Treasury Freezes $344M in Iran Crypto
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on April 24 that the US government has sanctioned multiple crypto wallets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard
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DeepSeek V4 Launches on Huawei Chips
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released a preview of its V4 model on April 24, explicitly optimized for Huawei’s Ascend chip platform, on the
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White House Accuses China of AI Theft
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director Michael Kratsios circulated a memo on April 23 accusing Chinese entities of conducting deliberate,
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US freezes $344M in crypto tied to Iran as Treasury targets IRGC flows
U.S. Treasury and Tether froze $344M in USDT tied to Iran’s IRGC, spotlighting how Tehran’s $7.8B crypto ecosystem leans on stablecoins to dodge
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Senate Blocks Iran War Powers Vote 46-51
The Senate voted 46 to 51 on April 22 to defeat a war powers resolution that would have directed the president to withdraw
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Trump Extends Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire 3 Weeks
President Trump announced on April 23 that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks after a second round
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Tokenized Deposits vs Stablecoins on Canton
As HSBC, Lloyds, and JPMorgan all commit to tokenized deposits on the Canton Network, Digital Asset Chief Product Officer Bernhard Elsner explains why
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Congress Advances AI Chip Export Bills
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced two bipartisan bills on April 23 that would give Congress direct oversight authority over US AI chip
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.5 Agentic Model
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, its newest frontier model and the company’s most capable agentic system to date, designed to accept a
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Nakamoto rolls out actively managed Bitcoin options program with Bitwise and Kraken
Nakamoto Inc. is running an actively managed options program with Bitwise and Kraken, writing covered calls and buying puts on part of its