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Bitcoin Scholars Fund Launches to Redirect $21M in Federal Taxes Into K-12 Bitcoin Education


A new Texas-registered nonprofit launched Tuesday with plans to redirect $21 million in federal tax dollars into bitcoin and financial literacy education for K-12 students by 2027.

Key Takeaways:

Bitcoin Scholars Fund launched April 15, 2026, targeting $21 million redirected from federal taxes into K-12 Bitcoin education by 2027.

The OBBBA grants donors a 100% federal tax credit on up to $1,700 annually, making Bitcoin Scholars Fund contributions net-zero cost to individuals.

Scholarship operations go live January 3, 2027, with Phil Geiger of Metaplanet among the advisors backing the Texas-registered nonprofit.

Bitcoin Scholars Fund Uses One Big Beautiful Bill Act to Fund Bitcoin and Financial Literacy

Bitcoin Scholars Fund officially launched April 15, 2026, as a 501(c)(3) Scholarship Granting Organization operating under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as Public Law 119-21, signed into law July 4, 2025.

The federal law created a tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education, effective for tax year 2027, with credits claimed in 2028. It is the first federal program of its kind.

Under the program, individual donors can contribute up to $1,700 per year to a qualified SGO and receive a 100% dollar-for-dollar nonrefundable federal tax credit. Couples can contribute up to $3,400. The net cost to a donor giving the maximum individual amount is zero.

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On April 16, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiaqin held a regular press conference. A Reuters reporter asked about U.S. President Trump's statement yesterday, in which he expressed confidence that 

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The United States came remarkably close to becoming a net crude oil exporter last week for the first time since World War Two, as American shipments surged to meet surging international demand. The dr

The United States came remarkably close to becoming a net crude oil exporter last week for the first time since World War Two, as American shipments surged to meet surging international demand. The dramatic shift was triggered by disruptions to Middle Eastern oil flows following the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, which effectively halted roughly 20% of global oil and gas transit through the critical Strait of Hormuz. With Iranian threats cutting off a significant portion of worldwide energy supplies, refiners across Asia and Europe scrambled to secure alternative sources, turning heavily to the U.S. the world's largest oil producer. As a result, net U.S. crude imports narrowed to just 66,000 barrels per day (bpd), the lowest recorded level since weekly tracking began in 2001, while exports climbed to 5.2 million bpd, a seven-month high.European buyers absorbed approximately 47% of U.S. crude exports, with top destinations including the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Asia accounted for around 37%, up from 30% just a year ago, with Japan and South Korea among the leading importers. Countries like Greece and Turkey are receiving American crude for the first time in years, reflecting how dramatically global trade flows have shifted.Soaring Brent crude prices which briefly hit nearly $150 per barrel made U.S. oil significantly more attractive to overseas refiners. The Brent-WTI spread widened to over $20 per barrel, further incentivizing American exports while reducing domestic appetite for costlier imports.Despite this historic momentum, analysts warn the U.S. is fast approaching its export ceiling of roughly 6 million bpd, constrained by pipeline infrastructure and tanker availability. With freight costs rising and logistical pressures mounting, sustaining this export surge will require strategic coordination, 

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As traditional finance continues its shift on-chain, security infrastructure is becoming just as critical as scalability and liquidity. CredShields has officially joined Canton Network as an Audit Par

As traditional finance continues its shift on-chain, security infrastructure is becoming just as critical as scalability and liquidity.
CredShields has officially joined Canton Network as an Audit Partner, marking another step toward building enterprise-grade security for institutional blockchain adoption.
Canton Network is designed specifically for institutional finance. It already supports over $8 trillion in monthly tokenized transaction volume and processes more than $350 billion in on-chain U.S. Treasury settlements daily, positioning itself as one of the most active real-world financial blockchain infrastructures.
Unlike typical public chains, Canton uses a configurable privacy architecture where participants control exactly what data is visible and to whom. While this enables compliance and institutional adoption, it also introduces a new layer of complexity for security auditing.
This is where CredShields steps in.
The firm specializes in full-stack blockchain security, including:
• Smart contract audits for Daml-based applications
• AI-powered risk detection systems
• Continuous monitoring for institutional-grade on-chain environments
Its role is to help ensure that real-world financial assets operating on-chain remain secure, compliant, and resilient against emerging threats.
Shashank highlighted the urgency of this shift, noting that institutional finance is moving on-chain faster than most realize, and that Canton is becoming a key layer of this transition.
The partnership reflects a broader industry trend:
• Blockchain is evolving from experimentation to infrastructure
• Institutional capital demands higher security standards
• Auditing and risk monitoring are becoming core layers of Web3 finance
Bottom line:
As trillions in value move on-chain, security is no longer optional—it is foundational.


