Metals.io Brings Rare Industrial Metals to Blockchain via Tezos

Caroline Bishop Apr 16, 2026 19:39 New platform tokenizes hafnium, rhenium, and other hard-to-access industrial metals alongside gold and uranium, settling trades onchain. The team behind uranium.io is expanding its commodity tokenization model to cover a broader range of industrial metals, launching metals.io as a unified platform for accessing everything from gold to obscure materials like hafnium and neodymium. The April 15 announcement positions the Tezos-based platform as an attempt to modernize how metals markets operate—replacing slow settlement times and high minimums…

Crossmint’s Lobster.cash Integrates Mastercard Agent Pay for Agentic Commerce – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Lobster.cash and Mastercard will let Openclaw’s 1 million-plus AI agents charge purchases to existing Mastercard cards. The Verifiable Intent framework, co-developed with Google, cryptographically ties each agent transaction to a user’s explicit April 2026 approval. Crossmint plans an early access rollout before expanding Mastercard Agent Pay to additional agentic platforms beyond Openclaw. Lobster.cash Partners With Mastercard to Bring Card-Backed Payments to AI Agents The integration targets the Openclaw ecosystem, which has deployed more than one million agents across 20-plus messaging platforms, making it one of the fastest-growing open-source…

Ripple Payments And The Future Of Domestic Payment Infrastructure by 2030

As the global financial system moves toward greater efficiency, interoperability, and real-time settlement, the infrastructure behind domestic payments is undergoing a profound transformation. Governments and institutions are setting ambitious 2030 targets to modernize payment systems. In this evolving landscape, Ripple Payments is increasingly being positioned as a technology capable of supporting the next generation of domestic financial rails. Where Ripple Payments Is Already Being Implemented Ripple payments are positioned to support the domestic payment standards set by the G20 for 2030. A technical analyst known as ChartNerd on X has…

Bitcoin’s Tug of War at $75K Leaves Traders Bruised; Analyst Eyes $85K by Late April – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Bitcoin repeatedly tested $75,000 on April 16, resulting in $137 million in total trader liquidations. Coinglass data shows 8,061 traders were liquidated as BTC price volatility exceeded 2.94% in 24 hours. MEXC Research analyst Shawn Young predicts bitcoin could reclaim $85,000 by the end of April. Geopolitical and Economic Drivers Bitcoin breached the $75,000 mark several times in the last 24 hours as the cryptocurrency continued to hold on to gains initially made on April 13. As shown on the daily chart, bitcoin twice surpassed the mark on…

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Major Bitcoin Mining Companies Sold More BTC in Q1 2026 Than All of 2025

Publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies sold more BTC in Q1 2026 than in all four quarters of 2025, as business conditions tighten for the mining industry.  Publicly listed BTC miners, including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific and Bitdeer, have collectively sold more than 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026, according to TheEnergyMag. The Q1 sales surpassed the 20,000 BTC sold in Q2 2022 during the crypto bear market triggered by the collapse of the Terra-Luna ecosystem, setting a “new record” for BTC miner sales in a single quarter, TheMinerMag…

Bitcoin’s Quantum Fix Is a Hard Fork in Disguise – Featured Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says BIP 361 misclassifies its own fix, requiring a hard fork Bitcoin has never executed. As of March 1, 2026, over 34% of all Bitcoin supply holds exposed public keys vulnerable to quantum computing attacks. Hoskinson warns that 1.7 million BTC, including Satoshi’s coins, cannot be recovered even under BIP 361’s proposed ZK proof system. ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson Says Bitcoin Lacks the Governance to Solve Its Quantum Problem Charles Hoskinson, one of Ethereum’s co-founders and a bitcoin early adopter, delivered the critique in…

Blockchain Is South Korea’s New Fiscal Weapon — A Blow To Privacy?

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure South Korea is kicking off a pilot that will replace government expense credit cards with blockchain‑based deposit tokens. Blockchain Goes TradFi? The Ministry of Finance and Economy announced on an official press release that the pilot project for the execution of national treasury funds using blockchain‑based digital currency has been approved. This new official venture marks the second time in which South Korea’s government uses digital currency and deposit tokens for the execution of national treasury funds,…

Could Bitcoin Hit $90,000 And Trigger A New Altcoin Rally? Expert Cites 6 Major Catalysts

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Bitcoin’s quantum fight pits Adam Back against coin-freeze proposal

Summary Blockstream CEO Adam Back backs “optional” quantum-resistant upgrades and rejects freezing quantum‑vulnerable wallets. His stance clashes with BIP‑361, a three‑phase plan that would eventually invalidate legacy signatures and freeze unmigrated coins, including Satoshi’s stash. The debate highlights how Bitcoin must balance intergenerational security against hard limits on property rights and censorship resistance. Bitcoin’s (BTC) long‑running debate over the quantum computing threat has flared again after Blockstream CEO Adam Back used Paris Blockchain Week to argue for optional, opt‑in upgrades instead of forcibly freezing old wallets. “Preparation is much safer…