Key Takeaways Iran has formalized a crypto-denominated transit fee for the Strait of Hormuz, charging up to $2 million per vessel, according to both firms. Blockchain analytics make crypto sanctions evasion easier to trace than traditional banking, contradicting Iran’s pitch of untraceable payments. Shipping companies that pay the toll face material support designations under U.S.
Iran’s Hormuz Crypto Toll Comes With a Guarantee of Safe Passage – and a Sanctions Violation
Bitcoin and Ether are both less than 10% away from price levels that could set up a sustained year for the crypto market, according to a macro investor.
Bitcoin, Ether near levels that could signal trend reversal: Investor
Grab and ComfortDelGro have been cleared to work with Chinese autonomous vehicle developers including WeRide and Pony.ai.
Singapore taps Chinese autonomous vehicle firms for robotaxis
Environmental groups have asked state authorities to revoke a permit for a gas-powered facility, arguing it could harm air quality and public health.
Elon Musk’s xAI permit challenged over gas plant
Jordi Vasser, a financial analyst, believes that artificial intelligence (AI) can become a key catalyst to help bitcoin reach its true potential. As agentic AI becomes pervasive in money networks, bitcoin can become a neutral platform for financial transactions, as other fiat platforms become inherently insecure due to AI’s relentless snooping. Key Takeaways: At 22v, […]
Analyst Predicts AI Will Catalyze Bitcoin’s Rise
India now has more than 6,000 dark stores, Bernstein said, while Amazon has built about 450 to 500 sites, with 330 to 370 operating, UBS said.
Flipkart, Amazon expand quick commerce in India
Knowing where the money flows matters. Take a look at the current fundraising landscape in South Korea.
South Korea’s startup funding, as explained in charts
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess.
Hurdle hints and answers for April 12, 2026
You may be able to claim a tax refund online
HMRC warning over refunds being paid into bank accounts
The Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV) now recognizes cryptocurrencies as assets that can be considered part of an individual’s net worth to qualify as an investor. The move might allow investors to reach the nearly $478K in assets to be part of this class. Key Takeaways: CNV Resolution 1125/2026 lets crypto count for the […]
Argentina Recognizes Crypto as Qualified Investors’ Net Worth
The Ether Machine said the parties mutually agreed to terminate the deal because of unfavorable market conditions.
Ether Machine scraps $1.6b SPAC deal over market conditions
Founded in 2021, Astrix builds software that helps companies monitor and control access granted to non-human identities.
Cisco in talks to acquire AI security startup Astrix
SpaceX's bitcoin holdings rank as the fourth-largest known corporate stash globally.
SpaceX holds $603m in Bitcoin on Coinbase Prime
The funding marks a step up from its previous round in 2022 and comes as SiFive expands beyond embedded systems into AI data center processors.