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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin’s price action has been climbing steadily off its February low around $61,300, but what stands directly ahead is not just another resistance zone. It is a statistical threshold that has held firm through multiple market cycles. According to data, every time Bitcoin has staged a 30% recovery from a cycle low, it has gone on to new highs without revisiting that low. The record is six for six, covering more than 13 years of market history.  The 30% Bitcoin Recovery Rule Bitcoin dropped to a yearly…

In brief Hy3 preview is a 295 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with only 21 billion active parameters, making it cheaper to run than most rivals of similar capability. On SWE-bench Verified—a coding benchmark testing real GitHub bug fixes—it jumped from 53% (Hy2) to 74.4%, a 40% improvement over the previous generation. The model is already live across Tencent’s app ecosystem including Yuanbao, QQ, and Tencent Docs, with API access on Tencent Cloud starting at roughly $0.18 per million input tokens. Tencent quietly dropped its most capable AI model yet on Thursday, and the benchmark numbers are hard to ignore. Hy3…

In brief OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Clinicians, a specialized version designed to support clinical tasks like documentation and medical research. The platform is free for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. OpenAI said the chatbot outperformed human doctors in certain clinical tasks, according to its own benchmark test. OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled a free, specialized version of ChatGPT for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists, deepening the company’s push into a healthcare sector grappling with staffing shortages, administrative overload, and burnout.The product, called ChatGPT for Clinicians, is designed to handle documentation, medical research and care consultations—time-consuming…

In brief OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Clinicians, a specialized version designed to support clinical tasks like documentation and medical research. The platform is free for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. OpenAI said the chatbot outperformed human doctors in certain clinical tasks, according to its own benchmark test. OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled a free, specialized version of ChatGPT for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists, deepening the company’s push into a healthcare sector grappling with staffing shortages, administrative overload, and burnout.The product, called ChatGPT for Clinicians, is designed to handle documentation, medical research and care consultations—time-consuming…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin was built with many of the qualities typically associated with a safe-haven asset: it is portable, censorship-resistant, and independent of traditional financial systems. In theory, those characteristics make a compelling case for BTC as a refuge in times of instability, particularly in a world facing geopolitical tensions, inflation risks, and growing uncertainty around legacy institutions. How Long It Might Take For Bitcoin To Be Widely Accepted The idea that most Bitcoiners believe Bitcoin is already a full-fledged safe-haven asset misses an important nuance. Crypto analyst Willy…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem.The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside March personal income and outlays, the release that includes the Fed’s preferred PCE inflation gauge.Any one of those events can jolt markets on its own. But packed into three days, they become a stress test for the easing narrative that carried risk assets into spring.Bitcoin…

In brief The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Cambodian Senator Kok An and 28 related entities accused of running a crypto scam network. Officials say trafficking victims were forced to run scams that tricked people into sending money. The action was coordinated with a federal anti-scam task force focused on Southeast Asia. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a powerful Cambodian senator and 28 entities associated with him Thursday, claiming he is at the center of a massive crypto scam operation.The senator, Kok An, is one of the richest and best-connected men in Cambodia, who owns a sprawling portfolio of resorts and casinos.…

In brief An economist at USDC issuer Circle proposed an emergency overhaul of Aave’s lending mechanics, advocating for a 50% maximum borrowing rate. Making Aave an “irresistible destination” for capital should alleviate a liquidity crisis that has left stablecoins trapped in the DeFi giant for the past five days, he said. Meanwhile, liquid staking protocol Lido fielded a proposal that would divert funds to a dedicated relief vehicle for Aave users. An economist at USDC issuer Circle proposed an emergency overhaul of Aave’s lending mechanics on Wednesday, calling for a massive interest rate hike to break a liquidity crunch that…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem.The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside March personal income and outlays, the release that includes the Fed’s preferred PCE inflation gauge.Any one of those events can jolt markets on its own. But packed into three days, they become a stress test for the easing narrative that carried risk assets into spring.Bitcoin…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Iran had already begun collecting crypto payments from ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz when US authorities moved to cut off the money. On Friday, the Treasury Department announced it had frozen over $340 million in cryptocurrency tied to Iranian military and political groups — the same amount stablecoin issuer Tether had quietly locked down just 24 hours earlier. Bitcoin Tolls At A Global Chokepoint Reports say Iran had been charging vessels in Bitcoin for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most…

In brief Researchers say prolonged chatbot use can amplify delusions and dangerous behavior. Grok ranked as the riskiest model in a new study of major AI chatbots. Claude and GPT-5.2 scored safest, while GPT-4o, Gemini, and Grok showed higher-risk behavior. Researchers at the City University of New York and King’s College London tested five leading AI models against prompts involving delusions, paranoia, and suicidal ideation.In the new study published on Thursday, researchers found that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 Instant showed “high-safety, low-risk” behavior, often redirecting users toward reality-based interpretations or outside support. At the same time, OpenAI’s…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem.The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside March personal income and outlays, the release that includes the Fed’s preferred PCE inflation gauge.Any one of those events can jolt markets on its own. But packed into three days, they become a stress test for the easing narrative that carried risk assets into spring.Bitcoin…

In brief Researchers say prolonged chatbot use can amplify delusions and dangerous behavior. Grok ranked as the riskiest model in a new study of major AI chatbots. Claude and GPT-5.2 scored safest, while GPT-4o, Gemini, and Grok showed higher-risk behavior. Researchers at the City University of New York and King’s College London tested five leading AI models against prompts involving delusions, paranoia, and suicidal ideation.In the new study published on Thursday, researchers found that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 Instant showed “high-safety, low-risk” behavior, often redirecting users toward reality-based interpretations or outside support. At the same time, OpenAI’s…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Just as investors were trying to steady the 2026 rate outlook, the oil market handed the Federal Reserve a fresh inflation problem.The Fed meets on April 28 and 29. On April 30, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to publish the advance estimate for first quarter GDP alongside March personal income and outlays, the release that includes the Fed’s preferred PCE inflation gauge.Any one of those events can jolt markets on its own. But packed into three days, they become a stress test for the easing narrative that carried risk assets into spring.Bitcoin…

In brief U.S. president Donald Trump said the world has become “somewhat of a casino” following the rise of prediction markets. A U.S. soldier has been charged with using classified information to profit on Maduro-related bets. Trump’s son, Donald Jr. serves as an advisor to prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wasn’t happy about the growing influence of prediction markets, after U.S. authorities charged a soldier with exploiting classified information to place profitable bets tied to the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.“You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a…

In brief U.S. president Donald Trump said the world has become “somewhat of a casino” following the rise of prediction markets. A U.S. soldier has been charged with using classified information to profit on Maduro-related bets. Trump’s son, Donald Jr. serves as an advisor to prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wasn’t happy about the growing influence of prediction markets, after U.S. authorities charged a soldier with exploiting classified information to place profitable bets tied to the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.“You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a…

In brief Bitcoin’s funding rate turned negative to -1.8%, its lowest since 2023—a historically bullish signal according to VanEck analysts. Hash rate recovery after three recent decline episodes suggests favorable conditions ahead, the analysis shows. Bitcoin’s price rose above $79,000 this week for the first time since January. After Bitcoin popped to its highest price since January earlier this week, VanEck analysts said Friday that they continue to see bullish on-chain signals around the leading cryptocurrency, with historically profitable conditions emerging across key metrics.Bitcoin’s hash rate currently sits at a 30-day moving average of 985.5 EH/s, down 7.5% from its…