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According to Odaily, Spark announced on the X platform that its financial report for the first quarter of 2026 has been released. The report shows a total protocol return of $31.5 million, a net protocol return of $6.91 million, and a net protocol surplus of $3.46 million. Currently, Spark Protocol's treasury holds $46.1 million, and $986,000 worth of SPK tokens have been bought back. Due to a narrowing lending margin and increased demand for savings, distribution has, for the first time, overtaken the Spark liquidity layer to become the main driver of returns.

The yield on the two-year German Bund fell by 2.1 basis points to 2.547%, up a total of 13.8 basis points for the week, with trading overall between the 2.437% and 2.617% range, continuing its upward trend. The yield on the 30-year German Bund fell by 0.7 basis points to 3.524%, down 1.8 basis points for the week. The yield spread between the 2-year and 10-year German Bunds increased by 0.602 basis points to +44.461 basis points, down a total of 10.364 basis points for the week, with an overall trading range of +53.433 to +37.261 basis points.

On April 25, in the first quarter of this year, the Azerbaijan State Oil Fund sold approximately 22 tons of gold. This sale was prompted by record-high gold prices, which pushed the sovereign wealth fund's gold allocation to its maximum limit. According to the fund's quarterly report, the sold gold reserves are valued at over $3 billion at current prices, marking the first reduction in gold reserves since the fund began purchasing gold in 2012.