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Grayscale Predicts Elon Musk’s X Could Use Crypto to Power Next Wave of Financial Ecosystems – Featured Bitcoin News
- By Joseph Rees
- . April 17, 2026
Key Takeaways: Grayscale predicts crypto will anchor future consumer finance platforms. X is advancing cashtags to integrate trading within social activity. Platforms like Telegram and
BlockDAG Under Fire as Investigator Alleges $300M Scam
- By Adam Forsyth
- . April 16, 2026
The allegations point to how aggressive marketing tactics can still draw in retail investors despite repeated warnings. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly called out
Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
- By Abigail Avery
- . April 16, 2026
More than three years after the emergence of generative AI, AI-assisted coding remains by far the most popular and lucrative use case for the technology.
RFK Jr. Faces HHS Budget Cuts Hearing
- By Adam Forsyth
- . April 16, 2026
RFK Jr. HHS budget cuts of roughly $16 billion faced their first major congressional test Thursday as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before
McGraw-Hill Confirms Data Exposure, Hackers Claim 45M Salesforce Records Leaked
- By Abigail Avery
- . April 16, 2026
McGraw-Hill confirms a data exposure tied to a Salesforce misconfiguration as hackers claim 45M records, raising concerns over SaaS security risks. The post McGraw-Hill Confirms
CFTC Uses Microsoft AI Tools to Surveil Crypto and Prediction Markets, Chairman Tells Congress – Regulation Bitcoin News
- By Joseph Rees
- . April 16, 2026
Key Takeaways: CFTC Chairman Michael Selig confirmed the agency is deploying AI and automation tools to surveil markets with a 20%-reduced staff since FY2024. Six
Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire under US mediation
- By Adam Forsyth
- . April 16, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been declared under U.S. mediation. The Israel x Hezbollah ceasefire by April 30 market is at 94%
Artemis astronaut: NASA’s future moon crew likely will be diverse
- By Abigail Avery
- . April 16, 2026
Astronauts from NASA‘s first crewed Artemis flight largely sidestepped a question about the diversity of the future astronauts assigned to the upcoming moon-landing mission. Speaking
Bitwise Launches Avalanche ETF With Staking, What This Could Mean for AVAX Crypto
- By Adam Forsyth
- . April 16, 2026
Bitwise has launched BAVA, an exchange-traded fund holding Avalanche (AVAX crypto) tokens directly and staking a portion of those holdings to generate yield for investors.
Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe
- By Abigail Avery
- . April 16, 2026
A recent cosmological model combines two of the most eccentric ideas in contemporary physics to explain the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that