Val Kilmer Stars Posthumously in Film Built on Generative AI, With Family’s Backing
CBS News reported that AI in Hollywood has reached a new threshold as actor Val Kilmer, who died in April 2025 at 65, appears in over an hour of finished footage in the upcoming film As Deep as the Grave…...
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Generative AI News: US Households Are Carving Out Room in Budgets for ChatGPT and AI Subscriptions
In the latest generative AI news, CBS MoneyWatch reported that US households are actively making room in their budgets for AI subscriptions, backed by Bank of America Institute data showing the number of paying AI subscribers has surged 38% from…...
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Bitcoin ETF News: Goldman Sachs Files for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF With SEC
Goldman Sachs filed a registration statement with the SEC on April 14 for the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, the first bitcoin ETF news from the Wall Street giant that proposes directly issuing its own crypto income product rather…...
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Bulls Target $125,000 as Funding Rates Hit Most Negative Since 2023
Bitcoin price prediction turned aggressively bullish early Friday as CoinDesk reported that perpetual funding rates dropped to their most negative level since 2023 on a seven-day moving average, with ZeroStack CEO Daniel Reis-Faria targeting $125,000 within 30 to 60 days…...
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Solana News Today: DoubleZero Launches Edge to Bring Wall Street Data Infrastructure Onchain
In Solana news today, DoubleZero Foundation launched Edge, a public beta platform that delivers raw Solana block data through a private global fiber network using multicast, bypassing the public internet to cut average delivery times by 6 milliseconds — the…...
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Li Hua Yi says ‘no reason’ to take profits as post‑Hormuz rebound rolls on
Liquid Capital’s Li Hua Yi says there’s “no reason to take profits” after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, citing S&P highs, MicroStrategy’s BTC buys and altcoin rotation. Liquid Capital’s Yi leans into the peace trade Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua…...
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HBAR Price Prediction: Hedera and Stellar Top CoinDesk 20 as BTC Pushes Toward $76,000
HBAR price prediction improved Friday as Hedera gained 1.4% and Stellar’s XLM added 1.5% to top the CoinDesk 20 performance update, placing the index at 2,125.52, up 0.3% from Thursday’s close, with just 9 of 20 assets trading higher as…...
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Payward Acquires First Fully Licensed US Crypto Derivatives Firm for $550M
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, agreed to acquire Bitnomial, the first US crypto derivatives platform to hold all three CFTC licenses simultaneously, for up to $550 million in cash and stock, in a deal that values Payward at $20…...
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ETH liquidation map flags $1.04B long wipeout zone at $2,323
Fresh Coinglass heatmap data suggest Ethereum is again sitting between two sizeable liquidation walls, with leverage stacked just below and above spot. According to the latest read‑out, if ETH slides below $2,323, cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream centralized exchanges…...
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Bitcoin Breaks 100-Day Moving Average as Strategy Surges on $77K Push
Bitcoin technical analysis turned decisively bullish Thursday as BTC cleared $77,000 and climbed above its 100-day moving average for the first time since the early February selloff, triggering a 12%+ surge in Strategy shares as the company’s 780,897-BTC treasury gained…...
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Third $76K Rejection Extends Two-Month Stalemate
Bitcoin price prediction turns cautious as BTC failed to sustain its third breakout attempt above $76,000, repeatedly touching the level only to reverse, while 46 consecutive days of negative funding rates on Binance have created the most compressed short positioning…...
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Poland’s Tusk says Russia-linked crypto firm is bankrolling his opponents
Speaking in the Sejm on Friday ahead of a vote on overturning his rival’s veto, Tusk claimed that “Russian money was behind the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency platform,” which he alleged has “supported political and social initiatives” aligned with right‑wing groups in…...
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CFTC Chairman Says AI Is Compensating for 25% Staff Cuts at Crypto Regulator
CFTC AI news came directly from Capitol Hill Thursday as Chairman Mike Selig told the House Agriculture Committee that artificial intelligence tools, specifically Microsoft’s Copilot, are filling surveillance and investigation gaps at an agency that has lost roughly 25% of…...
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Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Shows US-China AI Gap Has Collapsed to 2.7%
Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models has compressed to just 2.7%, down from a double-digit lead as recently as 2023, as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 holds a 39-point Elo lead over ByteDance’s…...
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White House Opens Probe Into Deaths and Disappearances of 10 Defense Scientists
President Trump said Thursday the White House is investigating the deaths and disappearances of 10 scientists with ties to classified US defense, nuclear, and aerospace research, calling the pattern “pretty serious stuff” after leaving a meeting on the topic —…...
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Minnesota Charges ICE Agent With Felony Over Highway Gun Incident
An ICE agent charged 2026 with two counts of felony second-degree assault faces a nationwide arrest warrant after allegedly pointing his duty weapon at the heads of two civilians in a moving vehicle during the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge,…...
