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Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States saw over $3 billion in inflows this week, marking the first full week of consecutive inflows in five weeks.On April 25, the 11 spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw $380 million in inflows, bringing the total for the week to around $3.06 billion over five consecutive inflow days, according to Farside data. The last time spot Bitcoin ETFs had a full week of inflow days was the week ending March 21.Strong inflow week turns April into positive monthETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in an April 24 X post that “ETFs are on…

Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is in talks to raise $20 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the AI and social media combo at over $120 billion, according to a new Bloomberg report that says talks are in the “early stages.” If successful, the deal would constitute the the second-largest startup funding round ever, behind only OpenAI’s $40 billion raise last month. The funding could help alleviate X’s substantial debt burden, which is costing the company a whopping $200 million monthly in servicing fees, per Bloomberg’s sources, with annual interest expenses exceeding $1.3 billion by the end of last year. A…

Summary Segagaga on Dreamcast was a satirical RPG about saving Sega, featuring genre chaos and quirky mechanics. Pocket Kingdom on N-Gage was a trailblazing mobile MMO with deep gameplay mechanics and global interactions. Immercenary on 3DO was a cyberpunk FPS with unique combat mechanics and eerie visuals ahead of its time. When a console flops, it usually takes a lot of good games down with it. Sometimes, it’s due to poor marketing. Sometimes, it’s the hardware being way ahead—or behind—its time. And sometimes, the stars just don’t align. But for the few diamonds that manage to sparkle on a sinking…

Strike CEO Jack Mallers said his new role as CEO of Bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One Capital won’t distract him from heading Strike, revealing the platform processed over $6 billion in volume in 2024.“This is not a shift in my commitment; it’s an extension of it,” Mallers said in an April 25 letter to Strike investors.Every decision based on if it is “good for Bitcoin”“If Bitcoin wins, humanity wins. Every business decision I make starts with one question: Is this good for Bitcoin? Twenty One exists because I believe it is good for Bitcoin and, therefore, good for the world,”…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and HALLIE GOLDEN Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein has died. She was 41. Giuffre died by suicide Friday at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed. Prince AndrewAlec Tabak/for New York Daily NewsVirginia Giuffree is pictured after a hearing in the case of Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan Federal Court on August 27, 2019 in New York. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist Dini von Mueffling said in a statement.…

Summary Subnautica 2 won’t feature old iconic vehicles like the Cyclops sub, focusing on new mechanics for a fresh experience. The game will introduce genetic modification and a new huge vehicle, but these concepts are still in development. Subnautica 2 will not include familiar creatures, featuring a new, mysterious ecosystem on a different planet. The various iconic vehicles from the previous Subnautica games, such as the Cyclops submarine, won’t be making a comeback in Subnautica 2, as confirmed by Design Lead Anthony Gallegos. Although relatively little is yet known about the ambitious and greatly-anticipated sequel, Subnautica 2 is known to…

CNN  —  Two weeks after the roof of a popular nightclub collapsed and killed more than 200 people in the Dominican Republic, the venue’s owner acknowledged that the ceiling was made of plaster tiles that frequently fell and said the venue never received a structural review from Dominican authorities. Businessman Antonio Espaillat, who co-owns the establishment with his mother, said in an interview with CNN affiliate Telesistema that aired on Wednesday that the tiles were frequently replaced after they were damaged by water leaking from the air conditioning units positioned on the roof. Espaillat said that this happened regularly throughout…

Key points:Bitcoin price pushed above $95,000, increasing the chance of a rally to $100,000.Institutional investor demand is back, suggesting that the bearish trend could be over.Select altcoins could break above their respective overhead resistance levels if Bitcoin remains strongBitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to sustain the price above $95,000, but they are likely to face significant resistance from the bears. Will buyers succeed in pushing the price toward the psychologically important level of $100,000, or is a pullback around the corner? That is the big question on the traders’ minds.A positive sign is that inflows for US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded…

In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former. That’s at least partly because Anthropic has issued takedown notices to a developer trying to reverse-engineer Claude Code, which is under a more restrictive usage license than Codex CLI. Claude Code and Codex CLI are dueling tools that accomplish much of the same thing: allow developers to tap into the power of AI models running in the cloud to complete various coding tasks. Anthropic and OpenAI released them within months of…

CNN  —  Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. Pangolins have two claims to fame: first, that they are the world’s only scaly mammal, and second, they are one of the most trafficked animals globally. Beyond that, most people know very little about them. But the new Netflix documentary “Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey,” hopes to change that. The 90-minute film follows the…