Iran ceasefire deadline. Bitcoin is currently trading near $71,746, after reaching an intraday high of $73,720, which keeps it close to a sustained recovery in the new week.
If capital keeps rotating out of stablecoins and back into BTC, then the on-chain setup suggests the recovery rally may have room to continue.
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User Activity On Binance Rising — What It Means For The Crypto Market
Pseudonymous crypto analyst Crazzyblockk has pointed to a developing structural shift in the crypto market, while also noting a divergence on the Binance exchange.
Active Addresses Trends Reveal Changes In User ActivityIn a Quicktake post on CryptoQuant, Crazzyblockk highlights readings obtained from the 30-Day Change In Exchange Active Addresses metric. For context, this metric tracks how much the number of unique active addresses interacting with exchanges has increased or decreased over the past 30 days. By extension, it also helps to indicate whether exchange usage (and thus trading activity) is rising or falling.
According to Crazzyblockk, there has been a widespread shrinkage in active addresses across several exchanges, both relative to and percentage-wise. The analyst explains this is a sign that these addresses (which are known for their unique transactions) are interacting progressively less than they used to. By extension, this situation makes liquidity increasingly scarce over time. However, more than just liquidity would be affected by this dynamic; the crypto pundit expects this to further translate as less capital movement and thinner order flow, which would ultimately result in less efficient execution environments.
Stronger Circulation Of Capital
Interestingly, the case is directly opposite on Binance, the world’s leading exchange by trading volume. On Binance, Crazzyblockk says there is an evident positive change in both absolute and relative terms. Because the metric tracks bidirectional activity, the quant explains that the growth recorded “reflects stronger circulation of capital rather than one-sided movement,” and that it also “suggests that user activity is not only entering but also continuously interacting within the platform.”
Hence, the dynamic on Binance appears to be a redistribution event rather than a flat-out decline in market activity. In this case, market involvement is more accurately described as moving towards exchanges capable of handling higher levels of interaction. Interestingly, this could strengthen the overall structure of the crypto market. As Crazzyblockk explains, “higher active address density typically aligns with deeper liquidity and stronger price discovery.” Thus, if the historical pattern holds during the current cycle, the crypto market at large could be in the early stages of an uptrend.
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price stands at $71,600, recording a 1.84% downside move over the past 24 hours. Performing similarly to the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Ethereum is valued at $2,218. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the second-largest cryptocurrency has declined by only 0.5% since the past day.
‘Last Chance’: US Crypto Policy Hits Critical Deadline, Senator Says
Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal said the CLARITY Act could be nearing a markup hearing in the Senate Banking Committee, but he tied that progress to one unresolved issue: the dispute over crypto and stablecoin yield.
That came as the broader push for the bill picked up new urgency from lawmakers and industry figures who fear the window for action is closing fast.
Deadline Pressure BuildsUS Senator Cynthia Lummis said the country may not get another serious shot at the bill before 2030.
In a post on X on Friday, she said this was the “last chance” to pass the CLARITY Act until at least that year and warned against letting the country’s financial future slip away.
This is our last chance to pass the Clarity Act until at least 2030. We can’t afford to surrender America’s financial future.
— Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) April 10, 2026
Her warning landed at a sensitive moment. Industry participants have grown more uneasy about the bill’s prospects this year, with November midterm elections threatening to shift congressional priorities and slow work on crypto legislation.
Lummis’ comments framed the fight as one that cannot sit on the shelf much longer.
David Sacks, the former White House AI and crypto czar, echoed that view a day earlier. He said Senate Banking, followed by the full Senate, should pass market-structure legislation and said he believes US President Donald Trump would sign it into law.
The GENIUS Act, signed by President Trump last year, established U.S. leadership on stablecoins.
The CLARITY Act, also known as market structure legislation, would do the same for all other digital assets by providing clear rules of the road.
Secretary Bessent is right: the… https://t.co/rBkE9b5Usq
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 9, 2026
Industry Push Gathers SteamThe pressure is not coming from lawmakers alone. Chris Dixon, a16z Crypto’s managing partner, said rules that are clearly defined help both consumers and entrepreneurs.
That line has become a common argument inside the industry, where many firms say clearer oversight would help the US pull in more innovation and more retail demand for crypto assets.
That view has spread across different corners of the sector. Immutable founder Robbie Ferguson said on April 3 that the CLARITY Act could make the past decade of gaming growth look small by comparison.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong also shifted his tone on Friday, saying it was time for the bill to move after months of delays.
Stablecoin Fight Still LoomsEven with that momentum, a key problem remains. Grewal said on April 2 that the bill may be close to a Senate Banking Committee markup, but he also said the path forward depends on agreement over stablecoin yield.
That issue has kept the legislation from moving cleanly, even as support has built among companies and some regulators.