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Japan has taken a major step toward reshaping its crypto regulatory landscape. The Cabinet has officially approved a bill that reclassifies cryptocurrencies as financial instruments under the Financia

Japan has taken a major step toward reshaping its crypto regulatory landscape.
The Cabinet has officially approved a bill that reclassifies cryptocurrencies as financial instruments under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, moving them away from their previous classification as simple payment tools.
This shift marks a significant upgrade in regulatory oversight and brings crypto assets closer to traditional financial markets.
Key changes under the new framework include:
Insider trading rules applied to crypto: Trading based on undisclosed material information will now be prohibited, similar to rules in stock markets.
Mandatory annual disclosures: Crypto issuers will be required to publish regular reports, improving transparency and investor access to project information.
Stronger enforcement against unregistered exchanges: Penalties will be increased to curb illegal or non-compliant operations.
Beyond tighter regulation, the move is widely seen as a signal of growing institutional acceptance of digital assets in Japan. Analysts expect the clearer legal framework could support the development of crypto ETFs in the coming years and attract more institutional capital.
By integrating crypto into its core financial regulations, Japan is positioning the sector as part of a more mature and transparent financial system rather than an unregulated frontier market.


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Bitcoin Price Prediction: $76K Caps Upside as $73K Liquidity Grows Bitcoin is sitting in a tight area where both resistance and downside liquidity now matter. While price is pressing into a familiar b

Bitcoin Price Prediction: $76K Caps Upside as $73K Liquidity Grows
Bitcoin is sitting in a tight area where both resistance and downside liquidity now matter. While price is pressing into a familiar barrier near the mid $74,000 to $76,000 range, traders are also watching the $73,000 to $73,500 zone below for a possible sweeps 
Bitcoin Liquidity Builds Between $73K Support and $76K Resistance
Bitcoin is trading between two key liquidity zones, with downside pressure building just below the current price and resistance forming overhead,



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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Bitcoin's quantum debate splits as Adam Back pushes optional upgrades over forced freeze

Bitcoin's quantum debate splits as Adam Back pushes optional upgrades over forced freeze


The quantum computing threat has some of Bitcoin's most vocal developers landing in wildly different places.

Blockstream's CEO, Adam Back, told Paris Blockchain Week attendees on Wednesday that Bitcoin developers should start building optional quantum-resistant upgrades now, even though current quantum computers remain "essentially lab experiments" with progress that has been "incremental" over the 25 years he has tracked the field.

"Preparation is key. Making changes in a controlled way is far safer than reacting in a crisis," the Blockstream CEO said.

He pointed to his company's work testing quantum-resistant transaction signatures on Liquid, a sister network to Bitcoin. He argued that a 2021 Bitcoin upgrade called Taproot was designed flexibly enough to accept new signature methods without disrupting anyone currently using the network.

The comments echo Back's position from last week, when he told CoinDesk that users should have roughly a decade to migrate their keys to quantum-resistant formats.

What is different now is the context around them. BIP-361, the proposal from Jameson Lopp and five other developers published Tuesday, would phase out quantum-vulnerable addresses on a fixed five-year timeline and freeze any coins that fail to migrate.

That includes roughly 1 million bitcoin attributed to Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and an estimated 5.6 million coins, Loppsays, have not moved in over a decade.

Back's framing reads as the implicit alternative to BIP-361's forced migration. He did not mention the Lopp proposal directly, but addressed the underlying question of whether Bitcoin's developer community can respond quickly to a sudden quantum breakthrough.

"Bugs have been identified and fixed within hours. When something become

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Bitcoin (BTC) held steady on Thursday after a turbulent week that saw broader weakness across the crypto market.Notably, over the past week, the world’s largest cryptocurrency surged by nearly 4%, res

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