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Polymarket bets on tech layoffs surge. But is AI replacing workers or just concentrating them?
Meta is eliminating roughly 8,000 positions starting May 20, while OpenAI plans to nearly double its staff by year’s end, highlighting a widening divide in the technology sector between companies cutting workers and those building the AI systems driving those cuts. The Meta layoffs, affecting about 10 percent of its 79,000 employees, come as more […]
Sat, Apr 18
Conflicting plans for Elon Musk’s X, Strait of Hormuz sets up France-Trump showdown
The Trump Justice Department is not playing along with France, as US officials refused to help French investigators go after Elon Musk’s platform X after a raid hit the company’s Paris office earlier this year. Washington is not joining what it sees as a politically-motivated case targeting an American tech business, according to a two-page […]
Sat, Apr 18
BTC back to $76,000 as Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz again
Bitcoin immediately dropped to $76,000 as Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed once again, one day after President Trump declared that the strategic oil passage was reopened to traffic except for Iran. The development, which came on a weekend when other markets are closed, has left the crypto market as the only […]
Sat, Apr 18
Rave DAO’s RAVE token crashes amid series of warnings
The public scrutiny of Rave DAO’s RAVE token reached DEFCON 1 moments before its crash started, as market stakeholders, including ZachXBT, Bitget, Binance, and Gate, were drawn into conversations about insider manipulation red flags. Similar warnings by BubbleMaps about the SIREN token preceded multiple rounds of what appear to be classic pump-and-dumps, leading to huge […]
Sat, Apr 18
Poland PM Tusk claims Russian meddling as president’s crypto law veto survives vote
Polish lawmakers tried but failed to overturn the presidential veto on a government-proposed draft law designed to introduce comprehensive rules for Poland’s cryptocurrency market. The controversial legislation has become the focal point of a political clash in Warsaw, with Prime Minister Tusk now accusing the head of state, Nawrocki, of acting under Russian influence. Polish […]
Sat, Apr 18
Beijing's Satellite Town to be completed this year as US-China space race heats up
Beijing’s Satellite Town, a specialized hub for satellite manufacturers and operators in Haidian District, is expected to complete its core area construction by the end of 2026 as China builds industrial ecosystems aimed at challenging American dominance in space, particularly SpaceX’s grip on commercial launches. The facility, located in Haidian’s Yongfeng area adjacent to China […]
Sat, Apr 18
X timelines morph into trading hubs as cashtags top $1B
X’s Cashtags feature has quickly generated about $1 billion in trading volume, showing strong early adoption.
Sat, Apr 18
Strategy adopts twice-monthly STRC payouts on $1.1B surge
Strategy intends to change to semi-monthly payouts for its STRC stock if approved.
Sat, Apr 18
Chinese scientists have developed a clock that can track immune aging in humans
New study by Chinese scientists has shed more light on how humans age, particularly the immune system. More interestingly, they found a way to slow down the process. The immune cells are a key part of the body that keep humans healthy. But that also means when the cells age, the body grows weaker, and […]
Sat, Apr 18
Bitcoin’s $77K rally leaves bears bleeding with $585M shorts wiped
Bitcoin’s fresh rally is raising a strange contradiction in the market. It is printing green indexes while sentiment refuses to follow. BTC managed to breach the $77,000 for the first time in 11 weeks, but bears’ bets dominated the liquidations. The global crypto market cap surged by almost 3% over the last 24 hours. It […]
Sat, Apr 18
Is DeepSeek undervalued or are America's AI superstars overvalued?
When DeepSeek’s R1 model dropped in January 2025, it briefly erased nearly a trillion dollars in US market value overnight. Nvidia alone shed close to $600 billion in market capitalization in a single day, then the largest single-day loss in US market history, as investors scrambled to reprice the assumptions that America’s AI spending boom […]
Fri, Apr 17
Why are deadbeat stocks Oracle, Microsoft, and AMD suddenly the week’s best performers?
This week gave beaten-up stock names a strange new job. They stopped acting like laggards and started leading the screen. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) came into Friday on track for huge weekly gains, the kind that reset charts and force traders to stop laughing at names they had written […]
Fri, Apr 17
Fed Governor Christopher Waller said rates may stay unchanged this year because inflation still looks like the bigger risk
Fed Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that he is ready to back no rate cuts for the rest of the year if inflation stays the bigger threat. Speaking in Alabama, Waller said policymakers face a setup: a possible long inflation shock and a labor market with no job growth that looks stable. It raises the […]
Fri, Apr 17
JPMorgan says Clarity Act is nearing a breakthrough
JPMorgan says the U.S. crypto market structure bill is moving closer to completion as lawmakers narrow down the remaining areas of disagreement. According to the bank’s latest report, negotiations have reduced the list of disputed issues from more than a dozen to just two or three. The update points to a shift in the legislative […]
Fri, Apr 17
Ripple’s XRP just launched on Solana
XRP will be available in wrapped form on Solana, accessible through Jupiter, Phantom wallet and other DEX.
Fri, Apr 17
Cerebras is preparing to file for an IPO before Friday’s market close
Cerebras is set to file for an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday before the market closes, according to two people familiar with the matter who allegedly spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. The company makes chips built to run artificial intelligence models, and it is now trying to […]
Fri, Apr 17
84% of prediction market traders lose money
The numbers are in, and they are not pretty for everyday traders who bet on prediction markets. Despite handling tens of billions of dollars in trades, these platforms appear to be leaving the overwhelming majority of users worse off financially. Prediction markets have grown fast. By 2025, platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi were processing $28 […]
Fri, Apr 17
Senators question lax oversight of Binance
The Trump administration is being aggressively questioned by Democratic senators on seemingly lax oversight of Binance regarding some funds that ended up in the wrong hands in Iran, pouring cold water on President Trump’s parade as Iran relented on its Strait of Hormuz blockade in a peace deal that looked elusive until it was announced. […]
Fri, Apr 17
Russia-linked exchanges Grinex and TokenSpot targeted in suspected coordinated hack
At least one more Russia-linked crypto exchange has been hit in the billion-ruble hack of the sanctioned Kyrgyzstan-registered Grinex, blockchain analyses showed. Reports of the coinciding incidents sparked suspicions that the cyberattacks may have been coordinated and carried out by intelligence services rather than hacking groups. Kyrgyz crypto exchange TokenSpot also suffers breach Russia has […]
Fri, Apr 17
Stanford's 2026 AI Index shows China's top AI model now trails the US by just 39 Arena points
China has nearly caught up with the United States in artificial intelligence capabilities. The country has almost eliminated its performance gap with the US in AI bot systems while continuing to lead the world in patents, research papers, and robot installations. The 2026 AI index report by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence released […]
Fri, Apr 17
