The Take It Down Act has secured its first federal conviction, with an Ohio man pleading guilty to using more than 100 AI models to create and distribute nonconsensual deepfakes of women and children, putting the first real enforcement stamp on a landmark AI-specific law. Summary James Strahler II, 37, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty

Two suspects were arrested in San Francisco after allegedly firing at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home early Sunday morning, the second attack on the property in three days, as federal and local prosecutors escalate charges against a separate suspect from an earlier Molotov cocktail incident. Summary Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, were

Chainlink price is at $9.32 on April 15, up 1.64% on the 4H session, after clearing all four SMAs simultaneously for the first time since the February decline, with the ribbon compressed into a $0.14 band before the breakout and the 4H MACD holding a positive crossover above the zero line. Summary Chainlink price is

Pi Network price is trading at $0.1672 on April 15, with the daily MACD histogram printing at exactly 0.0000 for the first time since the February all-time low, raising the question of whether the extended bearish phase that carried price from the $2.99 peak to the $0.1351 floor is finally losing its downward force. Summary

OpenAI circulated an internal memo this week directly attacking rival Anthropic, accusing it of inflating its $30 billion revenue figure by roughly $8 billion as Claude’s grip on enterprise AI becomes increasingly hard for the company to dismiss. Summary OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser sent a four-page memo to employees accusing Anthropic of overstating

CLARITY Act gridlock is mounting on Capitol Hill as House Republicans remain split over FISA surveillance reauthorization and budget reconciliation, burning the limited legislative bandwidth that crypto’s most important bill in a generation needs before midterm politics consume the calendar entirely. Summary House Republicans are divided over FISA Section 702 reauthorization, which expires April 19,

Hormuz oil bitcoin dynamics shifted Tuesday as the Rich Starry, a Chinese-owned, U.S.-sanctioned tanker, slipped through the Strait of Hormuz in the first known breach of the U.S. naval blockade, sending WTI crude to $90.4 a barrel on April 15. Summary The Rich Starry, owned by Shanghai Xuanrun Shipping, passed through the Strait carrying 250,000

WLFI’s team has proposed burning up to 4.52 billion tokens and locking most of the remaining team and ecosystem allocation for 2–5 years, lifting the price about 7% to roughly $0.084 as traders bet on a cleaner supply curve. Summary WLFI’s team has proposed burning up to 4.52 billion tokens and locking 6.23 billion more

Bitwise’s new BAVA product will list on the NYSE in 2026, wrapping spot AVAX exposure and an estimated 5.4% staking yield into a single, liquid ETP for traditional investors. Summary Bitwise will list its Bitwise Avalanche ETP (BAVA), a spot product with on‑chain staking, on the NYSE in 2026. The fund targets an average Avalanche

BNB price has broken out of a falling wedge pattern, which positions it for significant upside over the coming weeks. Summary BNB price broke out of a falling wedge pattern, signaling a potential trend reversal, with price hovering near $620 after a 30% drop from its January high. Technical indicators, including a bullish MACD crossover,