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blockonomi.com $1bn in Wagers, 14th in World: Spartans.com Is in Beta and Already Beating Duel and Betway’s Early Numbers

Spartans.com is in its beta stage. That single fact makes everything that follows more significant. The best crypto casino contender has already recorded $1 billion in wagers, $40 million in GGR, $100 million in deposits, and 27,000 first-time depositors, all before its August 1st global launch. The platform is running the $7M leaderboard, the CashRake system, [...] The post $1bn in Wagers, 14th in World: Spartans.com Is in Beta and Already Beating Duel and Betway’s Early Numbers appeared first on Blockonomi.

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blockonomi.com Kooc Media Launches Dedicated PR Packages for Online Casino and Sportsbook Brands

Kooc Media, a PR distribution agency specialising in crypto, fintech, technology and iGaming, has launched a new set of dedicated PR packages for online casino and sportsbook brands. The packages combine guaranteed media placements, newswire syndication and in-house editorial support to give gambling operators a straightforward route to widespread media coverage. The launch targets a [...] The post Kooc Media Launches Dedicated PR Packages for Online Casino and Sportsbook Brands appeared first on Blockonomi.

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btcmanager.com Gurhan Kiziloz drives $1.44b betting volume at Nexus International by independent execution

Gurhan Kiziloz leads Nexus International with a self-sustaining, profit-focused strategy in a capital-intensive digital sector. The modern technology and digital entertainment sector is frequently characterized by aggressive capital burn, highly dilutive venture funding rounds, and entirely elusive profitability. However, Founder…

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news.bitcoin.com Bitcoin Rips Higher as Hormuz Reopening Lifts Sentiment and Keeps Bulls in Control

Bitcoin extends its breakout above prior resistance, signaling strong upward momentum as buyers push price to fresh local highs. The move reflects sustained demand and trend continuation, with bitcoin holding firm near peak levels. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin pushes toward $78K as strong buying momentum drives continued upside. Chart confirms bullish breakout with higher highs supporting […]

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blockmanity.com KfW’s Ambitious Push: Novel Live DLT Bond Experiments Set for 2026 Blockchain Shift

KfW’s Ambitious Push: Set for 2026 Blockchain Shift In the fast-evolving world of finance, traditional banks are embracing blockchain technology like never before. Germany’s KfW development bank is leading the charge with plans for a new in June 2026. This […] The post KfW’s Ambitious Push: Novel Live DLT Bond Experiments Set for 2026 Blockchain Shift appeared first on Blockmanity.

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blockonomi.com Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Gains Momentum as Bernstein Maintains $300 Price Target on Vera Rubin Strength

Nvidia (NVDA) stock edges higher as Bernstein reiterates $300 target, citing Vera Rubin's 5x inference boost and record-breaking demand with no slowdown ahead. The post Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Gains Momentum as Bernstein Maintains $300 Price Target on Vera Rubin Strength appeared first on Blockonomi.

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bitcoinist.com Nic Carter Says Bitcoin Has 3 Ways To Handle Satoshi’s Coins

Founding partner at Castle Island Ventures Nic Carter has laid out what he sees as three plausible paths for Bitcoin as the industry moves toward post-quantum cryptography: freeze vulnerable early coins, leave them untouched and accept the consequences, or pursue a legal “salvage” process that avoids a protocol-level confiscation. The debate matters because, in Carter’s […]

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bitcoinmagazine.com Film Review: “Self Custody” Indie Film about Bitcoin on Amazon Prime

Bitcoin Magazine Film Review: “Self Custody” Indie Film about Bitcoin on Amazon Prime In the wild west of money, where a forgotten password to your Bitcoin wallet can mean the difference between fortune and ruin, comes the taut 31-minute Bitcoin action-thriller Self Custody (2026). Co-directed by Garrett Patten (who also stars as the desperate lead) and Fernando Ferro, the micro-feature is produced by Patten’s own TBK Productions in […] This post Film Review: “Self Custody” Indie Film about Bitcoin on Amazon Prime first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Juan Galt.

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bitcoinmagazine.com Kraken Owner Payward to Acquire Bitnomial for $550M, Securing Full CFTC-Licensed U.S. Crypto Derivatives Stack

Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Owner Payward to Acquire Bitnomial for $550M, Securing Full CFTC-Licensed U.S. Crypto Derivatives Stack Payward agreed to acquire Bitnomial in a deal worth up to $550 million in cash and stock, securing a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives platform as it pushes further into regulated markets. This post Kraken Owner Payward to Acquire Bitnomial for $550M, Securing Full CFTC-Licensed U.S. Crypto Derivatives Stack first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

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bitcoinmagazine.com Strategy (MSTR) Jumps Over 12% as Bitcoin Pumps Past $77,000 Dollars Amid Tentative Iran De‑escalation

