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View More NewsBitcoin could be setting up for a multimonth price decline, after a rally in April driven mainly by futures traders while spot demand declined, according to the crypto analytics firm CryptoQuant.Bitcoin gained around 20% in April, rising from $66,000 to a peak of $79,000 in a rally “driven entirely by growth in perpetual futures demand,” CryptoQuant said in a report on Thursday. Meanwhile, spot demand for Bitcoin contracted throughout the rally, “indicating that the market’s marginal buyer was speculative, not fundamental,” it said.“The divergence between rising price and contracting spot demand is one of the clearest on-chain signals that price gains…
In brief The U.S. Senate unanimously passed S. Res. 708, banning senators from trading on prediction markets. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced the resolution targeting potential advantages from non-public government information. The ban represents the first major regulatory action specifically prohibiting government officials from prediction market participation. The U.S. Senate has banned senators from trading on prediction markets, with the chamber passing a resolution targeting potential insider trading advantages from non-public government information.The Senate resolution prohibits senators and their staff from participating in prediction markets where users can bet on political outcomes, policy decisions, and other events that…
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4/30/1789: President Washington’s inauguration. He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase. President Washington’s Appointees Read the full article here
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The past two years have seen vilifications of Israel galore, by both traditional anti-Zionists and antisemites and by those minted since 7 October 2023. But few in the West have come out with full-throated, public support for Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the EU and most Western democracies.Avi Shlaim has been an exception to the rule. Once a professed Zionist, Shlaim has now completed a perverse trajectory in the course of which he seems to have lost his moral compass. And Shlaim is not some ignorant, fashionably keffiyeh-draped American or European sophomore who chants “from the…
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São Paulo, April 30, 2026—The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court ordered the state of São Paulo to pay $20,000 in moral damage compensation and a lifetime pension…
Anchorage Digital, the U.S’ first federally chartered crypto bank, has tapped M0 as its core technology provider, a move designed to turn the custodian…
Ether (ETH) has rebounded more than 25% from its February low below $1,800, and a mix of technical and onchain signals suggests the recovery…
In brief April’s Bitcoin rally was purely speculative, say analysts—futures demand surged while real spot buying contracted the entire time. The setup mirrors 2022’s…
from the concentration-camp-shit-going-on-here dept Not that ICE was ever that great about taking care of all the people it detains. It certainly wasn’t during…
Since October 7, 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists has been documenting an unprecedented pattern of violence and repression against Palestinian journalists. The attached…
Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, received U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval for a derivatives…
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded 32% to a 10-week high of $79,500 on April 22 from its sub-60,000 multi-year low. But recent buyers took advantage of…
In brief MegaETH launched its MEGA token Thursday, with a $1.56 billion fully diluted valuation at present. The project uses a performance-based unlock model,…
Editorial note: This conversation was recorded on Friday, April 24, the day before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Both Nico and Clayton attended the…
A few weeks ago, abnormal temperature spikes at a Météo-France station near Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) triggered a criminal complaint and an investigation. According…
Spain appears to be the strongest retail market for Circle’s euro-pegged stablecoin EURC on crypto banking platform Brighty, according to company data.Spain led EURC…
