In the first quarter of 2026, the Bitcoin price stayed below $70,000, and market sentiment remained cautious. Despite an increase in whale selling, corporate buyers continued to accumulate against the tide, creating long-term support. Public companies net-bought about 62,000 additional Bitcoins, indicating a structural shift in the market. In the second quarter, the key factor will be the persistence of corporate buying; strategic institutional buyers may dominate the market and influence the price trend.

Gate News message. On April 1, according to Gate行情, as of the time of writing, ZEC (Zcash) is trading at $248.68. It is up 10.26% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $258.21 and falling to a low of $226.22. The 24-hour trading volume is $3.9798 million. The current market cap is approximately $4.136 billion. Zcash is the first blockchain system to use a zero-knowledge proof mechanism. It can provide complete payment confidentiality while still being able to use a public blockchain to maintain a decentralized network. The total supply of the ZEC token is 21 million. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, receiver, and amount of every transaction on the blockchain. Only those who have the viewing keys can see the contents of transactions. Users have complete control

Bitcoin treasury company Hyperscale Data (NYSE American: GPUS) announced that as of March 29, 2026, the company’s cash and Bitcoin holdings are approximately $82.1 million, with a market value of 156.87%. Of this, the market value of its Bitcoin holdings is approximately $41.8 million. Its subsidiaries Sentinum and ACG together hold 633.8609 Bitcoins and have not increased their holdings in the public market.

The general-purpose robot network Orbion successfully deployed and went live on the BSC mainnet on March 31, with the goal of enabling end-to-end lifecycle management of general-purpose robots for users worldwide. The platform’s native token ORB has opened a 72-hour public subscription, serving as the core credential for governance, payments, and value transfer.

Payments giant Stripe’s Bridge Ventures Inc. is facing public backlash over a transaction involving 12 trucks with Venezuelan companies, with outside observers raising questions about its compliance. Although Bridge denies involvement in the deal and says it may have been a paperwork error, the recipient party and its sensitive background make the situation more complicated, highlighting the compliance challenges that stablecoin businesses face during global expansion.

Gate News, March 31, Andrew Chapello, Product Manager at Ramp, a business spend management platform, announced that Ramp’s stablecoin account feature has officially entered the public testing phase. This feature allows users to hold stablecoins within the Ramp platform and earn balance rewards, while also enabling them to use USDC to pay global vendors and employees, repay Ramp card bills, and manage fiat and stablecoin assets under a unified approval and accounting system.

Gate News message, March 31, Nasdaq announced that, effective May 1, 2026, it will officially remove the 10% public float minimum threshold requirement. At the same time, Nasdaq added a "Fast Track" rule that allows qualifying mega-cap IPOs to be added to the Nasdaq 100 Index (the U.S. tech stock benchmark index) within about 15 trading days.

The identity of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail guarantors has been made public. It includes former dean of Stanford Law School Larry Kramer and research scientist Andreas Paepcke, and the total bail amount is $250 million. SBF faces multiple fraud charges, and the case is still pending.

Gate News reports: On March 31, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, BAN (Banano) is priced at $0.06344. Over the past 24 hours, it has increased by 11.43%, reaching a high of $0.06834 and a low of $0.05417. The 24-hour trading volume has reached $1.0057 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $63.44 million. Banano is the most important meme in art history, created by Maurizio Cattelan. In 2019, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created the artwork "Comedian," composed of tape and a banana, which sold for $120,000 at a Sotheby's auction, earning the title of "the most expensive fruit in history." In 2024, as this "tape and banana" artwork re-entered the public eye, its market valuation has risen from 1 million dollars to approximately 63.44 million dollars.