As a researcher following the FTX case, I’ve learned that Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to stop pursuing a new criminal trial for now. He’s still planning to appeal his conviction, but he’s put the request for a new trial on hold. This came after prosecutors raised concerns and the judge questioned his motives, so it seems like he’s reassessing his strategy.
On April 22nd, the company revealed a major deal, calling it one of the fund’s biggest investments to date. The Robinhood Ventures Fund I, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as RVI, first became available in March 2026.
KelpDAO Hacker Converts $175M in ETH to Bitcoin After hackers exploited KelpDAO, they quickly transferred $175 million worth of ETH (75,700 units) and almost immediately exchanged it for Bitcoin within 36 hours. They primarily used THORChain, a system that allows direct ETH-to-BTC swaps without needing a middleman. This activity caused a huge spike in THORChain’s … Read more
Enter LI.FI, the multichain liquidity aggregator, which handles cross-chain bridging and swapping with all the elegance of a Russian ballet dancer pirouetting through a fog of uncertainty. Now, with TRON integrated into its orchestration layer, developers can waltz right through TRON’s liquidity without breaking a sweat or managing a separate bridge integration. Users of applications built on this protocol can now swap stablecoins in and out of TRON as easily as one might flip a blini on a Sunday morning.
New research reveals that shrinking large language models isn’t always a straightforward trade-off, exposing two fundamentally different ways these systems can break down.
![A testbed spanning Galicia and the Basque Country demonstrates a hybrid quantum-classical key distribution network, utilizing physically secured [latex]QKD[/latex] links-propagating keys via [latex]ETSI\,020[/latex] with [latex]QKD[/latex] and post-quantum cryptography-alongside [latex]ETSI\,020[/latex] interfaces secured solely with post-quantum cryptography, while vendor key management systems distribute [latex]QKD[/latex] keys via [latex]ETSI\,014[/latex] calls to key management transfer station nodes.](https://arxiv.org/html/2604.20376v1/x1.png)
A new approach to key distribution leverages hybrid quantum and post-quantum cryptography to connect geographically separated quantum key distribution systems.
Many games borrow ideas from Stardew Valley or aim to recreate the charm of medieval life. If you like calm, laid-back games where you can build and improve a town, and maybe even dabble in alchemy, there’s a new game coming out that might be exactly what you’re looking for.
And if the mysterious Clarity Act arrives wearing regulatory robes and whistles, trillions could start pouring into this space. The narrative would become the shiny new sun in the next cycle’s sky, provided the sun doesn’t turn out to be a highly educated flashlight.
Cryptocurrency Stacks ranks 98 place by market capitalization. The price of STX has decreased by 80.42% from the maximum value on 1 April 2024. Today the price for 1 STX is 0.225 USD. Yesterday the rate was 0.224 USD for 1 Stacks. STX/USD traded in the range of 0.225 – 0.227. The difference compared to the previous day was 0.45%.