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Bitcoin is holding near $68K as markets remain on edge with hours to go before a U.S. deadline tied to escalating tensions with Iran, set for today at 8:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, a developer has open-sourced an AI job search tool after generating over 700 offers and securing a role, other developers are experimenting with simplified prompts to reduce AI costs, and Bitdeer has introduced its SEALMINER A4 series Bitcoin mining rigs with improved energy efficiency.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
Developer Open Sources AI Job Search System After 700+ Offers and a Hire (GitHub)
OpenAI Calls for Global Shift in Taxation, Labor Policy as AI Takes Over (Decrypt)
Anthropic Ups Compute Deal With Google and Broadcom (TechCrunch)
Anthropic in Talks to Invest $200 million in New Private-Equity Venture (WSJ)
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Unite to Combat Model Copying in China (Bloomberg)
Devs Are Making Claude Talk Like a Caveman to Cut Costs—And It Works (Decrypt)
Intel to Join Musk's Terafab Mega AI Chip Project (Reuters)
AVAX One Technology to Develop 10MW AI/HPC Micro-Grid Data Center in Alberta (Business Insider)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Jamie Dimon Says AI Will Impact 'Virtually Every Function' at JPMorgan Chase (Decrypt)
Aster to Settle RWA Perps Exclusively in USD1 (The Defiant)
Binance RWA Perpetuals Gain Ground as Trading Volume Approaches Traditional Markets (Binance Research)
Bank of Korea and Bank of France Hold Talks on Digital Assets (Crypto Briefing)
Russian Central Bank Bets on Digital Ruble to Beat Economic Headaches (DL News)
Circle Chiefs to Meet South Korean Banks, Crypto Exchanges as USD Coin Trading Soars (DL News)
Split Capital Winds Down as Founder Joins Stablecoin Startup Plasma (Cointelegraph)
Paysafe Launches Pay with Crypto Solution to Meet US iGaming Market Demand (Paysafe)
CME Group Launches of Avalanche and Sui Futures (CME Group)
Swiss-Based DeFi Platform Arrives in South Korea (Cointelegraph)
Jupiter Launches Token Verification API for Launchpads, Agents (The Defiant)
Argentine Banks Testing JPMorgan’s JPM Coin to Speed Up Settlements (Cointelegraph)
Exchanges
Exchange-Traded Funds
On Apr. 6, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $471.32M in net inflows.
U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted $120.34M in net inflows on Apr. 6.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs saw no flows on Apr. 6.
U.S. Solana spot ETFs logged $246.98K in net inflows on Apr. 6.
Global Digital Asset Funds See $224M Inflows as XRP Leads While Ethereum Lags (CoinShares)
Baby Boomers Drive $500M Surge into Bitcoin ETFs Amid Macro Uncertainty (Eric Balchunas)
Infrastructure
Solana Foundation Looks to Beef Up DeFi Security as Attacks Continue (Cointelegraph)
Phantom Reports Temporary Service Outage Affecting In-App Balances (The Block)
Polygon to Activate Giugliano Hardfork This Week for Faster Finality (The Block)
Proposed Ethereum Standard Aims to Help AI Agents Execute Complex DeFi Trades (Decrypt)
Markets
Altcoin Resilience Signals 'Compelling Entry Points' for Crypto Markets (Decrypt)
Prediction Markets are Testing Legal Limits in Strict Asian Markets (Cointelegraph)
Bitcoin Traders Brace for Trump’s Tuesday Deadline With Price at $68,000 (DL News)
Bitcoin Whale Moves Over $20 Million Worth of BTC to Binance (The Block)
Polymarket Fee Revenue Surge Signals $355M Annual Run Rate as It Captures Nearly Entire Market (DeFi Oasis)
Ethereum Stablecoin Supply Hits Record $180B as Long-Term Inflows Could Reach $850B (Stacy Muur)
FOX to Integrate Kalshi Forecasts Across FOX News Media and FOX One Platforms (Business Wire)
Bitcoin Waits at $68K as Hours Tick Down to Iran Deadline (Cointelegraph)
Mining
Bitdeer Launches SEALMINER A4 Series Bitcoin Mining Rigs, Achieves a Power Efficiency of 9.45 J/TH (Bitdeer)
Politics & Regulation
SEC Crypto Safe Harbor Heads to White House Review, Proposal Due 'Shortly' Says Atkins (The Block)
How These Key Crypto Regulatory Dates in Q2 Will Affect the Industry (DL News)
SEC Close to Putting Out 'Reg Crypto' for Fundraising Questions, Chair Atkins Says (CoinDesk)
XRP Winning Institutional Interest Amid Clarity Act Momentum (DL News)
Crypto Regulation in Africa: What's Changing in 2026 (Ripple)
South Korea Orders Crypto Exchanges to Verify Holdings Every 5 Minutes (Cointelegraph)
How Alabama and West Virginia Gave DAOs a Much Needed Win (DL News)
Democrats press Selig on CFTC Oversight of Offshore Prediction Market War Bets (The Block)
Other News
How Tokenized Membership is Changing the Economics of Modern Travel (Cointelegraph)
$11.4B Lost to Crypto Scams in 2025: FBI Internet Crime Report (Decrypt)
Phone Logs Show Seven Calls Between Milei and LIBRA Backer on Launch Night (Decrypt)
US Prosecutors Reject Tornado Cash Co-Founder‘s Argument for Dismissal (Cointelegraph)
Check This Out!
Multiple large token unlocks are scheduled this week, representing a significant share of market cap for assets like TX, BABY, and RAIN, according to CryptoRank.
Source: CryptoRank
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