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Thursday2026/04
04-14
Anthropic Hires Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm Ballard Partners Amid Pentagon Dispute
ME News reports that on April 14 (UTC+8), according to 1M AI News monitoring, Anthropic has hired Ballard Partners, Washington’s largest lobbying firm, which has close ties to the Trump administration. Lobbying disclosure filings show the engagement took effect on March 9—just four days after the Pe...
Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a $291 million net outflow on April 13, with Fidelity's FBTC leading the outflow at $229 million.
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $291 million yesterday (Eastern Time, April 13).The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was BlackRock’s IBIT, with a net inflow of $34.7012 million; IBIT’s total ...
Former Star Crypto Projects FF and INX Accused of Pump-and-Dump Schemes
BlockBeats report, April 14: Recently, certain altcoins have surged dramatically; tokens like RAVE, backed by manipulative actors, have risen continuously, increasing tens of times within just a few days. Although such artificially inflated price movements are highly controversial and typically end ...
Robinhood and Other 'Anti-Wall Street' Apps Now Cater to the Wealthy
Written by Charlie Wells and Paulina CacheroCompiled by Chopper, Foresight NewsTrading apps that gained popularity for offering commission-free trades, fractional shares, and retail-focused speculative stocks are becoming increasingly elitist.Robinhood, eToro, Revolut, and Public.com were once label...
Anthropic Hires Ballard Partners for Lobbying Amid Pentagon AI Dispute
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Anthropic has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm closely tied to the Trump administration. Disclosure documents show the partnership took effect on March 9, shortly after the Pentagon identified supply chain risks associated with the company.Reports indicate tha...
Robinhood transforms its wealth management strategy in 2025, driving record revenue growth
Author: @BlazingKevin_, Researcher at BlockboosterIn 2025, Robinhood reached a turning point in its business model. By expanding its wealth management offerings—including launching an IRA retirement account with disruptive fees, introducing a high-yield cash product, and rolling out comprehensive Ro...
Thinking Machines Acquires Personalized AI Startup Workshop Labs
ME News reports that on April 14 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by 1M AI News, Thinking Machines Lab, the AI laboratory founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has recruited two co-founders of the personalized AI startup Workshop Labs—CEO Luke Drago and CTO Rudolf Laine—and acquired the company’...
SpaceX financials reveal that only Starlink generates profit, while xAI loses $14 billion annually.
ME News reports that on April 14 (UTC+8), previously undisclosed financial data from SpaceX's business segments revealed that only its satellite internet service, Starlink, is generating cash, while its rocket launch and AI divisions are both burning cash.Starlink generated $11.4 billion in revenue ...
Anthropic integrates Claude into Microsoft Word, completing office suite coverage
Article by Jin DuanOn April 10, 2026, Anthropic officially integrated Claude into the sidebar of Microsoft Word, completing full integration across the Excel, PowerPoint, and Word suite.In fact, Microsoft handed over the "key" to Word as part of its partnership agreement last November.This landmark ...
Aptos Updates Token Economics, Reduces Staking Rewards to 2.6% and Raises Gas Fees
Huo Xing Finance reports that Aptos has released an update to its tokenomics. Key adjustments include: reducing the annualized staking reward rate from 5.19% to 2.6%; increasing gas fees by 10 times (while the cost of stablecoin transfers remains as low as approximately $0.00014); following the laun...
BitMine Adds 71,524 ETH, Whale Profit Signal Turns Bullish
BitMine’s biggest weekly Ethereum [ETH] purchase came along with a bullish whale profit sign! Is the first altcoin all set to breakout?BitMine adds 71,524 ETH, total holdings near 4.88 millionBitMine Immersion Technologies recorded its strongest weekly Ethereum accumulation since December 2025! The ...
CLARITY Act Senate Vote 2026: White House Cautiously Optimistic About Passage
The stablecoin fight is mostly done. DeFi rules are next. And according to White House Crypto Advisor Patrick Witt, a Senate vote might be closer than most expect. The CLARITY Act is now pushing through the Senate Banking Committee, which is the final major step before it can hit the Senate floor.I...
Aptos Updates Token Economics, Lowers Staking Rewards to 2.6% and Increases Gas Fees
BlockBeats news, on April 14, Aptos released an update to its tokenomics. Key adjustments include:The annualized staking reward rate has decreased from 5.19% to 2.6%; gas fees have increased tenfold (however, stablecoin transfer costs remain as low as approximately $0.00014); after the launch of Dec...
X Product Chief Suggests Launching 'Something' to Address Crypto Slump
Bitcoin climbed back to $74,000 on Monday to blunt its year-to-date losses. But even with the rebound, the token sits roughly 15% lower for the year as the crypto market struggles to recapture the upside momentum seen earlier this spring.X’s product head Nikita Bier said the platform might “launch s...
BTC Shows Stagnation Signal After Double Short Squeeze
From 03:15 to 04:00 UTC, BTC experienced a concentrated short liquidation without a typical pullback, forming a "double short squeeze" structure:
· $231 million in limit sell orders vs. $141 million in market buy orders; open interest decreased by 836.5 BTC, indicating short liquidations combined w...
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