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April 2, 2026
Stealing Satoshi’s Bitcoin Becomes a Quantum Computing Threat — bloomberg.com
Google research paper stirs up concern
Tanker ships must pay Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a toll in Chinese yaun or crypto before they can pass Strait of Hormuz: report — nypost.com
Ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will need secret codes and to pay up to $2 million in Chinese yuan or cryptocurrencies to avoid being attacked by Iran, according to a new report.
A vacancy at the Justice Department — newcriterion.com
President Trump has decided to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi due to dissatisfaction on several fronts, including her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and recent arguments before the Supreme Court that did not go well. According to reports, the
Coinbase receives conditional approval for OCC trust charter — americanbanker.com
The cryptocurrency exchange is the latest digital asset firm to receive a trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Latest crypto hack sees thieves make off with $280 million from Solana DeFi platform Drift — fortune.com
On April Fool’s day, the decentralized platform Drift saw hundreds of millions of dollars drained from its accounts and, unfortunately, this was no joke. The company suffered a $280 million hack on Wednesday, and industry experts suspected that North Korea
Agentic AI – Ongoing coverage of its impact on the enterprise — computerworld.com
Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise
Gen Z millionaires are rushing into crypto—and they blame the risky bet on FOMO. Fear of missing out — fortune.com
Cryptocurrency has long attracted younger investors with its promise of outsized returns outside of traditional finance. Yet despite well-documented warnings about its volatility, wealthy Gen Z and Millennials are embracing the asset class at rates far
I knew about North Korean hackers—they still tricked me and got into my computer — fortune.com
In late March, I received a troubling message from Fortune’s IT administrator. “There is a process that’s exposing a vulnerability,” he wrote, telling me that someone may be prowling around my computer. “I need to kill it.” I panicked. A file I had
Coinbase Says It Wins Conditional US Approval for Trust Charter — bloomberg.com
Coinbase Global Inc., the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said it has won conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter, a step that could pave the way for it to expand into new businesses.
The cryptocurrencies and secret passwords needed to get through the Strait of Hormuz — independent.co.uk
Trump’s Iran War Address | Mission to the Moon | India’s Census — feedbinusercontent.com
Daily News Brief April 2, 2026 Welcome to CFR’s Daily News Brief. Today we’re covering Trump’s prime-time speech about the Iran war, as well as... A NASA mission to the moon India’s first nationwide census in more than fifteen years U.S.-Denmark
Bitcoin is slowly supplanting legacy mechanisms of monetary policy — americanbanker.com
As bitcoin plays an ever-larger role in cross-border transactions, what remains to be seen is how prepared the various bodies overseeing global finance are to engage with an asset that operates largely beyond their ability to meaningfully control it.
Data Centres Are on Track to Wreck the Planet. Can We Stop Them? — thewalrus.ca
Right now, right this second, there’s a huge warehouse somewhere with row upon row of servers humming away as electricity pours into them. Below that hum, a softer one: the sound of water coursing through pipes and running directly over chips that are
Bitcoin Tumbles With Stocks as Trump Signals Harder Iran Strikes — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin tumbled in Asia on Thursday after US President Donald Trump indicated there would be harder strikes against Iran in the coming weeks.
De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack — techcrunch.com
Blockchain trackers put the cryptocurrency heist in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is already on track to be the largest crypto theft in 2026 so far.
Bitcoin Buying Fails to Offset a Wave of Selling by Big Holders — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin demand remains under pressure even as institutional buying picks up, suggesting the broader market is still selling the token, according to data analytics platform CryptoQuant.
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