Block hits 800K merchants accepting bitcoin. Aven launches BTC-backed credit up to $1M. Acting AG Blanche: no more regulating by prosecution. Plus the Musk v. Altman trial begins.
Bitcoin follows a power law with a 96% R-squared fit over seven years. Traditional markets grow exponentially at 7-10% per year. At some point, these two curves cross. Matthew Mezinskis calls this the essential singularity.
Tether froze $344M in USDT on Tron in coordination with OFAC. BlackRock adds $900M in BTC. BOJ studies US private credit contagion. UK courts approve nationwide facial recognition.
Bitcoin is up 22% since the Iran war started. Bears are paying 6% annualized to stay short. Funding rates have been negative for 46 straight days. This is the most hated rally in Bitcoin history.
Arbitrum's Security Council unilaterally froze $90M in stolen ETH overnight, proving DeFi is decentralized in name only. Plus: BlackRock gates a $26B fund, Bitcoin Core v31.0 ships, and Warsh faces the Senate.
A $292M bridge exploit at Kelp DAO cascaded into $13 billion in DeFi withdrawals, $196M in Aave bad debt, and frozen markets across a dozen protocols. Bitcoin's simplicity is the feature.
BitMEX Research proposes a 'canary fund' alternative to BIP-361's coin freeze. Only trigger quantum protections when an attacker proves the threat exists on-chain.
A new BIP proposes freezing any Bitcoin that doesn't migrate to post-quantum addresses. Plus Goldman files a Bitcoin income ETF, CRE cracks widen, and whales accumulate.
The Bitcoin community lost Aaron Ingalls this weekend. A father, a Bitcoiner, a fighter. Plus: tankers test the Hormuz blockade, Tether launches a self-custodial wallet, and energy inflation is about to get worse.
Vance walks away from Islamabad with nothing. Oil rips past $105, CMBS delinquencies hit COVID highs, and Bitcoin holds $71K. Plus: White House torpedoes the banking lobby's stablecoin yield argument.
Ten31's John Arnold argues the stablecoin gold rush will not accrue value to public blockchains. Plus: March CPI prints 3.3%, Carlyle gates a $7B private credit fund, Ro Khanna's AI trades beat the S&P by 112%, and the BOJ quietly detonates.
Iran demands bitcoin tolls at the Strait of Hormuz. When finality matters, hashrate wins. Plus: China's CBDC falters, CMBS delinquencies hit COVID highs, and mining tariffs threaten U.S. hashrate.
Criminals are posing as delivery drivers to rob bitcoiners at gunpoint. California has seen a surge of violent home invasions. Geographically distributed multisig makes these attacks useless.
Tyler Oliveira's viral documentary exposes H-1B ghost offices in Frisco, TX. CheckOnChain shows bear market bottoming signals. Fed sits on 44B losses while banks report earnings.
By Marty Bent
Austin, TX
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Austin, TX
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