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In the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, even the most independent players eventually face a reality check — innovation at scale comes with a massive price tag. That’s where DeepSeek now s

In the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, even the most independent players eventually face a reality check — innovation at scale comes with a massive price tag. That’s where DeepSeek now seems to find itself.
On April 18, industry chatter picked up around reports that DeepSeek — long known for turning down outside investment — may finally be preparing to raise external capital for the first time. According to a tech-focused media outlet, the company is in early discussions with investors, aiming to raise at least $300 million at a valuation of no less than $10 billion.
If true, this marks a significant shift in strategy.
DeepSeek has previously declined offers from top-tier venture capital firms and major tech giants, choosing instead to maintain independence in building its AI models. But the landscape has changed. Developing cutting-edge AI today isn’t just about talent and vision — it requires enormous spending on compute power, infrastructure, and data.
Insiders suggest that the move is less about abandoning principles and more about strengthening its position in an increasingly expensive arms race. Simply put, staying competitive in AI now demands deeper pockets.
Still, not everyone is convinced. A representative from a large state-owned equity institution hinted that while the fundraising rumors are “likely true,” the project is “currently not investable,” suggesting potential concerns or uncertainties behind the scenes.
Efforts to confirm the news directly have so far come up empty. Executives linked to Huansheng Quantitative did not respond to calls or messages, leaving key details unverified.
Whether DeepSeek goes through with this funding round or not, one thing is clear: the AI race is entering a new phase — where even the most independent innovators may need to embrace capital to keep up.


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Tough sell’ – Bloomberg analyst casts doubt on Charles Schwab’s crypto push $12 trillion brokerage and commercial bank Charles Schwab has launched a phased roll-out for its Spot crypto trading divisio

Tough sell’ – Bloomberg analyst casts doubt on Charles Schwab’s crypto push

$12 trillion brokerage and commercial bank Charles Schwab has launched a phased roll-out for its Spot crypto trading division.

Dubbed Schwab Crypto, the platform will be live in the upcoming weeks and will offer direct access for retail investors to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum. 

Only the two top crypto assets will be supported for now. Other crypto assets will be added over time.

The platform will allow users to view both their crypto assets and traditional assets, including stock and ETF holdings. The launch comes after recent speculation that the firm was planning a major move into spot crypto support. 

Commenting on the debut, Joe Vietri, head of digital assets at Charles Schwab, said the move was aimed at helping retail investors diversify their portfolio. 

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their largest weekly inflows since January, signaling a renewed wave of institutional demand, according to data from Farside Investors. Advertisement Total net inflows reach

Bitcoin ETFs Back on Track With Biggest Inflows Since January

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#Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto founder Joe McCann’s passport is sitting with Zanzibar police. He isn’t going anywhere until they get answers.Related Reading: X Money’s Crypto Ambitions Draw Fire From Senator Over Security FearsAuthorities Hold McCann Pending AutopsyTanzanian police are questioning McCann, founder of the crypto hedge fund Asymmetric, after his fiancée, Ashly Robinson, 31, died on April 9 at a hospital in Zanzibar. Robinson had been rushed there after hotel staff found her unresponsive in her room the day before. Based on reports from NBC News and CBS News, police have ruled her death a suicide — but they are holding McCann’s passport while they await the results of a formal autopsy.The couple had been staying at the same hotel when a dispute arose between them. Officials said the two were separated and moved to different rooms following what police described as a “misunderstanding.” Staff later found Robinson in her room with a belt around her neck.McCann has not commented publicly. He could not be reached for comment. Ashly Robinson, right, with her sister, Alyssa Endres. Source: Alyssa EndresFamily Pushes Back On Suicide RulingRobinson’s relatives are not satisfied with the official account. Her sister, Alyssa Endres, told NBC News that “none of this makes sense.” According to the family, Robinson had recently celebrated her 31st birthday and her engagement to McCann — both of which had happened just days before her death. Endres described her sister as happy at the time. Robinson, who went by the name Ashlee Jenae on social media, posted her last photo April 5, showing her feeding a giraffe while she celebrated her birthday.The family’s challenge to the police ruling adds another layer of uncertainty to a case that is already far from closed. Authorities have not said when the autopsy results are expected or whether additional charges could follow.A Turbulent Year For McC

