Author: John Smith
A Nevada court has moved to keep Kalshi out of the state’s event-contract market while the legal fight continues. Summary Nevada judge backed regulators and said Kalshi’s event contracts are no different from sports betting. The ruling extends Kalshi’s Nevada ban while the court reviews longer-term restrictions through April 17. The case deepens the clash between state gambling laws and federal oversight claims over prediction markets. The ruling came after the Nevada Gaming Control Board asked the court to block the company from offering contracts tied to sports, elections, and entertainment outcomes. The case adds to a wider debate over…
Santiment said traders were watching a small group of digital assets as the market moved into the weekend. Summary Ethereum and Bitcoin led as traders tracked quantum risks, ETF flows, staking, and price pressure. Solana chatter rose after exploit reports, network issues, and project losses pushed security concerns higher. USDC, Chainlink, and Pippin gained attention through compliance claims, token unlocks, integrations, and meme-driven activity. The social platform placed Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Bitcoin (BTC), USDC, Pippin, and Chainlink among the coins drawing the “highest trader interest” across online discussions. Ethereum and Bitcoin stay in focus Ethereum drew strong attention as…
Chainlink (LINK) moved back into focus after a large amount of LINK reached Binance during weekend trading. Summary Chainlink moved 19 million LINK, with most tokens sent to Binance during weekend trading hours. LINK traded near $8.63 as RSI stayed below 50 and momentum remained weak overall today. The quarterly unlock renewed focus on Binance inflows, exchange supply, and possible selling pressure. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed to a large LINK transfer during what he described as a “low-liquidity weekend.” Separate onchain reports later said Chainlink completed its regular quarterly unlock, moving 19 million LINK worth about $165 million from three…
Naoris Protocol has gone live with its quantum-resistant blockchain mainnet, becoming the first Layer 1 network built entirely on post-quantum cryptography approved by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology — a milestone arriving as researchers shorten timelines for a threat that could compromise Bitcoin and Ethereum. Summary Naoris Protocol launched its quantum-resistant mainnet on April 1, 2026, using NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography standards finalized in August 2024 The testnet phase processed over 106 million post-quantum transactions and mitigated more than 603 million security threats, with over one million security nodes activated globally The NAORIS token carries a market cap…
U.S. lawyers are filing AI-generated briefs with fictitious citations at an accelerating pace, court sanctions are setting new records, and the technology is spreading so deeply into legal software that experts say mandatory disclosure rules may already be obsolete. Summary Last year saw a rapid surge in court sanctions against lawyers for AI-generated briefs containing fictitious citations, and the rate is still climbing — a researcher tracking the trend recorded 10 cases from 10 different courts in a single day. A federal court may have set a new record last month with an order for an Oregon lawyer to pay…
Bitcoin is holding just above a broken support level at $66,900 as a potential bear flag forms on the 4H chart and the daily MACD hits one of its most negative readings of the current cycle, raising the risk of a move toward $63,000 heading into a low-liquidity Good Friday weekend. Summary Bitcoin is trading at $66,891, holding just above a broken $66,188 support level after selling off from a March peak near $76,000. The 4H chart shows a small ascending channel forming within the downtrend, a structure that could represent a bear flag, while the daily MACD histogram stands…
XRP is compressing into the apex of a descending wedge at $1.3157 after months of lower highs and lower lows, with the 4H MACD signal line just crossing into positive territory for the first time since February — a sign that bearish momentum may be approaching exhaustion ahead of what could be the pattern’s most consequential candle close. Summary XRP is trading at $1.3157, pressing against the apex of a descending wedge pattern visible on both the daily and 4H charts, with the daily Supertrend bearish at $1.4894. The daily MACD histogram stands at -0.0222, while on the 4H chart…
Ethereum is pressing against a double-top resistance zone at $2,163 after two consecutive rejections from the upper boundary of its rising parallel channel, while a marginal bullish MACD crossover on the 4H chart raises the question of whether buyers can finally break through or whether the pattern will resolve to the downside toward $1,980. Summary Ethereum is trading at $2,051.80, holding inside a rising parallel channel on both the daily and 4H timeframes after twice rejecting from the $2,163-$2,166 resistance zone. The 4H MACD histogram has just turned positive to 1.19, signalling a bullish crossover, while the daily Supertrend at…
More than 3 million pages of Epstein files have been released, prosecutors have brought no new charges against anyone in his network, and five legal experts have now laid out in precise terms why the evidentiary gap between public scandal and criminal conviction is nearly impossible to close. Summary More than 3 million pages of Epstein and Maxwell-related documents have been released since the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but no new arrests have been made in the U.S. since the files began dropping in 2025. The DOJ told NPR there has been “no credible evidence” that criminal…
X is preparing to automatically lock any crypto scam account that mentions cryptocurrency for the first time in its posting history, with Head of Product Nikita Bier saying the measure should eliminate 99% of the economic incentive behind the platform’s most persistent category of fraud. Summary X Head of Product Nikita Bier confirmed on April 1 that the platform is implementing auto-locking and verification for any crypto scam account that posts about cryptocurrency for the first time in its history. The measure is designed to remove the economic incentive behind scam accounts that hijack or newly weaponize established profiles to…