Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig told House lawmakers the agency will pursue anyone committing fraud or insider trading in prediction markets with “the full force of the law.” Selig appeared before the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday as the agency faces mounting pressure over fast-growing event contract platforms and suspicious trades tied…
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The US House of Representatives rejected a War Powers Resolution on Iran by a 213-214 vote today, preserving President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations. The narrow defeat came as Trump simultaneously announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, positioning himself as a peacemaker even as Congress debated constraints on his war powers.…
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Pi Network (PI) announced it has surpassed 18 million identity-verified users, positioning the figure as a structural advantage over networks that measure growth by wallet count alone. The post from the Pi Core Team argued that verified identities are necessary for any transfer of value. There are over 18 million identity-verified users on Pi. But…
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Ordinals (ORDI) posted a 94% single-day gain on April 16, pushing directly into its first major Fibonacci resistance zone. The move follows months of base-building and a falling wedge breakout visible across multiple timeframes. A massive volume surge accompanied the advance, driving price from the $2.00 range to above $6.60. ORDI is now testing the…
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NEAR Protocol’s largest Decentralized Finance (DeFi) hub, Rhea Finance, suffered a $7.6 million exploit after an attacker manipulated its oracle and validation layer. Blockchain security firm CertiK flagged the incident, confirming that assets were drained across multiple tokens. How the Rhea Finance Exploit Unfolded The attacker deployed fake token contracts and created fresh liquidity pools…
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The Russian crypto industry has suffered a serious incident. Grinex, a crypto exchange that facilitates payments for businesses and individuals, announced a major hack. According to the company’s official data , the amount of stolen funds exceeded 1 billion rubles, translating to over $13 million. Details of the incident In an official statement, the platform’s representatives…
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Charles Schwab has begun a phased launch of spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) trading, opening direct crypto access to its retail brokerage clients for the first time. The product, called Schwab Crypto and operated by Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB, will roll out in stages starting in Q2 2026. An initial cohort of employees…
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Chiliz (CHZ) surged 14.7% in the past 24 hours on April 16, trading at $0.0429 with a market cap of $441.9 million, as a convergence of technical and on-chain signals suggests a renewed push toward the $0.050 resistance zone. Price broke above both the 20 and 50-period daily moving averages for the first time since…
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Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, its most advanced AI model to date, marking a significant upgrade in long-form reasoning, vision processing, and autonomous task execution. The launch, announced on April 16, 2026, strengthens Anthropic’s position in the fast-moving enterprise AI race, where competitors are rapidly expanding capabilities for coding, analytics, and multimodal workflows. A…
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) price trajectory has largely been positive since the US-Iran war, though it has also been volatile. On April 14, BTC briefly climbed above $76,000, its highest price level since early February. Realized profits hit $1.14 billion during the spike, one of the year’s largest single-day readings. However, the gains failed to hold. Similarly,…
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