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Corporate Bitcoin holders are taking different paths as market pressure persists: Strategy kept its large BTC position unchanged, while Nakamoto Holdings sold Bitcoin at a loss and reduced exposure. Nakamoto sold about $20 million in March, including roughly 284 BTC near $70,400, cutting holdings to just over 5,000 BTC as it redirected proceeds to working capital and merger-related investments.

Riot Platforms said it sold 3,778 bitcoin in Q1 2026, generating $289.5 million in net proceeds at an average price of $76,626 per BTC. The company reported producing 1,473 BTC in the quarter and ending with 15,680 BTC on its balance sheet, including 5,802 restricted BTC.

The Premier League's 2025/26 campaign is set to be the last season featuring gambling brands on the front of matchday shirts, with deals collectively valued at more than £140 million per year. A voluntary agreement reached in 2023 means the ban begins from the 2026/27 season, affecting 11 of the league's 20 clubs as they seek replacement sponsors.

Polymarket has launched price-based prediction contracts linked to equities, commodities and exchange-traded funds, with outcomes automatically settled using Pyth Network price feeds. The lineup includes daily up-or-down and closing-price markets for major equity indexes, gold and oil, plus more than a dozen US-listed stocks such as Tesla, Nvidia and Apple. Contracts reset at the end of each trading session.

Polymarket has added Pyth Network as the resolution source for a new set of traditional-asset prediction markets, enabling trading tied to U.S. equities, commodities, and ETFs. The rollout includes daily up/down and daily close markets for major equity indices, plus gold, silver, WTI crude, and natural gas, along with more than a dozen U.S. stocks such as Tesla, Coinbase, Palantir, Nvidia, and Apple.

Soluna Holdings said Thursday it completed a $53 million acquisition of the Briscoe Wind Farm in Briscoe County, Texas, to supply power for its planned Project Dorothy 3 AI data center campus. The company said the site can reach up to 300 MW of capacity and projected annualized revenue of $20 million to $24.4 million. Soluna shares rose about 7.6% after the announcement, trading around $0.76 at the time of writing.

S&P 500 e-mini futures and Nasdaq 100 futures fell in overnight trading after President Trump's 9 PM ET Wednesday address on Iran did not deliver the ceasefire signal markets had expected. Futures dropped as much as 1.3% for the S&P 500 and 1.6% for the Nasdaq, while Brent crude rebounded about 4.8% to near $106 a barrel as investors rotated toward traditional havens.

SpaceX has reportedly filed a confidential IPO draft with the U.S. SEC, with Bloomberg and CNBC saying the reports were published April 1, 2026. The company is said to be targeting a valuation above $1.75 trillion and raising as much as $75 billion, though AP News described a possible $75 billion raise at about a $1.5 trillion valuation.

Genius Group said Tuesday it sold the rest of its Bitcoin during Q1 to help repay $8.5 million in debt, and said it may rebuild its BTC treasury when market conditions improve. The company had 84 BTC worth about $5.7 million as of March 2026 and reported Q1 revenue of $3.3 million with net profit of $2.7 million, after a loss in Q1 2025.

Intel Corp (INTC) shares surged on April 1, 2026, closing up 8.84% at $48.03. The rally follows a major strategic announcement: Intel is reacquiring the 49% stake in its Fab 34 facility in Ireland that it sold to Apollo Global Management in 2024. The move is being hailed by Wall Street as a victory lap for Intel’s foundry strategy, signaling that the company has moved past its liquidity crisis and is now in a position of renewed financial strength.