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Romance scammers are using AI-generated images of women to deceive attendees at the XRP Las Vegas conference, potentially targeting investors for crypto scams. The scammers aim to build trust through fake personas and then solicit donations or promote fraudulent investment platforms.
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Bitcoin ETFs saw a significant inflow of $471.3 million, led by BlackRock's IBIT, Fidelity's FBTC, and ARKB, as investors positioned ahead of President Trump's deadline on Iran. Institutional investors are cautiously accumulating Bitcoin, with a focus on structured allocation rather than geopolitical bets.

Coindesk
Anthropic's partnership with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of TPU compute capacity, starting in 2027, highlights the increasing competition for energy resources between AI compute and bitcoin mining. This move signifies the rapid growth of AI as a significant player in the energy infrastructure landscape.

Coindesk
SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced that the commission is finalizing a new regulation for the crypto industry, focusing on the Securities Act of 1933 and startup exemptions. He emphasized the importance of feedback and mentioned an upcoming innovation exemption to support startups.

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Polymarket is undergoing a significant upgrade, introducing a new order book and its stablecoin, Polymarket USD, as collateral. The changes will require a brief period of canceling open orders, with advanced notice provided to traders. Advanced users may need to update their software development kits for the new order book structure.

bitcoinmagazine.com
Bitcoin Core developers will demonstrate "attack blocks" on Signet, showcasing severe consensus vulnerabilities addressed by BIP 54. Participants can run a Signet node to observe the blocks being mined and processed in real-time. A software patch for the demonstration is available, and a Bitcoin Core GUI will display the attack blocks during the event.

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Tokenized equities, like Galaxy (GLXY), will soon allow proxy voting for shareholders through Broadridge’s tokenized governance platform on the Avalanche-powered network. This move is seen as a significant step towards a tokenized equity market, according to Galaxy's CEO Mike Novogratz.

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Grayscale's Head of Research, Zach Pandl, suggests that altcoins may be showing signs of resilience despite recent market downturns. Pandl believes that the crypto market could be finding a more stable bottom, with Ethereum and Solana potentially benefiting from regulatory clarity and tokenization trends.

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A solo Bitcoin miner with minimal computing power earned 3.139 BTC by validating block 943,411 on April 2, worth around $210,000. Despite the dominance of large mining pools, solo miners occasionally win block rewards through sheer luck.

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Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodities Strategist Mike McGlone suggested Bitcoin could drop to $10,000, its lowest price since July 2020, due to the potential unwinding of a historic money pump. Despite recent highs, Bitcoin's market cap would be around $200 billion at that price.

bitcoinmagazine.com
Strive has acquired 113 BTC, totaling 13,741 BTC, as part of a strategic accumulation approach. This move aligns with the trend of public companies integrating Bitcoin into their balance sheets to diversify treasuries.