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Jumps Over 12% as Bitcoin Pumps Past $77,000 Dollars Amid Tentative Iran De‑escalation Strategy surged over 12% today as the price of bitcoin roared above 77,000 dollars. This post Strategy (MSTR) Jumps Over 12% as Bitcoin Pumps Past $77,000 Dollars Amid Tentative Iran De‑escalation first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

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blockonomi.com VerifiedX Unveils Prism Privacy Layer for Encrypted Crypto Transfers and Hidden Balances

TLDR: VerifiedX introduces Prism to enable encrypted balances and confidential transfers across its blockchain network. Prism supports private transactions for vBTC and VFX while maintaining verifiability through cryptographic methods. Users can switch between private and public transaction modes based on their needs within the network. Viewing keys allow selective disclosure, giving users control over sharing [...] The post VerifiedX Unveils Prism Privacy Layer for Encrypted Crypto Transfers and Hidden Balances appeared first on Blockonomi.

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blockonomi.com XRP Price Prediction Shifts After Ripple Partners With Korea’s $92 Billion Kyobo Life for Bond Tokenization

The xrp price prediction picked up a new catalyst this week after Ripple announced a partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot Korea’s first tokenized government bond settlement using Ripple Custody, cutting a two-day cycle to near real-time, according to 24/7 Wall St. The xrp price prediction depends on whether deals like Kyobo translate into [...] The post XRP Price Prediction Shifts After Ripple Partners With Korea’s $92 Billion Kyobo Life for Bond Tokenization appeared first on Blockonomi.

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cryptobriefing.com Max Mullen: The grocery delivery market was a contrarian idea in 2012, using stores as warehouses revolutionized efficiency, and customer feedback drove strategic shifts at Instacart | Uncapped with Jack Altman

Instacart's innovative use of grocery stores as warehouses revolutionized the grocery delivery market. The post Max Mullen: The grocery delivery market was a contrarian idea in 2012, using stores as warehouses revolutionized efficiency, and customer feedback drove strategic shifts at Instacart | Uncapped with Jack Altman appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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forklog.media Google and Pentagon Discuss Integration of Gemini

Google is in discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense about integrating Gemini into Pentagon systems across all levels of information access, from open to strictly classified. This was reported by The Information, citing sources. The agreement would allow the Department of Defense to use Google's development "for all lawful purposes." During the negotiations, Google proposed additional provisions to prevent the use of Gemini for mass surveillance of citizens or the creation of autonomous weapons. A Pentagon representative declined to comment directly on the dialogue with Google. However, he emphasized that the department plans to continue implementing advanced AI technologies through close collaboration with the private sector at all levels of secrecy. Anthropic Controversy A recent conflict between the Pentagon and AI startup Anthropic arose on this basis. It escalated into a legal dispute and a ban by U.S. President Donald Trump on the use of the company's technologies in all federal agencies. The groundwork for this was laid in July 2025. At that time, the U.S. Department of Defense signed contracts worth up to $200 million with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI for the development of AI solutions in the security sector. The department's Chief Digital and AI Office planned to use their solutions to create agent systems. Among all contractors, only Anthropic's tools were integrated into classified environments due to their high quality. However, by January 2026, the WSJ reported on the risk of the agreement being terminated. Disagreements arose due to the startup's strict ethical policy: Anthropic's rules prohibit using the Claude model for mass surveillance and in autonomous lethal operations. Officials' dissatisfaction grew amid the integration of the Grok chatbot into the Pentagon's network. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, commenting on the partnership with xAI, emphasized that the department "will not use models that do not allow for warfare." The situation escalated in February 2026, when the U.S. Army used Claude in an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated that Anthropic would prefer not to cooperate with the Pentagon than agree to use its technologies in a way that could "undermine rather than protect democratic values." He confirmed that the issue lies in the potential use of tools like Claude for two purposes: "domestic mass surveillance" and "fully autonomous weapons." Anthropic's principled stance led to increased popularity of the startup's products, as users appreciated the developers' willingness to defend their interests. Meanwhile, OpenAI faced criticism for its agreement with the Department of Defense. Subsequently, Sam Altman called the decision hasty. Back to the Roots The current negotiations between Google and the Pentagon are reminiscent of events in 2018. At that time, the corporation withdrew from Project Maven—a program in which artificial intelligence was used to analyze drone footage. The company abandoned the project due to strong employee dissatisfaction. More than 3,000 people signed an open letter to management demanding the cessation of AI development for combat drones. This incident sparked a broad discussion in the tech industry about the permissibility of using algorithms for military purposes. The situation sparked a discussion in the tech industry regarding the use of AI for military purposes. Since then, Google has steadily rebuilt its relationship with the government. In 2022, the company created a special division for working with the public sector. In 2024, the company signed a cooperation agreement in the field of AI with the Department of Defense. It was limited to the use of technology in non-classified areas. In early 2025, Google removed from its internal AI principles a clause that explicitly prohibited the use of technology in "weapons and surveillance systems." The potential signing of a contract allowing work in classified environments signifies a move beyond ordinary "cooperation." Such a step indicates readiness for full-scale integration of the company's technologies into key defense operations. Employee Opposition Google's involvement in defense contracts continues to provoke internal dissatisfaction. In 2018, the company pledged never to work on military technologies. However, in April 2024, it became known that cloud computing services and AI access were provided to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. In light of this, about 200 employees of DeepMind, Google's AI-focused division, issued an official protest. They called for the termination of agreements with defense agencies. The authors of the initiative fear that the lab's advanced developments are being transferred to armies engaged in real combat. "Any involvement in military and weapons production negatively impacts our position as a leader in ethical and responsible AI, and contradicts our mission and stated AI principles," reads the document, which gathered signatures from about 5% of employees. Pentagon Insists In February, the media learned that the Pentagon is urging leading AI companies to make their tools available in classified environments without the standard restrictions usually applied to users. Such networks are used for a wide range of confidential tasks, such as planning operations or targeting weapons. The military wants to leverage AI's ability to synthesize information to aid decision-making. However, neural networks can make mistakes and fabricate information. Using such tools in combat conditions could have fatal consequences. AI companies strive to minimize the negative aspects of their products, but the Pentagon is frustrated with such limitations. The Department of Defense intends to accelerate decision-making with the help of artificial intelligence and make it a central element of its strategy to integrate sensors and strike systems in combat operations.

