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Shiba Inu explorer Shibariumscan is hinting at progress in the ongoing restoration. According to a notice on Shiba Inu layer-2 Shibariumscan explorer, 45% of blocks are already indexed, with indexing to the chain ongoing. This marks progress beyond that which was reported previously at 41%. In February, it was reported that Shibarium was migrating to a new server to enhance performance and improve overall reliability. At the start of this month, Shibizens reported that users observed that certain tokens and NFTs were not displaying correctly on Shibarium Scan or within wallet $NFT tabs. Shibizens indicated that this issue might be…

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The parents of a 19-year-old college student who died of an overdose in 2025 are suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT provided their son with harmful guidance on combining drugs and effectively functioned as an unlicensed medical advisor. The wrongful death and product liability lawsuit, filed in California state court, claims the company failed to implement adequate safety measures to prevent its AI from dispensing dangerous health advice. The case centers on Sam Nelson, who allegedly interacted with ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model about combining kratom and Xanax before his fatal overdose. His mother and stepfather assert that the chatbot provided recommendations about…

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FalconX has expanded its tokenized structured credit facility to the Monad network, allowing institutional credit vault deposits to be used as collateral in decentralized finance protocols such as Morpho. Tokenization takes traditional credit facilities and represents them as digital tokens on a blockchain. In this case, the facility packages loans originated through FalconX’s lending business into tokenized credit products accessible through Pareto vaults curated by M11 Credit. RWA.xyz data shows real-world assets issued onchain have grown to more than $31 billion, including Treasurys, credit products and other financial assets. Credit-related assets alone account for more than $5 billion in distributed…

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At 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, bitcoin traded at $69,678, consolidating near the $69,500 range after retreating from an intraday high of $71,570. Price action remains range-bound with weakening short-term momentum and persistent resistance overhead. Bitcoin Chart Outlook The daily timeframe on Thursday continues to reflect a broad consolidation range, with price holding within the wider $62,500 to $76,000 structure implied by recent highs and lows. Current positioning near $69,000 places bitcoin in the lower half of that range, following rejection from the upper boundary near $71,570 in the latest one-day session. The lack of trend strength at this…

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Global markets are holding their breath: As the countdown continues ahead of the Fed’s interest rate decision, investors’ expectations are becoming clearer. Pricing in the forecasting markets indicates that it is almost certain that there will be no change in interest rates at the April meeting. According to Polymarket data, investors are pricing in a near 100% probability that the Fed will keep its policy rate unchanged. In contrast, the probability of a rate hike, such as a 25 basis point or larger reduction, remains almost negligible in the markets. This picture shows that the “wait-and-see” approach, which has strengthened…

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Tally is shutting down after six years of operation, marking a turning point for the DAO governance sector as demand for decentralized governance tools declines. https://t.co/3nYUSEhvTh — Tally (@tallyxyz) March 17, 2026 The blockchain-based platform, which provided voting and proposal infrastructure for more than 500 DAOs, said it will wind down operations following a reassessment of market conditions. The closure comes less than a year after Tally raised $8 million in a Series A round, highlighting how quickly sentiment has shifted across the sector. Chief Executive Officer Dennison Bertram said the decision reflects a simple reality: there is currently no…

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The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has published its first-ever report from its Privacy Working Group, titled “State of Privacy on Ethereum for Enterprise.” The document is designed as a practical resource for organizations trying to figure out whether Ethereum’s technology can meet their privacy, regulatory, and fiduciary standards. The report is the product of three months of collaboration among seven EEA member organizations. The core problem the EEA identified is straightforward: privacy technologies exist, but businesses lack a systematic framework to assess them. That disconnect has become increasingly expensive as projects try to move from experimentation to production-grade deployments. The EEA’s…

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The Graph has activated x402 payments inside its Graph Gateway, allowing developers and AI agents to purchase on-chain data queries on a pay-per-request basis using $USDC, according to an announcement from the project’s official X account. The team said that “Graph Gateway now officially supports x402 Payments,” meaning clients can access indexed blockchain data “without the need for an API key, account, or backend panel” by paying directly over HTTP with stablecoins on Base. The Graph turns HTTP 402 into a $USDC paywall for Subgraphs The Graph’s network currently indexes data from multiple chains, spanning token information, DEX trading pairs,…

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The Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected. Now all eyes will be on what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will say at his press conference at 21:30 (UTC+3). Bitcoin reacted to the news as follows: Short-term US interest rate futures continue to price in a very low probability of a rate cut this year, following the Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged. Powell is expected to leave office on May 15th, and it is noted that during his eight-year term he managed the US economy through challenging conditions such as the pandemic, a period of high inflation, and political…

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