Day: April 16, 2026

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig told the House Agriculture Committee this week that the agency is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and automated surveillance tools to police digital asset markets, prediction platforms, and traditional commodity derivatives as lawmakers pressed him on suspected insider trading, staffing cuts, and the urgent need for crypto market structure legislation. Key Takeaways: […]

Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, has highlighted that the current geopolitical chaos might push bitcoin to be used as a traditional currency instead of digital gold, helping it surpass the $1 million mark in the next decade. Nonetheless, Hougan acknowledges this would be an “out-of-the-money call option.” Key Takeaways: Iran’s $1 bitcoin toll per oil […]

Ok–I didn’t want to start one. I thought all the RFK Jr. nonsense could stay in the anti-vaxxer thread. But folks, this is now a real concern. I’m actually seeing RFK Jr. bumper stickers (plural–more than one) driving around town and saw a few stickers in the Bay Area during my Fourth trip earlier in […]

Not a big yard sign guy, but we have a really nice deck across the front of our house and I’d love to get some seasonal flag action in there. I live in a somewhat conservative enclave in a very liberal area and there are a ton of Gadsen Flags and Blue Line Flags mixed […]

Lobster.cash, the artificial intelligence (AI) agent payment platform built by Crossmint, announced this week that it will integrate Mastercard Agent Pay and Verifiable Intent, allowing AI agents to process purchases against cardholders’ existing Mastercard accounts. Key Takeaways: Lobster.cash and Mastercard will let Openclaw’s 1 million-plus AI agents charge purchases to existing Mastercard cards. The Verifiable […]

Bitcoin has experienced significant volatility over the last 24 hours, repeatedly testing the $75,000 resistance level before settling near $74,200. Key Takeaways Bitcoin repeatedly tested $75,000 on April 16, resulting in $137 million in total trader liquidations. Coinglass data shows 8,061 traders were liquidated as BTC price volatility exceeded 2.94% in 24 hours. MEXC Research […]

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed quantum fix, BIP 361, would effectively confiscate 1.7 million BTC while misrepresenting the scope of changes required to pull it off. Key Takeaways: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says BIP 361 misclassifies its own fix, requiring a hard fork Bitcoin has never executed. As of March 1, 2026, over […]

Steak ‘n Shake is expanding its bitcoin strategy with a milkshake tied to crypto culture. The April 27 timing, linked to Bitcoin Conference 2026, points to marketing efforts that now clearly extend beyond payments. Key Takeaways: Steak ‘n Shake announced a bitcoin milkshake on X. Marketing around BTC points to deeper crypto brand alignment. Conference-linked […]

On Thursday, April 16, data compiled by defillama.com indicates the stablecoin sector has now surpassed the $320 billion threshold, following $2.54 billion in inflows recorded over the past seven days. Key Takeaways: Defillama.com data shows stablecoins hit $320.007B on Apr. 16 after $2.54B in 7D inflows. Tether’s USDT holds 57.96% ($185.463B), down 2.5%, as Circle’s […]

This post is brutally honest. You may not like it. x86 on the consumer side is becoming irrelevant. It’s so soundly beaten by ARM that it’s not funny. Let’s suppose Intel’s chips have the same performance and power efficiency of the M4 series. You guys would be calling for AMD’s funeral. Heck, even a 20% […]