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forklog.media Anthropic rolls out Claude Opus 4.7 for advanced development

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.7—its most capable Opus model to date. Introducing Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable Opus model yet.It handles long-running tasks with more rigor, follows instructions more precisely, and verifies its own outputs before reporting back.You can hand off your hardest work with less supervision. pic.twitter.com/PtlRdpQcG5— Claude (@claudeai) April 16, 2026 The new release is available to all paid Claude users and via the API—$5 per million input tokens, $25 per million output tokens. Key improvements Opus 4.7 is strongest on complex tasks. Users are entrusting it with work that previously demanded close supervision, the developers said. In agentic programming the model outperformed its predecessor by 10%, and by 13% in visual data handling. Gains elsewhere were more modest. The model’s visual capabilities are markedly expanded: it processes images up to 2,576 pixels on the long edge (around 3.75 megapixels)—more than three times the previous Claude versions. Source: Anthropic.  Opus 4.7 follows instructions more strictly. Prompts written for older models may yield unexpected results: they interpreted instructions loosely, whereas the new version takes them literally. Retuning prompts is recommended. The latest Claude can also remember information across sessions—it stores notes in files and can reuse them in each new conversation. Anthropic added a new “effort level” xhigh (“extra high”) between high and max. It lets users fine-tune the trade-off between depth of analysis and response speed. In Claude Code, the default effort level is raised to xhigh across all plans. Other additions include: Task budgets (public API beta)—token-spend controls; /ultrareview—a dedicated code-review session in Claude Code; auto mode for Max users—Claude makes decisions autonomously.  Curbing cyber capabilities Opus 4.7 is weaker than Mythos Preview in cybersecurity. Anthropic intentionally curtailed these capabilities during training. The model includes guardrails that block prohibited and high-risk requests. “What we learn from real-world deployment of these safeguards will help us progress toward our ultimate goal—a broad release of Mythos-class models,” the startup’s team noted.  Anthropic invited security professionals who want to use Opus 4.7 for legitimate purposes (vulnerability research, pentesting) to join a new Cyber Verification programme. For users, the constraints have proved a headache. Some clients complain the model refuses to write code because it “suspects malware in every request”. It suspects everything is malware, and still refuses to code after confirming that there is no malware pic.twitter.com/YXpaoNV8YG— Hanh Nguyen (@fashiongiik) April 16, 2026 OpenAI’s response OpenAI announced a “major update” to Codex, currently available only on macOS. Codex for (almost) everything.It can now use apps on your Mac, connect to more of your tools, create images, learn from previous actions, remember how you like to work, and take on ongoing and repeatable tasks. pic.twitter.com/UEEsYBDYfo— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 16, 2026 The new version can interact with apps on the user’s computer: see the screen, click and type with its own cursor. On Mac, multiple agents can run in parallel without disrupting other software. Built-in browser, plugins and the development lifecycle Codex has a built-in browser: you can annotate pages directly, giving the agent precise instructions. This may be useful for front-end and game development. With computer use on macOS, Codex can now use any app by seeing, clicking, and typing with its own cursor.It runs in the background without taking over your computer, working on tasks like frontend iteration, app testing, or any workflow that doesn't expose an API. pic.twitter.com/iO9iubLZX9— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 16, 2026 Developers plan to extend browser-control capabilities beyond the local environment. Codex also adds support for gpt-image-1.5 for image generation and iteration. Combined with screenshots and code, this enables visual concepts, front-end design, mockups and games in a single interface. You can now generate and iterate on images with gpt-image-1.5 in Codex to create frontend designs, mockups, game assets, and more without leaving your workflow.Usage is included with your ChatGPT account, no API key needed. pic.twitter.com/ay17I3Nxoa— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 16, 2026 OpenAI released more than 90 additional plugins that combine skills, app integrations and MCP servers. These include Atlassian Rovo for JIRA, CircleCI, CodeRabbit, GitLab Issues, Microsoft Suite, Neon by Databricks, Remotion, Render and Superpowers. Codex adds support for GitHub comments, multiple terminal tabs and SSH connections to remote devboxes (alpha). Users can open files directly in the sidebar with enhanced previews for PDFs, spreadsheets, slides and documents, and use a new summary pane to track the agent’s plans, sources and artefacts. Memory and planning Codex can plan future work and automatically resume long-running tasks—potentially over days or weeks. Teams use automation for everything from code-review requests to tracking tasks in Slack, Gmail and Notion. Source: OpenAI.  Developers improved the assistant’s memory. Codex can retain useful context from past dialogues—personal preferences and corrections. The model also proactively suggests useful actions, picking up where the user left off. For example, the agent can find open comments in Google Docs, pull context from Slack, Notion and the codebase, and then produce a prioritised action list. A new GPT model OpenAI also unveiled a “reasoning” AI model, GPT‑Rosalind, to accelerate drug discovery. Introducing GPT-Rosalind, our frontier reasoning model built to support research across biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine. pic.twitter.com/PubLU0FkSv— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 16, 2026 It is named after the British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin, whose research helped reveal the structure of DNA and laid the foundations of modern molecular biology. OpenAI notes that in the United States developing a new drug takes on average 10–15 years. The outcome is often determined in the earliest research phases. The biggest hurdles involve sifting vast troves of scientific publications and specialised databases. GPT‑Rosalind aims to serve as a biologist’s assistant: summarising scientific texts, forming hypotheses, designing experiments and processing information. The model is particularly strong on tasks involving proteins, molecules, genes and related biological structures. On the BixBench benchmark (real-world bioinformatics analysis), GPT‑Rosalind posted one of the best results among models with published data. On LABBench2, it outperformed GPT‑5.4 in six of 11 tasks. The largest margin was on CloningQA, which requires designing DNA and enzymes for molecular cloning protocols. Source: OpenAI. OpenAI also published a free Life Sciences plugin for Codex on GitHub. It is available to all users and connects the AI to more than 50 public scientific databases and domain tools. On April 16, Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS—an updated speech-synthesis model based on the Gemini 3 generation.

