US Media Confirms US Military Strike on Halk Island

April 7: AVAX One Technology unveiled progress on its AI infrastructure strategy, aiming to build a 10MW AI/high-performance computing (HPC) microgrid data center in Alberta, Canada. The company has signed a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) agreement, marking the project as one of the region’s first dedicated AI computing facilities. Leveraging Alberta’s low-cost energy (≈$0.04/kWh) and a microgrid model, the facility will deliver low-cost, highly scalable AI computing to meet rising demand for HPC and AI. Additionally, the firm has purchased 220 Bitmain S21 Pro Bitcoin mining rigs to boost its hash rate capacity. This move will generate transitional cash flow until the AI data center launches, supporting AVAX One’s dual-track strategy of "mining + AI computing."

On April 7, a U.S. source with multiple recent conversations with Trump told Axios that Trump could be the most hawkish member of his senior team on Iran. Another U.S. official slammed Trump as "the most bloodthirsty—like a mad dog" and downplayed claims that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or Secretary of State Marco Rubio are goading him, adding: "Compared to the president, those guys all sound like doves." Trump has started floating ideas to advisers and confidants about targeting power plants and bridges, asking: "What do you think of the 'Infrastructure Day' idea?" BlockBeats previously reported that Trump publicly labeled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a "war starter."

On April 7, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) announced plans to launch Avalanche (AVAX) and Sushi (SUSHI) futures contracts on May 4, 2026—pending regulatory review—further expanding its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives product line.

April 7th: Market reports confirm Roobinhood has launched ORCA.

On April 7, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges to reconcile their internal ledgers with actual asset holdings every five minutes—this after uncovering internal control vulnerabilities at several major platforms. The regulatory action stemmed from a February incident at Bithumb: the exchange mistakenly distributed 620,000 bitcoins to 249 users during a promotion. Ninety-nine point seven percent of the funds were recovered the same day, while the remaining 0.3% (1,788 BTC) was covered by Bithumb’s reserves. An FSC inspection further revealed that three of South Korea’s top five exchanges only reconciled ledgers once every 24 hours, limiting their ability to quickly respond to discrepancies. Additionally, these exchanges’ systems for suspending trading during major ledger mismatches were found inadequate.

April 7: Iranian state TV reported that all diplomatic channels and indirect negotiations have been frozen following recent threats from Trump.