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Shytoshi Kusama, the mysterious leader of the $SHIB team and so-called “Shiba Inu Ambassador,” has again stirred up the $SHIB community on X. This time, Kusama updated his X bio section, which triggered the $SHIB army. While some $SHIB enthusiasts were intrigued, others openly criticized the pseudonymous developer for shifting his focus from Shibarium and the Shiba Inu ecosystem to religion. Kusama’s new X location and bio turns heads of $SHIB army Japanese $SHIB enthusiast @kuro_9696_9696 has published a screenshot of Shytoshi Kusama’s X page and bio details after the $SHIB ambassador changed multiple details there, including his location. The…

Have you been to Kenya? Are you familiar with Kenyans on the streets and online get-togethers? Whatever Kenyans want, they demonstrate, threaten to abandon, and have global trending hashtags to that effect. This time around, the round-up was sent to Binance after freezing several crypto accounts. And Binance has responded. According to reports, the leading crypto exchange is set to address Kenyans next week. The exchange has already confirmed that it will host a live X Spaces session next week in partnership with the AML Association of Kenya. Binance prepares to face Kenyan’s next week According to a statement by…

Luxor Technology Corporation has expanded its partnership with MicroBT through a $100 million commitment to buy WhatsMiner bitcoin mining rigs. The deal strengthens ties between the mining infrastructure firm and the hardware maker. The companies announced the expanded agreement on Sunday. Luxor said the purchase commitment forms part of a broader plan to support miners using MicroBT machines. As part of the agreement, MicroBT signed a term sheet to invest in Luxor through its investment manager, Inflection Technology Ltd. The companies did not disclose the size of the planned investment. The move adds a financial link to the existing commercial…

Chainlink’s data standard is now live on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. This new release makes Oracle infrastructure available to millions of AWS developers and hundreds of thousands of companies. It streamlines the development of institutional-level blockchain solutions. In this regard, Chainlink Platform is identified as a professional service provided directly by Chainlink. This product provides the standard Oracle network that drives the majority of decentralized finance. Chainlink platform is now available on the AWS Marketplace On April 24, 2026, Chainlink announced the launch in a direct post on X. The announcement read that the Chainlink data standard is now…

Crypto has added to a Sunday rally, with bitcoin rising above $70,000 in quiet post-Easter U.S. trading hours. The gains come alongside a modest advance in the major stock market averages ahead of President Trump’s Tuesday ultimatum for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. Just past the noon hour on the East Coast, the Nasdaq is higher by 0.45% and the S&P 500 by 0.3%. Bitcoin is now higher by nearly 4% over the past 24 hours, with ether, XRP and solana posting similar gains. Contrarian bitcoin bulls — as bitcoin crashed to $60,000 in early February — first…

Gemini is restructuring with a 30% workforce cut, prioritizing AI and efficiency as falling Bitcoin prices and low market share pressure revenues. Despite losses, Gemini is pivoting to U.S. markets and diversifying with credit cards and forecast tools to build new revenue streams and stability. The crypto shakeout is getting real, and the biggest AI giant, Gemini, is right in the middle of it. According to a Bloomberg report, the Winklevoss-led exchange has slashed nearly 30% of its workforce in 2026, as it leans heavily into AI while battling falling market share and deep losses. Streamlining Operations This reduction comes…

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has reacted to a stablecoin prediction by Columbia Business School adjunct professor Omid Malekan. Malekan predicted that, in the years to come, a stablecoin issuer will differentiate itself by its refusal to intervene or freeze and seize, pushing this to the boundaries of what is possible legally. Malekan speculates that “this will be a killer GTM strategy and take massive marketshare.” The Columbia Business School professor explains the potential logic behind this: “Everyone and their mother is going to issue a stablecoin, but they are notoriously difficult to differentiate. As Tolstoy said, every narrow bank…

Data from Upbit and Bithumb, two of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, shows a remarkable increase in trading volume in some altcoins over the past 24 hours. Specifically, strong demand unique to the Korean market has revealed a surge in volume for certain projects, exceeding the global average. According to the data, some altcoins are performing strongly on both exchanges. Several projects, most notably Orca ($ORCA), Zerobase ($ZBT), and Enso (ENSO), are experiencing significant liquidity increases. According to the analysis, Korean investors’ focus on altcoins with low and mid-market caps was instrumental in the rapid increase in trading volume. However,…

As part of efforts to empower crypto users to harness the full potential of cross-chain DApps (decentralized applications) in the Web3 landscape, Conflux Network, a public Layer-1 blockchain, today entered into a strategic partnership with Catto Verse, an AI-driven crypto intelligence platform. This collaboration enabled Conflux to bring innovative AI capabilities into its L1 blockchain network using Catto Verse’s intelligence technology, an integration that seeks to provide more enriching and interactive decentralized applications to Web3 consumers. Conflux Network is a public Layer-1 blockchain designed to address scalability issues in Web3 and support decentralized applications with throughput. Its Tree-Graph structure and…

Bitcoin has climbed back above the $70,000 mark, hitting its highest level in the past 10 days. The move was quick, with $BTC jumping around 3.6% in just 12 hours, triggering over $258 million in liquidations, $233 million of that from short positions. Can Short Squeeze Fuel the Rally Higher The breakout was largely fueled by a classic short squeeze. As prices moved higher, bearish positions were forced to close, adding more buying pressure and pushing $BTC further up. Analyst Michaël van de Poppe pointed to strong market conditions, saying: “Pretty strong momentum on the markets of #Bitcoin. Volatility is…