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Renowned Analyst Benjamin Cowen Issued a Warning Despite Bitcoin’s Rise In his latest video, Be

Renowned Analyst Benjamin Cowen Issued a Warning Despite Bitcoin’s Rise

In his latest video, Benjamin Cowen, a leading analyst in the cryptocurrency market, evaluated Bitcoin’s current price movements using historical data and “seasonality.”

Analyzing Bitcoin’s return to the $77,000 level, Cowen warned investors about potential weakness in the coming weeks.

Cowen noted that Bitcoin’s current trajectory bears striking similarities to the “US midterm election years” cycles of 2018 and 2022. According to the analyst, Bitcoin hit a low of $60,000 in February, followed by a higher low in late March and early April.

However, Cowen argued that this was not an absolute bullish signal, but rather that “time-based capitulation” within a bear market was more significant than price-based decline.

One of the most striking points in the analysis was the risks projected for late April and early May. Cowen predicts that Bitcoin could reach a local peak at the end of April, similar to 2018, and then decline again at the beginning of May after sweeping that high.

The Fed meeting on April 29th stands out as one of the biggest risk factors for the markets. Bitcoin is currently facing resistance at the 100-day moving average. If this level is breached, the next major resistance point is expected to be the 200-day moving average.

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Cowen stated that tracking USDT and USDC dominance is critical for understanding market direction, and noted that stablecoin dominance finds support at the 100-day moving average.

This suggests that the tendency for investors to move risky assets (like Bitcoin) to cash remains strong, and Bitcoin could retest the $60,000 level later this year.

Benjamin Cowen says Bitcoin is highly likely to be rejected from the bear market resistance band, and a true bottom can only b

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Market Updates: Circle Sued Over $280M Drift Exploit, Grinex Halts Trading A

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Market Updates: Circle Sued Over $280M Drift Exploit, Grinex Halts Trading After $13.7M Hack, Public Miners Dump 32K Bitcoin in Q1 A series of major developments has unsettled the crypto sector today, including legal action against Circle Internet Group, a fresh exchange hack, record Bitcoin sales by miners, and the launch of spot crypto trading services by leading brokerage Charles Schwab.

To begin with, Circle Internet Group faces a class action arising from a major breach involving Drift Protocol. The lawsuit, filed in a Massachusetts federal court by investor Joshua McCollum, represents more than 100 affected participants. The case centers on an April 1 breach that resulted in approximately $280 million in losses. According to the complaint, attackers transferred roughly $230 million in USDC across blockchains over several hours. These transactions allegedly used Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to route funds from Solana to Ethereum without interruption.

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A Lego-style Iranian military commander raps over a gangster beat: "Our inbox is flooded with Americans saying they don't watch the news. They listen to our songs instead since your media is full of s

A Lego-style Iranian military commander raps over a gangster beat: "Our inbox is flooded with Americans saying they don't watch the news. They listen to our songs instead since your media is full of shit. "This is the opening line of an Al-generated video which is part of Iran's meme campaign - built around Lego-style animation and rap soundtracks, which have accumulated billions of views online. The line captures the strange reality of contemporary politics: news is often most effectively disseminated not through journalism but humour, memes and entertainment.Since late February, pro-Iranian media groups most notably, the X account Explosive Media have flooded social media with Al-generated video content mocking Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and US foreign policy. It has been dubbed "slopaganda" but the sophistication is striking. These videos contain disinformation and antisemitic tropes but do not look or feel like state propaganda despite the spokesperson for Explosive Media admitting to the BBC that the Iranian government is a client. They capture the internet zeitgeist: fast, funny, visually familiar and designed for virality. Trojan horses The success of these memes lies in their audience strategy. They do not target people actively seeking news. Instead, they mimic the language of everyday internet culture to reach those who are not following events in the Middle East at all. Humour is the mechanism they use to get reach. These videos function as Trojan horses, drawing viewers in with recognisable imagery, references and music - while communicating a narrative about American overreach, dysfunction and corruption. As Emerson Brooking, a US-based expert in disinformation, notes, this kind of content reaches "politically uninvested people who otherwise wouldn't have engaged with war-related content". 

