Cryptocurrencies arouse interest in 24 Venezuelan university centers

There are plans to make cryptoasset management a mandatory technical subject. Specialists presented accounting, tax and money laundering prevention aspects. Venezuela no longer only uses crypto assets to survive; Now it seeks to understand them from scientific and regulatory rigor. Under this premise, the Simón Rodríguez National Experimental University (UNESR) mobilized its 24 centers throughout … Read more

They reduce the limit of quantum qubits to break systems. Does it affect Bitcoin?

The study surpasses the 30% coding rate, a previous industry standard. The threshold of qubits needed to commit Bitcoin would fall with this new paper. Researchers from QuEra Computing, Harvard and MIT published a study on the arXiv website, a repository of preliminary scientific papers, which demonstrates a quantum coding rate greater than 50%: 2,304 … Read more

Manuel Ferrari’s analysis

Ferrari pointed out that this is the year of stablecoins globally, driven by the US. He highlighted the institutional adoption of Bitcoin led by spot ETFs and the entry of Wall Street. Manuel Ferrari, president of Bitcoin Argentina, analyzed the present and future of the BTC and cryptocurrency ecosystem with a focus on the growing … Read more

The price of bitcoin above USD 76,000 awaits negotiations between the US and Iran

Tomorrow, April 22, the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran expires. There is conflicting information about the negotiations that would take place today in Pakistan. The price of bitcoin (BTC) remains stable above the USD 76,000 mark this Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The market shows a tense calm while processing conflicting reports about … Read more

The profitability of Venezuela’s exchange cycle falls to 2%

This is a consequence of mechanisms to buy USDT “directly”, such as Binance’s BPay. The easing of sanctions on Venezuela and favorable economic expectations also play a role. As predicted, Venezuela’s exchange cycle became unprofitable for the participants in this arbitration scheme. This mechanism, which consists of buying dollars in Venezuelan banks to sell them … Read more

Tether acquires 8% of Antalpha and deepens its role in Bitcoin mining

Antalpha’s IPO raised about $49.3 million in total. Tether would have bought almost half of the shares issued in the Antalpha IPO. Tether acquired an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, a financing platform linked to the Bitcoin (BTC) mining ecosystem, following the filing of a regulatory document with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) … Read more

Bitcoin rises to USD 76,000 after learning that Iran would agree to negotiate with the US.

This morning, tension had increased after the capture of an Iranian ship by the US. Donald Trump would be willing to end the naval blockade on Iran, according to sources. This Monday, April 20, 2026, bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed the USD 76,000 mark, driven by a sudden sign of geopolitical detente in the Middle East. … Read more

A lone Bitcoin miner found a block with a mini ASIC

The miner operated with one Nerd Miner and three Gamma rigs, with no additional leased hashrate. The hashrate of his equipment is equivalent to less than 1% of Bitmain’s most powerful industrial ASIC. On April 18, Kevin Genki, a home miner and promoter of home Bitcoin mining, mined block 945,601 on the network and generated … Read more

Core Lightning 26.04 launches support for subsidizing payments in Bitcoin

Core Lightning, the Lightning Network implementation developed by Blockstream, launched its version 26.04 on April 20, called “Negative Routing Fees.” The update introduces for the first time the ability for node operators subsidize payments that pass through their channels, a feature that could make Bitcoin transactions even cheaper. What are negative fees? On the Lightning … Read more

Bitmine bought 100,000 ETH in its largest operation in the last 4 months

The Bitmine Immersion Technologies company announced today, April 20, 2026, that it acquired 101,627 ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, during the past week. This transaction represents the largest weekly purchase executed by the firm since December 15, 2025. After the operation, The total holdings of the company, which is publicly traded … Read more