Polymarket traders now give Bitcoin a 73% chance of reaching $80,000 by the end of April, up from 60% earlier this month. Bitcoin recently peaked at $79,500, and the move in odds reflects increased confidence amid ongoing US-Iran tensions. Market reaction The market’s current odds point to belief in a late-month rally even with bearish technical resistance overhead. Geopolitical instability, particularly the partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and fluctuating oil prices, appears to be driving sentiment. Bitcoin’s price is holding around $77,500-$78,000, and with April 30 contracts just six days away, traders seem to be positioning for a…
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Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become law, L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. The bill also called for the creation of a 13-person council to study and make recommendations on data center construction. With public opposition to data centers rising, other states including New York have considered similar moratoriums. In a letter to the state legislature, Mills — a Democrat currently running for the…
Apr 25, 2026 14:09 CFTC challenges New York’s bid to apply gambling laws to prediction markets, escalating federal vs. state regulatory tensions. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against New York, seeking to block the state from applying gambling laws to federally regulated prediction markets. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, underscores a growing battle over jurisdiction between federal authorities and state regulators. In its complaint, the CFTC argued that federal law, specifically the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), grants it exclusive oversight of prediction markets. These platforms,…
In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money. The company admitted this test — which it called Project Deal — was only “a pilot experiment with a self-selected participant pool” of 69 Anthropic employees who were given a budget of $100 (paid out via gift cards) to buy stuff from their coworkers. Nonetheless, Anthropic said it was “struck by how well Project Deal worked,” with 186 deals made, totaling more than $4,000 in value. The company said it actually ran four separate…
Key Takeaways: Litecoin confirmed a zero-day bug hit major mining pools on April 25, 2026, enabling invalid MWEB transactions via non-updated nodes. A 13-block reorg reversed the invalid transactions; Litecoin states all valid transactions are safe and the bug is fully patched. NEAR Intents had reported $600K in exposure, but actual losses may be lower now that Litecoin confirms the invalid transactions were wiped. Litecoin Reorg Issues According to the Litecoin team, non-updated mining nodes processed an invalid MWEB transaction that allowed coins to be pegged out to third-party decentralized exchange ( DEX) platforms. The bug gave attackers a path…
Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specializing in the fields of journalism and content creation. Semiroa started writing on a few subjects, but quickly found a knack for navigating the intricacies and intricacies of the fascinating world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Semilore is attracted to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing and transferring value. He believes that cryptocurrencies can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial system, and is a strong advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrencies. During his two years of active cryptocurrency writing, Semilore has covered various aspects of the digital asset space,…
The Solana ecosystem has become the primary battleground for on-chain trading in 2026. With transaction speeds under 400 milliseconds and fees measured in fractions of a cent, Solana offers the infrastructure that high-frequency memecoin trading demands. But speed alone does not make a successful trader. The tools you use — specifically, the trading bot you choose — can be the difference between catching a 10x launch and watching it pump without you. Over a dozen Solana trading bots now compete for market share, each with different strengths, fee structures, and risk profiles. Choosing the wrong one costs money through higher…
Apr 24, 2026 18:52 A quantum computer successfully broke a 15-bit ECC key, raising alarms over Bitcoin’s 256-bit cryptography as quantum capabilities advance. A quantum computer has successfully cracked a 15-bit elliptic-curve cryptographic (ECC) key, according to research from Project Eleven. While the key size is far smaller than Bitcoin’s 256-bit ECC keys, the breakthrough signals accelerating progress in quantum computing that could one day threaten Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies secured by similar algorithms. Researcher Giancarlo Lelli achieved the feat using a quantum computing variant of Shor’s algorithm, as detailed in Project Eleven’s announcement on April 24, 2026. Shor’s algorithm…
Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and contributing to open-world segmentation projects, including SAM3D. His final day at Meta was last week, and he has since joined Thinking Machines Lab (TML). His move to TML comes as the AI startup expands on multiple fronts. It just signed a multibillion-dollar cloud deal with Google, giving it access to Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips and making it one of the first startups to run on the hardware. The agreement, announced this past Tuesday at Google Cloud Next, follows an…
The USS George H.W. Bush, the third U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the area, has arrived near Iran to exert military pressure as peace talks remain stalled. The Strait of Hormuz traffic market, which tracks whether shipping returns to normal by May 31, sits at 38% YES. The carrier’s arrival has moved markets. The Strait of Hormuz Traffic contract is at 38% YES for a return to normal by end of May, driven by the increased military presence and the ongoing naval blockade. The US Escorts in Hormuz market is at just 4.5% YES — traders are skeptical of imminent…