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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The founder of Capriole Investments has warned that the Bitcoin miner AI pivot could result in mining revenue plunging to 30% in 2-3 years. Bitcoin Mining Companies Are Fast Pivoting To AI In a new post on X, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has talked about the transition that the Bitcoin mining industry has been going through. Many major public mining companies have announced an AI pivot to at least some degree. Below is a table that assembles the data related to the public miners in the…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin rallied hard after Iran said it was reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.Bitcoin hit the highest level since February, oil prices dropped, Wall Street notched another record, and the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield slipped to 4.24%. But here’s the catch: markets acted as if the reopening had solved the core standoff between Washington and Tehran.Look closer, though, and the story gets more complicated. The opening is only temporary, the blockade is still in place, mine-clearing operations are ongoing, and there’s plenty of confusion about what Iran has actually agreed to.Bitcoin, oil and SPY…

In brief Bitcoin funding rates have remained negative for over a month even as BTC touched $76,000, signaling heavy bearish positioning. A potential uptrend could see Bitcoin revisit $125,000 in 30-60 days, Decrypt was told. Despite bullish catalysts, analysts remain cautious, highlighting $80,000 as a key trigger level; failure risks a double-digit sell-off similar to that seen in May 2022. Bitcoin’s recent rally toward $76,000 faces a dilemma, leaving investors split on its near-term outlook.Funding rates for Bitcoin—a fee paid by derivatives traders to maintain the alignment between spot and futures prices—have remained negative for over a month and hit…

In brief Researchers show Anthropic-style exploits can be reproduced with public AI, report claims. Study suggests vulnerability discovery is already cheap and widely accessible. Findings indicate AI cyber capabilities may be spreading faster than expected. When Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos earlier this month, it locked the model behind a vetted coalition of tech giants and framed it as something too dangerous for the public. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell convened an emergency meeting with Wall Street CEOs. The word “vulnpocalypse” resurfaced in security circles.And now a team of researchers has further complicated that narrative.Vidoc Security took…

In brief Bitcoin jumped 2.7%, breaking the descending resistance line that had capped every rally since October. Myriad traders have flipped bullish, giving BTC a 69% chance of hitting $84K next. Traders, though, give a new Bitcoin all-time high only a 6.2% chance of happening before July. Bitcoin is surging today on a geopolitical trigger few predicted: Iran today announced the Strait of Hormuz (or Strait of Iran, as President Donald Trump now calls it) will remain fully open during the ongoing ceasefire. It sent oil prices tumbling and risk assets surging in tandem.Bitcoin climbed above $78,000 intraday on the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure An open-source detection tool and an industry-standard identification framework — those were among the outputs of a single researcher working on a six-month stipend. The findings, published by the Ethereum Foundation, came out of a program called ETH Rangers, which was set up in late 2024 to fund security work that benefits the broader crypto ecosystem. One Researcher, One Stipend, 100 Operatives One of the grant recipients used the funding to build the Ketman Project, an investigation focused on fake developer identities inside crypto companies. Over six…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto and financial industry leaders have raised concerns over Elon Musk’s proposed X Money. This includes Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, who warned that the move will threaten financial stability.  Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Elon Musk’s X Money Senator Warren wrote a letter to Elon Musk in which she raised concerns about the proposed April launch for the payments platform, X Money. She stated that developments around the launch of the payments platform raise significant consumer, financial stability, and national security concerns. …

In brief Rep. Sheri Biggs (R-SC) disclosed on Friday that she purchased up to $250,000 worth of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) last month. The U.S. lawmaker “strongly supports crypto,” according to the Stand With Crypto Alliance, a grassroots advocacy group launched by Coinbase. Biggs also bet on Bitcoin last July, disclosing another IBIT purchase that was valued at up to $250,000. Rep. Sheri Biggs (R-SC) disclosed on Friday that she purchased up to $250,000 worth of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) last month, marking the conservative House member’s latest bet on the leading digital asset by market capitalization.The purchase…

April 17th, 2026 – DUBAI, United Arab Emirates class=”ql-align-justify”>Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, reported that global stock markets have reached new record highs, led by a historic breakout in the S&P 500 and supported by synchronized gains across risk assets. The S&P 500 closed above the 7,000 mark for the first time on April 15, a key psychological milestone and a historic high for the index. The benchmark has posted gains of approximately 7.8% month to date in April and about 2.9% year to date in 2026 (prior to market open on Friday, April 17), reflecting…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Crypto rhetoric has long prized the ability to transact without gatekeepers, to move value across borders without asking permission, and to hold assets no institution could seize.Crypto culture treated these as design virtues, properties that builders embedded with ethical weight by deliberate architectural choice. Then the Drift exploit happened, and the backlash told a different story.On Apr. 1, Drift suffered a major exploit. Circle later described the publicly reported losses as exceeding $270 million, while other reports put the figure around $285 million and documented criticism that Circle had not frozen stolen USDC as it moved…

In brief A trader on Ethereum turned 1 ETH, or around $2,500 worth, into nearly $500,000 after making a meme coin trade on Thursday. The 19-month old ASTEROID token surged in value after gaining attention via a social media interaction from Elon Musk. ASTEROID is up more than 71,000% in the last 24 hours of trading. A meme coin trader turned 1 Ethereum (ETH) or around $2,455 into nearly $500,000 on Thursday after trading the surging Asteroid (ASTEROID) meme coin on the Ethereum network.ASTEROID is up more than 71,000% in the last 24 hours, jumping from a market cap below…

In brief World launched a major World ID protocol upgrade featuring account-based architecture for “proof-of-human” verification. Tinder is expanding verification to U.S. users, Zoom is integrating Deep Face technology, and Docusign is adding identity verification. Worldcoin (WLD) fell about 10% on the day amid the news, despite a broader crypto market uptick. World—formerly Worldcoin—unveiled a major World ID upgrade on Friday, introducing account-based architecture for “proof of human” verification alongside new integrations with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign.World, which was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, introduced the World ID app as a dedicated experience for managing and using proof-of-human verification…

There are 21 million bitcoin. That number is fixed, coded into the protocol, finite. It is one of the most consequential design decisions in the history of money, and yet for most people it remains an abstraction. Green digits cascading down a black screen like something out of The Matrix, or a talking point tossed around on a podcast. The Japanese artist On Kawara spent nearly fifty years hand-painting a date onto a canvas every day — if he didn’t finish by midnight, he destroyed it. Anik Malcolm spent 900 hours painting 21 million beads. The impulse is the same:…

In brief Elizabeth Warren accused Paul Atkins of potentially misleading Congress about the SEC’s falling enforcement activity. New data showed the SEC brought far fewer cases under the Trump administration than historical averages. Warren says the decline raises concerns about investor protection and political favoritism. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the highest-ranking Democrat on the powerful Senate Banking Committee, formally accused the head of the SEC this week of potentially lying to Congress—an illegal act punishable with imprisonment.In a letter sent Wednesday, Warren told SEC Chair Paul Atkins she believes the regulator may have intentionally misled the Banking Committee during a…

In brief Strategy shares jumped 10% to $164 on Friday after Iran declared that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open” to commercial ships for the remainder of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The Bitcoin-buying firm’s stockpile showed gains on paper for the first time since early February as Bitcoin bounced to $77,200. The crypto market’s weaker price momentum and lingering investor caution remains concerning, according to IG Group’s Alex Rudolph. Strategy shares surged on Friday as cooling tensions in the Middle East and Bitcoin’s ensuing rally propelled the firm’s massive digital stockpile back into the black.The company’s…