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Bitcoin liquidation map flags $73.6K ‘trapdoor’ and $81.3K squeeze zone
Coinglass shows $2.221B of BTC longs below $73,610 and $913M of shorts above $81,264, turning the next $10K band into a $3.1B liquidation minefield for traders. Bitcoin (BTC) is once again wedged between two large liquidation clusters, with leverage stacked…...
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Fired FEMA Chief Cameron Hamilton Set for Renomination Under Trump
Trump FEMA news took a sharp reversal Thursday when CNN reported the president plans to nominate Cameron Hamilton as FEMA administrator, less than a year after Hamilton was fired in May 2025 for testifying before Congress that the agency should…...
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20 House Republicans Force Johnson Into 2 AM Stopgap With FISA Rebellion
A House GOP revolt 2026 collapsed both a five-year and an 18-month FISA extension in back-to-back overnight votes, with 20 Republicans joining most Democrats to kill each plan and force Speaker Mike Johnson into a last-resort 10-day stopgap passed at…...
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Senate Clears 10-Day FISA Stopgap After House Revolt Sinks Longer Deal
The Senate passed a 10-day FISA extension 2026 by voice vote Friday, keeping the surveillance program alive until April 30 after a bloc of 20 House Republicans overnight derailed both a five-year and an 18-month renewal that Speaker Johnson and…...
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Bitcoin pierces $77k as leverage builds above and below spot
BTC has broken $77K with 3.45% daily gains, but Coinglass shows $2.221B of longs below $73,610 and $913M of shorts above $81,264, turning the range into a leverage trap. Bitcoin (BTC) pushed through another psychological round number on Friday, with…...
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Dollar slides as Hormuz war premium evaporates
Dollar index DXY erases its Iran war gains as Hormuz blockade scales down, safe‑haven flows unwind, and traders pivot from conflict hedges to ceasefire politics. The U.S. dollar gave back all of its war‑related gains on Friday after Iran declared…...
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Gurhan Kiziloz drives $1.44b betting volume at Nexus International by independent execution
Gurhan Kiziloz leads Nexus International with a self-sustaining, profit-focused strategy in a capital-intensive digital sector. The modern technology and digital entertainment sector is frequently characterized by aggressive capital burn, highly dilutive venture funding rounds, and entirely elusive profitability. However, Founder…...
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Gate Research flags 5x ETFs as tactical, not buy‑and‑hold
Gate Research says leveraged crypto ETFs now sit at the center of liquidity and short‑term trading strategies on centralized exchanges, but warns their daily reset makes them unsuitable as long‑term holdings in volatile markets. The latest report from Gate Research…...
Read MoreBitcoin steadies as Iran reopens Hormuz but Trump keeps crypto‑fuelled oil squeeze
Iran’s move to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz while Donald Trump keeps Iran’s ships under blockade has left oil and Bitcoin trading the ceasefire headline by headline. Iran’s announcement that it has fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz has…...
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Here’s why Morpho price rallied 12% today
Morpho price rallied to nearly $2 for the first time this year as a wave of institutional interest and new protocol upgrades lifted demand for the token. According to data from crypto.news, Morpho (MORPHO) price climbed more than 12% to…...
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Slash hits $1.4B as stablecoin payments move into boring B2B banking
Slash raised $100M at a $1.4B valuation as it processes over $1B in annualized stablecoin payments for 5,000+ businesses, turning crypto into back‑office banking rails. Slash’s $100M round and stablecoin push Slash Financial, a business banking platform built for online‑first…...
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Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain sketch Web4.0 rails on Tron and USDT
Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain map Web4.0’s “agent economy,” pitching x402, ERC‑8004 and MCP while casting Tron and USDT as the default settlement rail for AI agents. Bank of AI and Peking University’s PKUBlockchain association have released what they call…...
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NEA explores use of artificial intelligence in nuclear regulation
The NEA Working Group on New Technologies convened a workshop on March 25–26, focusing on how artificial intelligence can be applied to regulatory oversight and internal operations within nuclear authorities. The discussions centred on practical deployment rather than theory, with…...
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SEC’s new podcast signals softer crypto tone under Atkins, Peirce and Uyeda
SEC Chair Paul Atkins launches “Material Matters,” with Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda using the debut to pitch a more pro‑innovation crypto stance and clearer rulemaking. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rolled out “Material Matters with SEC Chairman…...
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Payward’s $550M Bitnomial deal aims to lock up U.S. crypto derivatives plumbing
Kraken parent Payward will buy Bitnomial for up to $550M, adding a full CFTC derivatives stack just as Deutsche Börse’s $200M stake backs its U.S. build‑out. Payward targets full‑stack U.S. derivatives foothold Payward Inc., the parent company of crypto exchange…...
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France’s Lescure backs euro stablecoins as Qivalis readies 2026 launch
France’s finance minister backs bank‑issued euro stablecoins and Qivalis’ 2026 launch, pivoting policy to keep Europe’s digital rails denominated in euros, not dollars. France’s finance minister Roland Lescure has publicly called for more euro‑denominated stablecoins and urged European banks to…...
