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Globally, music professionals are missing millions, if not billions, of dollars in royalties. This isn’t just an occasional oversight or technical flaw; it’s a fundamental problem within an industry that wants to prevent its evolution to preserve profits.Does that sound extreme? Well, the recent lawsuit initiated by Limp Bizkit against Universal Music Group (UMG) shows just how serious the problem is. The world-renowned band claims that UMG uses royalty software that is ‘intentionally designed’ to hide payments. And if it’s that bad for Limp Bizkit, imagine how much worse it is for upcoming artists.However, a solution could finally bring clarity…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Bitcoin (BTC) is taking a breather near $94,000, having dropped to $92,000 in the past two days. The cryptocurrency chalked out a bullish breakout above key resistance early this week, shifting focus to the $100,000 level and leaving major altcoins like XRP, ETH, SOL, ADA and DOGE behind.However, smaller coins like STX, SUI, ONDO and GRT put in double-digit gains in the past 24 hours, outperforming both BTC and the wider market: The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) has gained about 3%.BTC’s $20,000 surge since April 7 has been underpinned by increased on-chain…

This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. ICYMI: Arch Labs announced a $13 million raise with the goal of launching a bitcoin virtual machine.  The Series A round was led by Pantera Capital. “We’re at a pivotal moment—both for Arch and for Bitcoin. Bitcoin has seen massive growth and institutional acceptance, but the mempool tells a different story: Not enough on-chain activity is driving sustained fees for miners,” CEO Matt Mudano told me. “This raise allows us to scale engineering, grow our community and support a new wave of builders. Our focus is on…

In brief CADA revealed that DJ Thy, host of “Workdays With Thy,” is an AI created using ElevenLabs technology. The station had not initially disclosed Thy was created using artificial intelligence. An Australian radio station is facing backlash after admitting that one of its popular on-air hosts, Thy, is actually an AI-generated DJ.Thy, who hosts the daily “Workdays with Thy” show on Sydney-based CADA, was developed using technology from ElevenLabs. The station had not disclosed that Thy was artificial, according to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald.“Every weekday from 11 am-3 pm while you are at work, driving around,…

Mountain City may soon welcome a bitcoin mining operation, as Cleanspark has secured preliminary backing from local planners, contingent upon final evaluations of the site and energy arrangements. Cleanspark’s Bitcoin Mining Facility Proposal Moves Forward in Mountain City The Mountain City Planning Board has expressed early favor toward a bitcoin mining data center proposed by […]

This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Eleven years ago this week, one of the first great Bitcoin documentaries, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is rare in that it was made by someone with real skin in the game. It centers around Daniel Mross, a Pittsburgh-native computer programmer who began mining bitcoin in 2011 and went on to found Bitcoin-focused investment fund Maximalist Capital. Filmed by brother Nicholas between 2013 and 2014, when bitcoin was headed to $100 for the first time, Dan travels…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has cast doubt on Ethereum’s ability to stay relevant over the next decade.In an April 23 AMA session, Hoskinson warned that Ethereum may face a mass user migration as its current structure strains under scaling pressures and internal inefficiencies.According to him:“I don’t think Ethereum will survive more than ten to fifteen years. The layer twos will continue to suckle out all of the alpha, and people will start fighting, and it’ll get harder and harder for Vitalik to be able to hold it together through sheer force of will. And users will gradually migrate to other…

Semler Scientific (SMLR) bought an additional 111 bitcoin (BTC) for an average purchase price of $90,124, using proceeds from at-the-market offering and cash on hand, it announced in a press release.This brings the medical device maker’s total bitcoin holdings to 3,303 BTC, which were purchased at a total cost of $290.4 million.Semler said its year-to-date bitcoin yield — the percentage change in the ratio of its bitcoin holdings to its full-diluted shares outstanding over a given period — was 23.5%, down from 152.2% in February.Shares of the company are down 36.92% since the beginning of the year.

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Here’s a common paradox L1s face today: L1s want to enable application-specific L2 chains because every app cannot coexist in the same blockchain environment. Builders want freedom to customize.  But when every appchain is making their own independent design decisions, you have fragmentation. Then they leave your L1. Ethereum, Cosmos, Avalanche and Polkadot have all suffered from similar problems. Initia’s architecture Initia, which is launching its mainnet today, is determined to run back the same appchain vision while avoiding the pitfalls of fragmentation. Appchains that choose to…

Crypto investor sentiment has seen a significant recovery from global tariff concerns, but analysts warn that the market’s structural weaknesses may still result in downside momentum during periods of weekend illiquidity.Risk appetite appeared to return among crypto investors this week after US President Donald Trump adopted a softer tone, saying that import tariffs on Chinese goods may “come down substantially.”However, the improved investor sentiment “does not guarantee that Bitcoin will avoid volatility over the weekend,” analysts from Bitfinex exchange told Cointelegraph:“Sentiment improvements reduce fragility, but they do not eliminate structural risks like thin weekend liquidity.” “Historically, weekends remain vulnerable to sharp…