Iran’s Parliament speaker expressed willingness for bilateral diplomacy with neighbors. The US-Iran ceasefire odds for April 7 are at 1% YES, down from 12% last week. Traders doubt an immediate ceasefire. The April 7 market remains stagnant despite Iran’s diplomatic gesture. April 15 odds are slightly better at 6% YES, but skepticism persists. The real interest is in April 30, with 18% YES, suggesting traders see potential de-escalation as a longer-term possibility. Odds jump from 18% to 36% YES between April 30 and May 31, indicating expectations for a late April catalyst. USDC volume shows the market’s mood. The April…
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Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market could be counted on two hands. Today, he says, there are thousands. As president of the investment bank Rainmaker Securities, whose focus includes private securities markets — it facilitates transactions in roughly 1,000 stocks — Anderson has a front-row seat to one of the most nail-biting moments in the history of the secondary market. And right now, he suggests, the narrative has three main characters: Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX. But the storyline is more complicated…
StakeStone price jumped from $0.11 to above $0.26, going vertical amid a spike in daily volume. The sharp gain follows a whale accumulating over 25.5 million STO tokens. STO price could see a steep pullback amid profit-taking deals. StakeStone (STO) price exploded during early trading on April 1, pumping more than 130% to hit a new all‑time high. The vertical action, which occurred amid a broader consolidation across the crypto market, saw STO’s intraday trading activity surge. The token is in price discovery, but can the lofty levels hold? Why StakeStone jumped 136% today STO token posted a sharp intraday surge…
Long-term Bitcoin holders are selling at a loss, but the numbers show that this is becoming a pattern rather than an anomaly. Related books US buyers are on the sidelines Bitcoin's Coinbase Premium Index has remained negative in recent weeks, indicating that US investors have largely exited the market. According to CryptoQuant, the difference in BTC prices between Coinbase and Binance reflects widespread reluctance among US buyers to return to current levels. That hesitation shows up across multiple data points, from currency flows to the performance of investment products. BTC Coinbase Premium Index. Source: CryptoQuant Global Bitcoin investment funds recorded…
The Linux Foundation announced the launch of the x402 Foundation on April 2, 2026, during the MCP Dev Summit North America in New York. The initiative involves the formal contribution of the x402 protocol from Coinbase to the Linux Foundation to serve as a neutral, open-source standard for internet-native payments. This protocol enables artificial intelligence (AI) agents, application programming interfaces, and apps to transact value directly within web interactions. The transition to an open-source model aims to ensure transparency and interoperability across the global financial ecosystem. The foundation launches with support from over 20 industry leaders, including Google, Microsoft, and…
OpenAI has acquired popular tech industry talk show TBPN — Technology Business Programming Network — making this the AI giant’s first acquisition of a media company. The show will report to OpenAI’s chief political operative, Chris Lehane. TBPN, hosted by former tech founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays, is a daily live show that airs on YouTube and X for three hours, focusing on tech, business, AI, and defense. The show has gained a cult following in Silicon Valley, a safe space where industry power players can speak candidly and be questioned by fellow insiders. The show has a reputation…
Joerg Hiller Apr 02, 2026 18:35 Anyscale’s Ray Serve LLM update enables DP group fault tolerance for vLLM WideEP deployments, reducing downtime risk for distributed AI inference systems. Anyscale has released a significant update to its Ray Serve LLM framework that addresses a critical operational challenge for organizations running large-scale AI inference workloads. Ray 2.55 introduces data parallel (DP) group fault tolerance for vLLM Wide Expert Parallelism deployments—a feature that prevents single GPU failures from taking down entire model serving clusters.The update targets a specific pain point in Mixture of Experts (MoE) model serving. Unlike traditional model deployments where each…
Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the state to store digital assets rather than sell them, and XRP is on the list. Under the proposal, these assets would be under the control of the state Treasurer, with the possibility of additional returns for the state through staking, airdrops, or limited lending if they pose no financial risk. What the Fund holds SB1649 creates the Digital Asset Strategic Reserve Fund, which consists of digital assets held, forfeited, or surrendered by the State of Arizona. The bill text also states that treasurers will be able to deposit state-held digital…
Joe Kent’s comments suggest the US seeks a swift resolution to the Iran conflict. The odds of a ceasefire by April 7 have dropped to 8% YES from 10% in the last 24 hours. Kent’s remarks indicate internal US disagreement on the war’s duration, hinting at a diplomatic shift. The April 30 ceasefire market rose 2 points to 38% YES, suggesting traders expect changes in late April. The April 15 market is at 18% YES, down from 20% yesterday. The May 31 market stands at 56% YES, indicating a longer timeline. With $1,365,780 in USDC traded across these markets in…