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Circle quietly wires USDC into crypto’s new settlement spine
Circle’s new USDC Bridge aims to turn cross‑chain transfers into a near‑invisible backend plumbing layer for on‑chain dollars, replacing fragmented bridges with a single bank‑style ledger experience operated end‑to‑end by Circle itself. Circle turns USDC into a single ledger across…...
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Pi Network price breaks out of falling wedge as devs reveal mainnet v22 upgrade details
Pi Network price rallied 8% on Friday as developers revealed a hard deadline for the Pi Network mainnet upgrade to version 22. According to data from crypto.news, Pi Network (PI) price rose to a three-week high of $0.182 on Friday,…...
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Flare eyes protocol-level MEV capture and 40% FLR inflation cut
Flare’s FIP.16 plan would capture MEV at the base layer, slash FLR inflation to 3% and route new revenues through FIRE into buybacks and aggressive token burns. Flare moves to own MEV and slash inflation Flare has tabled a sweeping…...
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NFT platform Foundation shuts down after failed rescue deal with Blackdove
Foundation, a prominent Ethereum-based digital art hub, has permanently ceased operations after a planned rescue acquisition by the platform Blackdove collapsed. According to a Wednesday announcement on X by Foundation founder and CEO Kayvon Tehranian, the marketplace will not return…...
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Global finance leaders flag serious concerns about Mythos AI model
Finance ministers, central bankers, and senior financiers are increasingly focused on the potential risks posed by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model, amid fears it could expose critical weaknesses in global financial infrastructure. The model has already prompted high-level discussions and emergency-style…...
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Sen. Tillis says Clarity Act stablecoin yield text unlikely this week
Plans to release revised stablecoin yield language in the Clarity Act have been delayed, extending uncertainty around one of the bill’s most divisive provisions. According to a report from Politico, Senator Thom Tillis said the updated draft is unlikely to…...
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Ethereum price approaches $2,400 as ETFs hit six-day inflows streak
Ethereum price climbed to an intraday high of $2,375 on Friday as Ethereum ETFs continued to draw steady institutional interest. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price was trading at $2,375 last check on Friday, April 17. The largest…...
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Hong Kong’s Flow Capital taps DigiFT to migrate $150M credit fund to blockchain
Flow Capital Partners is set to bring its $150 million private credit fund to the DigiFT tokenization platform by the end of April. Bloomberg reported Friday that the Hong Kong-based asset manager will offer on-chain shares of the fund, which…...
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How to use AI for stock trading: 5 automated AI trading bots explained
AI trading tools shift focus from prediction to consistency in modern stock markets. Many people search for “How to Use AI for Stock Trading?”, but what they really want isn’t to build machine learning models from scratch. They want to…...
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Trump says U.S. is “very close to making a deal with Iran”, how will Bitcoin react?
Bitcoin held steady around $75,000 on Friday as investors digested reports that the U.S.-Iran conflict could end as early as this weekend. According to reports, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that the U.S. is close to coming to an agreement…...
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Researcher uncovers fake Ledger Nano S modified to siphon crypto assets
This article has been updated with comments from a Ledger spokesperson. A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online as…...
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Ethereum Foundation-funded project exposes 100 DPRK developers operating in crypto
A six-month investigation backed by the Ethereum Foundation has uncovered how North Korean operatives quietly embedded themselves inside dozens of Web3 teams under false identities. The Ethereum Foundation said Thursday that its ETH Rangers initiative funded a security-focused effort that…...
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Crypto fund founder Joe McCann questioned after fiancée dies in Zanzibar hotel
Police in Zanzibar are continuing to question crypto fund founder Joe McCann after the death of his fiancée during a vacation on the island. NBC News reported that Ashly Robinson, 31, died in the hospital on April 9, a day…...
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Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex suspends trading after $14M hack
Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex halted trading after a suspected state-level cyberattack drained up to $15 million in crypto. Grinex said Thursday it had suspended operations after losing more than 1 billion Russian rubles, roughly $13.7 million, from 54 wallets in…...
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Former Treasury Secretary warns of “vicious” fallout if U.S. Treasury demand weakens
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has called on U.S. policymakers to prepare an emergency response plan for a potential breakdown in demand for U.S. Treasurys, warning that the consequences could be severe. Speaking in a Bloomberg interview on Thursday, Paulson…...
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Circle faces lawsuit as $230M in stolen USDC moved across chains after Drift breach
A new class action lawsuit has put Circle under legal scrutiny over its response to the movement of stolen USDC following the Drift Protocol hack. According to a filing in a U.S. district court in Massachusetts, Drift investor Joshua McCollum…...
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House Rejects Resolution to End Iran War, 213–214 Along Party Lines
The House voted to reject a resolution Thursday directing President Trump to remove US armed forces from hostilities against Iran, 213 to 214, falling one vote short along almost entirely party lines. The Republican-controlled House voted 213–214 Thursday to reject…...
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RFK Jr. HHS Budget Cuts Draw Congressional Fire at Ways and Means
RFK Jr. HHS budget cuts of roughly $16 billion faced their first major congressional test Thursday as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, fielding pointed questions on vaccine policy while defending a…...
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