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bitcoinmagazine.com Bitcoin Price Charges Past $77,000 as Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Fully Open

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Charges Past $77,000 as Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Fully Open Bitcoin price surged past $77,000 as Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz under a ceasefire, easing market fears and fueling a risk-on rally that pushed BTC back toward key resistance. This post Bitcoin Price Charges Past $77,000 as Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Fully Open first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

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blockonomi.com Rhea Finance Hack Shakes DeFi as $7.6M Drained Through Fake Liquidity Trap

TLDR: Attackers deployed fake token contracts and added liquidity to new pools to exploit protocol validation systems. The exploit likely misled Oracle mechanisms, enabling the extraction of approximately $7.6 million in funds. Rhea Finance paused all contracts as a precaution while working with partners and experts on investigations. The team contacted the attacker via on-chain [...] The post Rhea Finance Hack Shakes DeFi as $7.6M Drained Through Fake Liquidity Trap appeared first on Blockonomi.

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news.bitcoin.com Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.7 as Agentic Workflows Take Center Stage

Anthropic officially launched its newest artificial intelligence model, Claude Opus 4.7, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Key Takeaways: Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16, 2026, featuring an 87.6% score on the SWE-bench Verified test. The AI industry shift toward agentic autonomy sees Opus 4.7 outperform GPT-5.4 in complex coding and finance. Developers must […]

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cryptopotato.com Crypto Price Analysis Apr-17: ETH, XRP, ADA, BNB, and HYPE

This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum had a good week, closing 6% higher and touching the key $2,400 resistance. Sellers pushed back once the price arrived there, but this is not over yet. If bulls push again against the key resistance, they could trigger […]

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cryptopotato.com Ramp Network Launches Multichain Wallet That Eliminates Third-Party Dependencies in Self-Custody

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, April 17th, 2026] Ramp Network, a global crypto infrastructure provider enabling seamless access between fiat and digital assets, today announced the launch of a multichain wallet designed to address a long-standing limitation of self-custodial crypto products: the need to rely on third-party providers for core actions like buying, swapping, […]

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