Regulators are now adding their voices too. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the time had come for Congress to move market-structure legislation to Trump’s desk and to protect the system from what he called rogue regulators.
The CLARITY Act has since become a test of whether Washington can settle crypto rules before the political calendar closes in.
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Bitwise Submits Second Amended Hyperliquid ETF Filing — Launch Imminent?
According to the latest report, Bitwise has taken a step closer toward the launch of its proposed spot Hyperliquid (HYPE) exchange-traded fund (ETF) after filing a second amendment with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bitwise Updates List Of Countertrading Parties In Hyperliquid ETF FilingOn Friday, April 10th, Bitwise submitted its second amendment to its spot Hyperliquid with the SEC, introducing new names to the list of approved trading counterparties ahead of an imminent launch in the US. This latest filing included FalconX, Flowdesk, Nonco, and Wintermute as approved trading counterparties for the asset manager.
Earlier in its first amendment filing in December 2025, Bitwise revealed the fund’s BHYP ticker, an annual management fee of 0.67%, and a proposal to generate additional profit through HYPE staking. Also, the asset management fund had listed three trading counterparties at the time, including A1 (now dropped off), Nonco, and Solios (disclosed as a d/b/a of FalconX).
In a post on the social media platform, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas highlighted the second amendment filing, saying that this latest update suggests that the fund’s launch might be imminent. Despite competition from two other asset managers, Bitwise looks set to win the race for the first spot ETF linked to Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE.
21Shares followed with an application of its own to launch a Hyperliquid ETF in October 2025, while Grayscale submitted its own filing in late March 2026. Upon approval (which looks like a matter of when rather than if), Bitwise’s HYPE ETF will debut on the NYSE Arca stock exchange and offer investors exposure to the spot price of Hyperliquid.
HYPE Price OverviewDespite the raging market uncertainty this year, Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE has been one of the best performers so far. In fact, it can be said that the decentralized perpetual futures trading protocol has been one of the major winners from the Middle East tensions, as traders looked to gain market exposure even outside of regular trading hours.
Data from CoinGecko shows that the price of HYPE is up by more than 65% year-to-date and almost 200% in the past full year. As bullish momentum returned to the cryptocurrency market his week, investors have seen the altcoin’s price reclaim the $40 mark, jumping by nearly 20% in the past week.
As of this writing, the price of HYPE sits just beneath $43, reflecting a nearly 3% jump in the past 24 hours.
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Bitcoin OTC Dominance Rises To 82% As Coinbase Leads CEX Flows – Details
As April progresses, Bitcoin is experiencing renewed bullish momentum, after surging to around $73,300 after a 9% price increase over the past week. Underneath this price action, fresh on-chain and market structure data point to a deeper shift in liquidity dynamics.
OTC Dominance In Bitcoin Transactions Signals Potential Supply ShockIn a QuickTake post on April 11, market analyst GugaOnChain shares recent data from the “Bitcoin: OTC vs Exchange Dominance Share (24h %)” indicator, showing that OTC transactions now account for 82.26% of total settlement volume, placing the market firmly within the “Institutional Alert Zone” (80–90%).
Out of a total daily settlement volume of 706,000 BTC, valued at approximately $51.5 billion, only about 17.14% flowed through traditional centralized exchange (CEX) order books. This imbalance shows that public liquidity on exchanges is drying up, with large players increasingly inclined to trade off-market.
Considering this development, GugaOnChain warns traders against taking short positions in the current environment. This is because the dominance of OTC accumulation suggests a potential supply shock; therefore, any spike in spot demand can trigger sharp and violent upward price movements that would liquidate such bearish positions.
To validate that this OTC activity reflects genuine accumulation rather than distribution, the seasoned analyst introduces additional data from the “Bitcoin: Exchange Inflow – Spent Output Age Bands” metric. The findings here showed that only 94.68 BTC of coins older than six months were deposited into exchanges over the last 24 hours. Compared to the 706,000 BTC moved across the network during the same period, this indicates that long-term holders remain largely inactive and are not selling into current price strength.
Related Reading: Analyst Predicts Ethereum Price Will Rise 400% To $8,000 In 6 Months, And There’s A Pattern Behind It
Coinbase Dominates Residual Exchange FlowsWithin the remaining 17.14% of trading activity on centralized exchanges, GugaOnChain sheds further light on capital distribution, thereby reinforcing institutional influence. American exchange Coinbase leads decisively, accounting for 58.21% of all CEX flows. Its dominance is closely tied to its role as custodian for 8 of the 11 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, making it a primary gateway for institutional capital.
Binance follows with 22.13%, maintaining its position as the largest global exchange by volume, though its user base remains more retail-driven. Meanwhile, Kraken captures 6.44% of flows, reflecting its focus on regulatory compliance and institutional clients, albeit at a smaller scale. Together, this distribution highlights a market increasingly shaped by institutional players, both on and off exchanges.
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