BREAKING: US oil prices extend losses to $97.50/barrel, now down -20% in 8 hours, after President Trump announces a 2-week ceasefire with Iran.
JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi officially announces "safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz" will be granted for 2 weeks.
BREAKING: New York Times article, published today, concludes that Adam Back, a 55-year-old British computer scientist and cryptographer, is Satoshi Nakamoto.
ADAM BACK: I'm not satoshi, but I was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash, hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list which led to hashcash and other ideas.
JUST IN: Traders placed $950,000,000 in bets on oil prices falling just hours before President Trump announced ceasefire with Iran.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says crypto is a "technology the world is adopting."
JUST IN: US February core PCE inflation rose 0.4% month over month and 3.0% year over year, matching estimates.
BREAKING: Trump has set a deadline for European countries to militarily open the strait of Hormuz.
JUST IN: Binance launches Prediction Markets, enabling traders to bet on real-world events through crypto-powered markets in a move toward broader financial instruments
JUST IN: Ethereum's staking ratio has hit an all-time high, with the network now secured by $85 billion worth of staked ETH.
JUST IN: Japan has officially approved bill to classify Bitcoin as a financial asset.
NEW: Bitcoin dev Olaoluwa Osuntokun builds first quantum-defense prototype to protect Bitcoin wallets from future attacks.