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MEXC’s new CEO wants to tame a memecoin machine without killing what made it work

Vugar Usi, the newly appointed CEO of MEXC, has a provocative explanation for the collapse in trading of memecoin: tokens did not lose their appeal, the rest of the financial system caught up with them. Gold moves on a Trump tweet. Oil spikes on a geopolitical rumor. Stocks swing on a single Fed headline. “Everything […]

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Risk assets rise in pre-market trade as truce drives gains across crypto and stocks

Bitcoin BTC$71,698.32 rose to as high as $72,750 on news of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, before falling back to just below $72,000. The move came alongside a broader rally risk in premarket trading in stocks, with the Invesco QQQ up more than 3.3% and the iShares Expanded Tech Software ETF (

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Blockchain development firm Alchemy unveils an interoperable layer for AI payments

Alchemy, a cryptocurrency infrastructure provider used by many blockchains and companies in the space, has released a new tool, AgentPay, that lets different AI payment systems, from companies like Coinbase, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and Circle, work together. The new tool solves the problem that agent payment systems currently coming online are not “interoperable”, or in

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Attacking bitcoin mining with a quantum computer would require the energy of a star, academics say

Quantum computing headlines increasingly suggest that bitcoin is on the brink of collapse, with claims that future machines could crack its cryptography in minutes or overwhelm the network entirely. But academic research paints a more limited picture. Some widely cited “breakthroughs” rely on simplified problems that do not reflect real-world cryptography. And quantum attacks on

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Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator

new video loaded: Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online crypto communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin. By John Carreyrou, Sutton Raphael, James Surdam, Coleman Lowndes and Joey Sendaydiego April 8, 2026

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Bearish bets on bitcoin, ether, oil shorts lead to wipeout of $427 million on US-Iran ceasefire

Days of bearish positioning unraveled in about two hours on Tuesday night, as bitcoin surged above $72,700 after Trump confirmed a two-week ceasefire with Iran via Truth Social just before his 7 p.m. deadline. 20 A.M. The move sparked $595 million in total crypto liquidations across 118,489 traders, according to CoinGlass data. Short positions accounted

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Bitcoin Surges Above $72,000 As Oil Crashes On Two-Week U.S.-Iran Ceasefire

Bitcoin and U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday night as oil prices collapsed after President Donald Trump confirmed a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. via Truth Social. BTC, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, rose to a high of $72,699, up 5% in 24 hours, according to CoinDesk data. The broader market followed suit

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