Tether-affiliated entities invested $25 million in Antalpha, acquiring 8.2% ownership at the IPO price of $12.80 per share. Antalpha, a fintech platform for Bitcoin mining, reported strong financials, but shares fell over 27% post-disclosure.

Gate News, April 21: According to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, CORE (Core) is trading at $0.0408. It is up 30.79% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.041 and falling to a low of $0.0298. The 24-hour trading volume is $953.3k. The current market cap is approximately $44.01M. Core is an EVM-compatible L1 chain (a Geth fork). It features a novel consensus mechanism called "Satoshi Plus," combining delegated BTC mining hashes and delegated proof-of-stake to secure the network. With Core, users can access the composability of EVM chains, along with Bitcoin’s decentralization and security. This news does not constitute investment advice; investors should be mindful of market volatility risk.

Tencent has acquired a 3.2% stake in Kazakhstan's fintech and ecommerce firm Kaspi.kz for $518 million, marking its first investment in Kazakhstan. Kaspi.kz dominates digital payments and ecommerce in the region and is highly profitable.

Optiver Holding BV has invested in Eden Block, a venture capital firm focusing on cryptocurrency and AI. This move aims to enhance Optiver's exposure to innovative companies in these sectors, as both technologies could transform trading and capital markets.

Tether and CEO Giancarlo Devasini own 1.95 million shares (8.2%) in Bitcoin mining finance company Antalpha, which raised $49.3 million in its IPO. Antalpha offers Bitcoin-collateralized lending and has a $1.6 billion loan portfolio.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has increased its Ethereum holdings by 101,627 tokens, totaling 4,976,485. The company also holds 199 BTC and significant equities in Eightco Holdings and Beast Industries, with staked ETH valued at around $7.7 billion.

Intchains Group reported a cumulative staking of 8,040 ETH, with a strategy that includes the FalconX platform and its own Goldshell Stake. The company is also enhancing operations through AI automation to boost efficiency and decision-making.

OnlyFans is in talks to sell a minority stake to Architect Capital, potentially valuing the company over $3 billion. The investment follows the owner’s recent death and aims to enhance financial services for creators, despite previous investor concerns.

OpenAI has agreed to purchase over $20 billion in AI chips from Cerebras over three years, securing an equity stake in the company, aiming to lower computational costs as it expands its AI services.

BlockInvest raised €4 million in funding, with UniCredit acquiring a 16% stake. The partnership aims to issue Italy's first digital mini bonds and blockchain-based structured notes for wealth management.