Iran wants tolls paid in bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz passage
A spokesperson for an Iranian regime union dubiously claims that Strait of Hormuz passage will charge BTC tolls on oil tankers.
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Secret Claude model ‘better than all but the most skilled humans’ at hacking
According to Anthropic, owner of AI tool Claude, its new Mythos model is hacking code better than most of today’s software developers.
Cloudflare’s 2029 quantum sprint raises Bitcoin alarm bells
Cloudflare is joining Google in a 2029 post-quantum deadline that's lighting a fire under Bitcoin’s historically slow upgrade cadence.
Nate Silver says X is rigged — Musk cries ‘bulls***’
Statistician Nate Silver claimed that the X algo has a political bias, enraging owner Elon Musk and Head of Product Nikita Bier.
Savannah Guthrie returns to TODAY, mother’s kidnapping remains unsolved
NBC TV host Savannah Guthrie has returned to the TODAY Show amid ongoing concerns for her mother abducted by a bitcoin ransom criminal.
— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Michael Saylor’s Strategy lost $1.2 billion buying bitcoin in Q1
Strategy has been responsible for the vast majority of bitcoin treasury company purchases and their money-losing buys.
US Senator asks if Binance lied to Congress about Iran
A US senator is not happy with Binance figures about its Iran-linked activities and is demanding a new set of answers by April 14.
The revolving door for lawyers between Kalshi and DOJ
Kalshi’s former lawyer now helps the US Department of Justice in lawsuits that cushion Kalshi from criminal lawsuits by state regulators.
The slow-motion ‘bank run’ in private credit
Crypto has exacerbated the problems of private credit, extending leverage and rehypothecation risk across increasingly risky loan books.
Traders panicked during Trump’s Iran war speech
Trump’s speech extended his Iran war timeline by three weeks, spooking oil markets with falling stocks and lower bitcoin prices.