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In brief San Francisco police arrested a suspect after an incendiary device was thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Officers later detained the same individual near OpenAI’s headquarters after he allegedly threatened to burn down the building. No one was injured, and police say the investigation remains ongoing. San Francisco police arrested a suspect early Friday after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.According to a report by NBC News, police responded to Altman’s home in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood around 4:12 a.m. PT after receiving a report of a…

Inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs surged Thursday, led by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which pulled in $269.3 million, its strongest single-day performance in five weeks. The move followed a period of volatility tied to geopolitical tensions and reversed two straight days of net outflows across the sector. In total, the 12 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $358.1 million in net inflows, signaling renewed investor demand as bitcoin trades below its recent highs, thanks to Farside data.  Fidelity Investments’ FBTC posted the second-largest inflow at $53.3 million. Morgan Stanley’s newly launched Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) brought in $14.9 million on its…

In brief Bitget launched IPO Prime, a platform offering tokenized exposure to pre-IPO companies. The first offering is preSPAX, a Republic-issued token tied to SpaceX’s post-IPO performance. The token provides economic exposure without equity ownership, voting rights, or company endorsement. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget launched IPO Prime on Friday, debuting the platform with preSPAX—a token that provides retail investors exposure to SpaceX’s future public market performance.The Republic-issued token offers economic upside tied to SpaceX’s eventual IPO or acquisition, marking a new intersection between crypto infrastructure and traditional pre-IPO investing.The preSPAX token mirrors potential economic gains from SpaceX upon a qualifying event…

In brief A study by Gallup found Gen Z uses AI more but trusts it less. Fear of cognitive decline and dependency has grown among youngsters. Workplace anxiety intensifies as AI threatens careers. Gen Z increasingly hates AI, but they also can’t stop using it, according to a new Gallup survey released this week.The survey, conducted February 24 through March 4 by the Walton Family Foundation, GSV Ventures, and Gallup, polled 1,572 Americans aged 14 to 29. About 51% still use generative AI at least weekly—up 4% from last year.AI usage among GenZ is rising, but enthusiasm is falling.Excitement about…

In brief CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis confirmed the agency produced its first-ever fully AI-generated intelligence report. Ellis outlined a roadmap for AI “coworkers” in analyst workflows—and within a decade, officers managing teams of AI agents. The disclosure came as the CIA distanced itself from Anthropic, whose tools the Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to phase out. The CIA recently used AI to generate an intelligence report without a human analyst driving it. Deputy Director Michael Ellis confirmed the milestone Thursday at a Special Competitive Studies Project event, marking a shift from quiet experimentation to a public declaration of…

In brief U.S. officials warned major banks about cybersecurity risks tied to Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, Bloomberg reports. The system can reportedly identify and exploit vulnerabilities in operating systems and browsers. Anthropic has limited access to the model while it evaluates potential security risks. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reportedly convened a meeting with Wall Street bank CEOs earlier this week to warn about cybersecurity risks tied to a new artificial intelligence model from Anthropic.According to a report by Bloomberg, the meeting included executives from Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP’s brief surge on Tuesday was no cause for celebration, at least not according to crypto analyst CasiTrades. Recent price action pushed the cryptocurrency as high as $1.39, creating what looks like a temporary rally. However, one analyst believes the real move hasn’t happened yet, and the current price action is merely preparing for a bigger downward push that could catch traders off guard. Clean Wave Structure Points To A Larger Move Brewing The XRP price climbed as high as $1.39 on April 8 as a Pakistan-brokered…

In brief TAO has fallen more than 18% in the last 24 hours amid a spat between the network’s founder and a leading ecosystem contributor. The subnet operator, Covenant AI, is leaving BitTensor after alleging centralized control by the project’s founder, Jacob Steeves. Steeves denied the claims, but the market reacted negatively regardless. Tensions between the founder of BitTensor and a prominent firm building on the decentralized AI network have helped put TAO, the native BitTensor token, into a spiral, falling 18.5% in the last 24 hours amid the public drama. The plunge comes as Covenant AI, one of the best-known…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on A high-profile departure from Bittensor has triggered a steep sell-off in the decentralized artificial intelligence network, wiping out nearly $900 million from its market capitalization in a matter of hours as internal disputes spill into public view.On April 10, Covenant AI, the development team behind one of the network’s largest subnets, announced that it is abandoning the Bittensor ecosystem.The exit of the developer who built a groundbreaking 72-billion-parameter AI model sent shockwaves through the crypto-AI sector and exposed deep ideological rifts over the network’s governance.Data from CryptoSlate showed that the price of Bittensor’s native token, TAO,…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on March inflation has delivered a split result with one immediate consequence. US consumer prices accelerated hard enough to keep the Federal Reserve boxed in, while the softer core reading kept the next month alive as the real test.That tension reaches well beyond macro calendars. Bitcoin has spent much of 2026 trading through rates, liquidity, and the price of money. When inflation jumps because fuel prices rise, the chain reaction runs from the pump to bond yields to risk appetite, and then into crypto.The March data shows headline CPI rose 3.3% year over year, up from 2.4%…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes or less, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors up 1%; BTC at $72K ZEC and MON rally 20% leading top movers; HYPE +5% CZ and OKX founder Star publicly dispute, CZ calls for $1B “divorce” bet Bessent and Brian Armstrong both say it’s time to pass the Clarity Act WLFI falls 10% after team reveals using…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin mining is still running on the subsidy, not demand.That is the more useful place to start as we head into the next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment window, which CoinWarz now estimates for April 18, 2026, with difficulty projected to fall from 138.97 trillion to 132.14 trillion, a decline of 4.91%.The schedule matters less than the structure underneath it. YCharts, using Blockchain.com data, showed daily Bitcoin transaction fees at 2.443 BTC on April 8, down 69% from a year earlier.With the block subsidy fixed at 3.125 BTC and the network producing roughly 144 blocks a day, fees…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The Trump administration and the broader crypto industry have initiated an unprecedented, multi-agency pressure campaign aimed at forcing the Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, signaling a decisive final push to overhaul the regulatory framework of the $2.4 trillion cryptocurrency market before the 2026 midterm elections.In a highly synchronized effort this week, the Treasury Department, the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unleashed a barrage of reports, op-eds, and proposed rules.The coordinated moves are designed to strip away the traditional…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The terms and conditions buried in the Official Trump memecoin website say the president “may not be able to attend” a luncheon planned for April 25 — and that the event could be called off for any reason. That disclaimer has done little to stop organizers from aggressively promoting the event around Trump’s potential presence. Senators Fire Off A Letter Three Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, and Adam Schiff — sent a letter to Bill Zanker, the man behind the TRUMP memecoin launch, demanding to…