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token Wrapped $XRP we

Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token

Wrapped $XRP went live on Solana on Friday, issued by custodian Hex Trust and bridged through LayerZero, making the token available inside Solana's DeFi apps for the first time.

$XRP holders can now use the wrapped asset on Jupiter, Phantom, Titan Exchange, and Meteora without selling their underlying position.

Each wXRP is backed 1:1 by native $XRP held in segregated custody accounts and is redeemable at any time, according to Hex Trust.

The Solana launch is one leg of a broader rollout Hex Trust disclosed in December 2025, which also targets Ethereum, Optimism, and HyperEVM. The move fits a pattern that has accelerated through 2025 and 2026, where tokens that started their life on one chain are being bridged to others to capture yield and liquidity that did not exist at launch.

$XRP has historically functioned as a payment-rail token settled directly on the $XRP Ledger. Solana has built the opposite use case, a throughput-optimized smart contract platform where the DeFi and memecoin activity actually lives.

The piece of infrastructure underneath this deal is LayerZero, the cross-chain messaging protocol that has quietly won most of the bridge volume that used to flow through Wormhole, Nomad, and Ronin before those protocols were exploited for more than $1 billion combined between 2022 and 2024.

Whether $XRP generates meaningful DeFi volume on Solana is a separate question. The wrapped asset is live, but the test is whether holders actually use it.



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On April 18, the cryptocurrency market displayed clear signs of recovery as multiple key indicators turned positive amid improving market sentiment. The total stablecoin market capitalization rose by 

On April 18, the cryptocurrency market displayed clear signs of recovery as multiple key indicators turned positive amid improving market sentiment.
The total stablecoin market capitalization rose by 0.88% over the past week, reaching a record $32.14 billion. Notably, USDT reversed its recent contraction trend, with circulation increasing by 1.26% and its market share climbing to 58.06%, signaling renewed liquidity flow into the crypto ecosystem.
At the same time, DeFi activity rebounded strongly, with total value locked (TVL) climbing back near the $100 billion level, currently reported at $99.68 billion. This suggests a gradual return of capital and confidence across decentralized financial protocols.
Meanwhile, decentralized exchange (DEX) activity also expanded, with weekly trading volume increasing by 16.27% to approximately $39.395 billion, reflecting growing on-chain trading demand.
Overall, the simultaneous rise in stablecoin supply, DeFi liquidity, and DEX volume points to a broad-based recovery trend across the crypto market, as investor activity begins to strengthen again.


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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Ripple prepares to release almost $1.5 billion of XRP in less than 2 weeks R

Ripple prepares to release almost $1.5 billion of XRP in less than 2 weeks

Ripple is set to unlock 1 billion XRP from its escrow contracts on May 1, continuing a monthly release program established in 2017.

At the time, the company placed 55 billion XRP into cryptographically secured escrow on the XRP Ledger to improve transparency and predictability around supply.

Under this mechanism, 1 billion XRP becomes available at the start of each month. The structured approach was designed to address concerns about Ripple's large holdings and to avoid sudden market shocks.

Now, the May release is another routine step in a schedule expected to run through at least 2027, as the escrowed balance gradually declines.

With XRP currently trading at $1.47, the upcoming unlock carries a notional value of about $1.47 billion, though the actual figure will vary with price movements.

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