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Playdate Gaming Handheld Maker Bans Generative AI Tools for Development

Decrypt - 21:41 Apr 20, 2026

Panic, the firm behind the Playdate handheld, now prohibits creative AI applications while preserving developer productivity aids.
Lose Your Job to AI? New York Lawmaker Proposes 'AI Dividend' Stimmy

Decrypt - 21:30 Apr 20, 2026

Congressional candidate Alex Bores outlined a policy that would trigger payments to Americans if surging AI use reduces employment.
Alibaba Drops Qwen 3.6 Max Preview—Its Most Powerful Model Yet

Decrypt - 21:24 Apr 20, 2026

Alibaba released Qwen3.6-Max-Preview, its most powerful AI model yet, topping six major coding benchmarks and posting gains in world knowledge and instruction following over its predecessor.
UK Gas Firm Faces Pushback Over Plans to Mine Bitcoin

Decrypt - 20:16 Apr 20, 2026

Reabold Resources faced criticism for plans to use a gas field to mine Bitcoin, but said serving U.K. energy demand remains its main focus.
Palantir Faces Backlash Over AI-Driven Military Doctrine

Decrypt - 18:43 Apr 20, 2026

A weekend post summarizing ideas from CEO Alex Karp’s 2025 book reignites debate over Silicon Valley’s role in warfare and national defense.
Prediction Markets Expect Prolonged Strait of Hormuz Disruption—And Oil Traders Are Betting Big

Decrypt - 18:30 Apr 20, 2026

Prediction markets suggest Strait of Hormuz traffic will not return to normal any time soon, and oil traders expect higher prices.
Nearly Half of New Streaming Music Is AI-Generated, Says Deezer—But Nobody’s Listening

Decrypt - 18:23 Apr 20, 2026

French streaming service Deezer says AI-generated music now accounts for nearly half of new uploads—but actual listening remains minimal.
RaveDAO Token Crashes, Sheds $6.6 Billion in Value as Exchanges Probe Alleged Manipulation

Decrypt - 18:01 Apr 20, 2026

RaveDAO's token cratered this weekend after blockchain sleuth ZachXBT called on exchanges to investigate trading tied to its surging token.
NSA Is Using Anthropic's Powerful Claude Mythos AI as CEO Meets With White House: Report

Decrypt - 16:57 Apr 20, 2026

The NSA is reportedly running Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview on classified networks, even as the Pentagon fights the AI giant in court.
Crypto Funds Add $1.4B as Bitcoin Clears Two-Month Range

Decrypt - 16:41 Apr 20, 2026

Bitcoin investment products accounted for $1.12 billion in inflows last week, as BTC hit its highest level since early February.
Polymarket in Talks to Raise $400M at $15B Valuation: Report

Decrypt - 16:09 Apr 20, 2026

The round comes on the heels of NYSE parent company Intercontinental Exchange’s $2 billion investment in the prediction market firm.
The Quantum Threat Is Coming for Bitcoin and Crypto—Here's How XRP Ledger Is Preparing

Decrypt - 16:06 Apr 20, 2026

Quantum computers could threaten Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major networks. Here’s how Ripple plans to secure the XRP Ledger.

Tags: Bitcoin
Ocean Network Builds ‘Airbnb for Compute’ Network Using Idle GPUs

Decrypt - 16:01 Apr 20, 2026

Amid the ongoing GPU shortage, Ocean Network is looking to connect the world’s massive amounts of idle computing power with those who need it.
Coinbase Now Lets UK Users Borrow Against Their Bitcoin and Ethereum

Decrypt - 15:29 Apr 20, 2026

After launching crypto-backed loans in the U.S. last year, Coinbase has expanded the Bitcoin, Ethereum offering to U.K. users.

Tags: Ethereum
Tom Lee's BitMine Nears Major Milestone With Largest Ethereum Buy This Year

Decrypt - 14:45 Apr 20, 2026

BitMine Immersion Technologies bought $235 million worth of Ethereum last week, bring its total holdings to nearly 5 million ETH.
Strategy Adds $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin as STRC Dividend Traders Drive Largest Buy Since 2024

Decrypt - 13:28 Apr 20, 2026

Strategy reported its largest purchase in over 16 months, scooping up $2.54 billion in Bitcoin last week alongside STRC’s ex-dividend date.

Tags: Bitcoin
Morning Minute: DeFi's Future in Question After $292M KelpDAO Exploit

Decrypt - 12:33 Apr 20, 2026

DeFi TVL fell by $13B after the KelpDAO exploit, and now the Vercel CEO is saying "highly sophisticated" actors used AI for its exploit.
LayerZero Pins $292M KelpDAO Bridge Hack on North Korea’s Lazarus Group

Decrypt - 11:35 Apr 20, 2026

Attackers forged a cross-chain message, came within minutes of a second drain, and wiped their tracks on the way out.
‘Highly Sophisticated,’ AI-Powered Hackers Behind Vercel Breach: CEO

Decrypt - 10:53 Apr 20, 2026

The security incident compromised some customer credentials of the cloud platform, which is used by many crypto frontends to host their UI.
Coinbase Tests AI Agents Modeled on ‘Legendary’ Former Execs

Decrypt - 10:31 Apr 20, 2026

The exchange is trialing AI agents that replicate the decision-making styles of co-founder Fred Ehrsam and former CTO Balaji Srinivasan.

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