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Bitcoin vaults past $72,000 as U.S. stock futures surge on a two‑week U.S.–Iran ceasefire

Risk assets rose late Tuesday as oil collapsed after Trump and Iran confirmed the two-week ceasefire.

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Bitcoin rises past $69,000 as risk markets reverse big early losses on hope for Iran deal

Iran's government is reportedly reviewing Pakistan's request for a two-week ceasefire positively, according to an Axios report.

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Videos

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Anthropic's multi-gigawatt compute deal with Google and Broadcom highlights how AI companies are now directly competing with bitcoin miners for the same energy infrastructure. Several major miners have already started converting capacity to AI hosting, but does this mean that bitcoin mining is dying? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Finance

Schwab says even a 1% crypto allocation can reshape portfolio risk

The brokerage's research finds that even a tiny crypto allocation can dominate your portfolio's risk, suggesting that the "right" amount to own depends entirely on your stomach for 70% price swings.

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Tech

Grayscale says bitcoin's quantum problem is governance, not engineering

The asset manager's research arm argues the technical path to quantum-safe blockchains is clear but reaching consensus on protocol changes, especially what to do with Satoshi's coins, is the real obstacle.

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Bitcoin quantum threat is real and closer than it looks, says Nobel prize winning physicist

Former Google quantum hardware leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis, warns that breaking encryption will be among the earliest uses of quantum computing

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Markets

Why Michael Saylor's bitcoin buys aren’t moving the needle anymore

Despite billions in purchases, MSTR demand is being outweighed by long term holder positioning and broader capital flows.

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Bitcoin pulls away from software stocks as Iran war, AI reshape market dynamic

BTC correlation with an ETF tracking software comany stocks broke sharply from near-total alignment to near zero after the conflict started.

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Bitcoin ETF inflows hit highest level since February

Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $471 million on April 6, the 6th-largest inflow of 2026, as prediction markets price little near-term Fed movement.

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Bitcoin drops toward $68,000 as demand weakens and whales sell

Glassnode data shows soft participation, while a negative gamma setup below $68,000 leaves BTC exposed to a faster move toward $60,000.

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