Memecoins: Culture, Trade, or Casino?

You’ve seen the screenshots. Someone turns $200 into $80,000 overnight. A coin named after a dog, a frog, or a sitting US president spikes 4,000% in 72 hours. Your group chat loses its mind. That’s the memecoin cycle, and it’s been running on repeat since Dogecoin turned a joke into a $88 billion market cap…

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XRPL Broadens Onchain Settlement With New Escrow Feature

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. XLS-85 is live on XRPL Mainnet, extending native escrow beyond XRP to Trustline IOUs and Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs). Each escrowed asset requires a 0.2 XRP owner reserve on-ledger, increasing XRP reserves as token escrow usage grows. Token Escrow (XLS-85) is…

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Lithosphere Advances AI-Native Smart Contracts with Lithic Execution Model

Seattle, Washington–(Newsfile Corp. – April 13, 2026) – Lithosphere has advanced its AI-native smart contract capabilities through the continued development of the Lithic execution model, introducing a structured framework for integrating intelligent computation directly within decentralized applications. The advancement builds on the Makalu Testnet environment, enabling developers to design systems where AI-driven processes operate…

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SpaceX and Cursor AI Team up to Build Coding AI, With Option to Buy Startup for $60 Billion – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: SpaceX announced a joint AI coding deal with Cursor AI on April 21, 2026, securing a $60 billion acquisition option. Cursor AI surpassed $1 billion in ARR and serves 67% of Fortune 500 companies, giving SpaceX instant access to elite developer distribution. SpaceX’s Colossus supercomputer, targeting 1 million H100-equivalent GPUs, will train models…

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No Talks Under Threats, Tehran Says

Iran war news escalated Tuesday as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated publicly that Tehran will not accept negotiations under conditions it considers coercive, with the 10-day US-Iran ceasefire set to expire Wednesday and both sides sharpening rhetoric ahead of prospective talks in Islamabad. Summary Ghalibaf warned that Iran has spent the past two weeks…

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Ripple CEO Praises CFTC’s New “Olympics” Crypto Committee

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. CFTC named a 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee, including CEOs from Ripple, Coinbase, Uniswap, Solana Labs, and Chainlink Labs. The committee also includes leaders from CME, Nasdaq, ICE, DTCC, DraftKings, FanDuel, and Polymarket, per the CFTC roster. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse…

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