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JUST IN: A new theory on artificial intelligence argues that the technology will not only automate tasks but could also reduce the minimum viable size of a business to as little as a single person.
That's the idea behind HIM, a firm that promises to operate fleets of microbusinesses with AI agents under human supervision.
The proposal argues that AI is collapsing coordination costs, a key concept in Ronald Coase's theory of enterprise. HIM is announcing a layer of AI agents to assemble, operate, and scale fleets of microbusinesses for individual owners.

JUST IN: A new academic study of 20 blockchains and 16 bridge protocols concludes that cross chain interoperability not only facilitates the movement of capital between networks, but also alters returns, reduces certain operating costs, and makes the ecosystem more interdependent and vulnerable to contagion when a key component fails.
The research distinguishes between structural interoperability, based on the deployed infrastructure, and active interoperability, based on the actual use of the bridges.
The authors identify a paradox: greater connectivity is associated with higher TVL (TVL), mo

JUST IN: A team of researchers has unveiled LibScan, a hybrid tool that combines language modeling and static analysis to detect library misuse in smart contracts.
The tool targets a class of flaws that are difficult to identify but capable of causing multimillion dollar losses in ecosystems like Ethereum and DeFi.
LibScan detected eight categories of library misuse in smart contracts with an overall accuracy of 85.15% across 662 real contracts.

BREAKING: The race for artificial intelligence has entered a more aggressive phase.
Andrew Yang argues that the mass layoffs at Oracle, the record investment in data centers, and the enormous valuation of OpenAI point to a new corporate balance in which human salaries are losing priority to computing infrastructure.
Oracle laid off 30,000 workers, nearly 18% of its global workforce, while planning to invest $50 billion in AI infrastructure this year.

JUST IN: Circle Builds a Quantum Resistant Network
The USDC Issuer Released the Roadmap for Arc, a Chain Targeted at Financial Institutions and Powered by Post Quantum Technology
Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, released the roadmap for Arc, a quantum-resistant Layer 1 (L1) network under development. The protection outlined in a four phase plan would cover wallets, private contracts, infrastructure, and validators.

JUST IN: Four Spanish speaking countries now have Bitcoin exchanges without KYC using Mostro.
Through the decentralized protocol, these nations facilitate BTC exchange without identity verification.
These are Cuba, Colombia, Spain, and Bolivia, countries that have moved toward financial sovereignty by implementing their own nodes on the Mostro protocol, the platform reported on Monday, April 6.

JUST IN: Mining Bitcoin with quantum computers would require the energy of a star.
A paper from BTQ Technologies calculated the true cost of quantum mining and dismissed it as a practical threat.
Mining Bitcoin (BTC) with quantum computers is virtually impossible and will remain so under any foreseeable technological conditions, concluded a paper published on March 26 by Pierre Luc Dallaire Demers, a researcher at BTQ Technologies, which quantifies the true physical cost of such an attempt, including hardware, error correction, and energy consumption.

BREAKING: Investing in Argentine farmland is now possible through Ripio.
The Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange adds Landtoken to its catalog of available assets.
Ripio, an Argentine Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchange, added Landtoken (LAND) on April 6, 2026. This digital token allows users in Argentina to gain exposure to productive farmland through fractional investment.

JUST IN: Jack Dorsey is giving away $1 million in BTC through his Bitcoin faucet, but there are conditions.
The faucet won't operate like a traditional one, but rather as a strategy linked to the Block Inc. ecosystem.
This Monday, April 6th, Block Inc. launched an advertising campaign called Bitcoin Day, claiming it functions as a Bitcoin faucet. The initiative will be funded by Block's treasury, allocating between 15 and 50 BTC to be distributed. Currently, the company holds a total of 8,883 BTC.

JUST IN: Grayscale Endorses Google's Quantum Urgency for Bitcoin
Grayscale endorses Google's paper on the quantum threat to Bitcoin and warns that the biggest obstacle is not technical, but social.
Grayscale, one of the world's largest digital asset managers, published a report on April 6th supporting the argument in Google's Quantum AI paper on the urgency of preparing Bitcoin and public cryptocurrency networks for the quantum threat.

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JUST IN: AI Makes the Current Drop in the Number of Bitcoin Developers Irrelevant
The number of new programmers has fallen to 2017 levels, but its significance as a metric is not important, according to Lorenzo Valente of ARK Invest.
The number of new developers involved in cryptocurrency projects has fallen by around 1,900, levels not seen since 2017, according to data from the Developer Report website.
However, Lorenzo Valente, research director at ARK Invest, suggested that this metric could quickly become irrelevant due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

BREAKING: Bitmine now holds 4 out of every 100 ETH
The company led by Tom Lee made another purchase of ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported today, April 6, 2026, that it acquired 71,252 ether (ETH) last week.
With this latest acquisition, the company reached a total holding of 4,803,334 units of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, meaning that it now holds approximately 4 out of every 100 ETH in existence.

JUST IN: Samson Mow Analyzes the Quantum Risk to Bitcoin Urgency or Prudence?
The JAN3 CEO argues that rushing crypto changes could unnecessarily weaken Bitcoin.
Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3 and a Bitcoin educator, stated that the threat of quantum computing to the network is not imminent and could take between 10 and 20 years to materialize.
In a post on X on April 5, the executive suggested that acting urgently could create more problems than it solves.

JUST IN: A shared projection on the cryptocurrency market anticipates a decline in capital flows into the sector in 2026, a finding that could change the outlook for the next cycle for investors, traders, and companies exposed to digital assets.
A projection points to a decline in capital flows into the crypto market in 2026.

JUST IN: Oil prices opened higher after Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz, a key passage for global crude oil trade, is not reopened.
The surge also pushed gasoline prices in the United States to their highest level since 2022 and put downward pressure on Wall Street futures.
Brent crude rose 1.4% to $110.60, and US crude advanced 1.8% to $113.60.

BREAKING: A new analysis by the Bank of Canada concludes that Aave's DeFi lending model is technically viable, but also exposes significant weaknesses.
The report focuses on recursive leverage, the concentration of large users, and the impact of liquidations during periods of high volatility, especially when ETH falls.
The Bank of Canada concluded that Aave's V3 DeFi lending system functions at both a technical and operational level.

BREAKING: OpenAI faces a new source of internal tension following a report that its CFO, Sarah Friar, expressed reservations about Sam Altman's plan to take the company public by the end of 2026.
The doubts center on the pace of corporate preparation, the enormous projected spending on AI infrastructure, and whether revenue growth will be sufficient to sustain commitments of that magnitude.
Sarah Friar reportedly questioned whether OpenAI will be ready for an initial public offering in the fourth quarter of 2026.

JUST IN: Understanding what a cryptocurrency wallet is is one of the most important steps for anyone who wants to go beyond simply buying assets on an exchange.
A crypto wallet doesn't store coins, but rather the private keys that prove ownership of the assets on the blockchain.
These 12 or 24 word seed phrases allow you to restore an entire wallet and should be protected as the most sensitive information.
The differences between hot, cold, custodial, and non custodial wallets directly impact security, convenience, and control.