A bitcoin mining pool built to reject both the industrial pay-per-share model and the pure lottery approach has now proven its effectiveness. Twice. Upstart mining pool Parasite Pool mined block 945,601 Friday morning, its second block since its launch in April 2025 and approximately 48 days after the pool’s first block at No. 938,713 in […]
An article by Udi Wertheimer a few weeks ago made headlines in crypto media with a clear assertion: the Lightning Network is “powerless” in a post-quantum world, and its developers can do nothing about it. The title circulated quickly. For companies that have built a real payments infrastructure on Lightning or are in the process
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Binance and Bitget, two major cryptocurrency exchanges, have opened investigations into trading activities around RaveDAO’s RAVE token, after on-chain detective ZachXBT alleged that insiders engineered a large short squeeze that resulted in the token’s rapid rise. Gracy Chen, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, said the exchange had “started investigating” the matter, while Binance CEO Richard
new video uploaded: Why your paycheck seems smaller Ben Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, explains why wages aren’t keeping up with inflation and what that means for American workers and the economy. By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Sutton Raphael and Stephanie Swart April 18, 2026
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The problems of the Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto continue to worsen. Already under fire following reports of frozen or delayed customer withdrawals, the company on Friday drew the ire of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who told parliament the company had sponsored some politicians opposed to regulating the crypto market. The blocking of the legislation by
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Wrapped XRP holders can now use the wrapped asset on Jupiter, Phantom, Titan Exchange and Meteora without selling their underlying position. Each wXRP is backed 1:1 by native XRP held in separate custodial accounts and is redeemable at any time, according to Hex Trust. The Solana launch is one step in a broader Hex Trust
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The next major inflection point in crypto comes from artificial intelligence (AI). This is what Joseph Lubin, CEO of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum, says. He told CoinDesk that autonomous or semi-autonomous agents can transact, coordinate, and verify each other on decentralized networks, using crypto rails as a basis for machine-driven activity. Lubin, who will
Liz Truss, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister, said the country’s economy has been stagnant for decades and many problems stem from a lack of sound money and currency depreciation, an erosion in the value of sterling caused by inflation and the printing of new bank notes. Truss, who led a Conservative government for 45 days in
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One of the biggest short squeezes of 2026 happened in a single session. Bitcoin soared to $78,000 late Friday, triggering $762 million in liquidations among 168,336 traders, including $593 million shorted, according to CoinGlass. By Saturday evening in Asia, bitcoin had returned to $76,091, up just 0.8% on the day, as Iran announced that the
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XRP is starting to outperform in an attention-grabbing way. The token is up about 8% for the week and about 3% for the day, outpacing Bitcoin and ether, but the move still appears controlled rather than explosive. This makes one wonder whether this is an early buildup or just another limited surge. News context •
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