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Polymarket Rejects Breach Claims Amid 300K Record Leak Reports
The platform denies any hack, while researchers point to API flaws, undocumented endpoints, and exposed datasets shared on a cybercrime forum.
Key Highlights
Polymarket says the reported 300K-record “leak” consists of publicly accessible on-chain and API data, with no private information compromised.
The alleged dataset was reportedly compiled using undocumented API endpoints, weak pagination controls, and misconfigurations, alongside an exploit kit shared on a cybercrime forum.
While Polymarket calls the claims misleading, critics argue large-scale aggregation of public data, and the methods used, raise security and privacy concerns that remain unaddressed.
Prediction market platform Polymarket has denied claims of a security breach after reports surfaced that more than 300,000 records and an exploit kit were leaked on a cybercrime forum.
#PolymarketDeniesDataBreach
The platform denies any hack, while researchers point to API flaws, undocumented endpoints, and exposed datasets shared on a cybercrime forum.
Key Highlights
Polymarket says the reported 300K-record “leak” consists of publicly accessible on-chain and API data, with no private information compromised.
The alleged dataset was reportedly compiled using undocumented API endpoints, weak pagination controls, and misconfigurations, alongside an exploit kit shared on a cybercrime forum.
While Polymarket calls the claims misleading, critics argue large-scale aggregation of public data, and the methods used, raise security and privacy concerns that remain unaddressed.
Prediction market platform Polymarket has denied claims of a security breach after reports surfaced that more than 300,000 records and an exploit kit were leaked on a cybercrime forum.
#PolymarketDeniesDataBreach
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$PIXEL is not just a farming sim where you grind for tokens. Plant, harvest, repeat, cash out. That’s the front end.
After months playing I’m convinced the actual product isn’t gold. It’s behavioral data. The game looks like a cozy loop, but it runs like a live experiment. We’re the unpaid participants.
The tell isn’t a bot ban or a warning. It’s a quiet throttle on payouts that never gets announced. The system seems to score what you could call behavioral entropy: how irregular, inefficient, and human your actions are.
Every click gets logged. Your pathing across the map, the odd sequence you choose for tasks, the pauses, the backtracking all of it feeds the model. If your patterns get too clean too optimized, too robotic, there’s no red flag. The algorithm just turns a dial.
Yields shave down by tiny percentages. Rewards feel a bit duller. Timers stretch a little longer. You don’t get kicked. You get bled slowly, until the grind feels hollow and you walk away thinking _you_ failed to min-max hard enough#pixel @Pixels
After months playing I’m convinced the actual product isn’t gold. It’s behavioral data. The game looks like a cozy loop, but it runs like a live experiment. We’re the unpaid participants.
The tell isn’t a bot ban or a warning. It’s a quiet throttle on payouts that never gets announced. The system seems to score what you could call behavioral entropy: how irregular, inefficient, and human your actions are.
Every click gets logged. Your pathing across the map, the odd sequence you choose for tasks, the pauses, the backtracking all of it feeds the model. If your patterns get too clean too optimized, too robotic, there’s no red flag. The algorithm just turns a dial.
Yields shave down by tiny percentages. Rewards feel a bit duller. Timers stretch a little longer. You don’t get kicked. You get bled slowly, until the grind feels hollow and you walk away thinking _you_ failed to min-max hard enough#pixel @Pixels
#StrategyBTCPurchase
The buy: Apr 20 - Apr 26, 2026
Amount: 3,273 BTC for ∼$255 million
Average price: $77,906 per BTC
Funded by: At-the-market sales of 1,451,601 MSTR Class A shares for ∼$255M
Strategy’s stack now
Total holdings: 818,334 BTC
Total cost: ∼$61.8 billion at $75,537 avg per BTC
Current value: ∼$63.7 billion → ∼$1.9 billion paper gain
Supply %: 3.9% of Bitcoin’s 21M hard cap
How they’re buying
Strategy is running its “42/42” plan: raise $84B in equity + convertibles by 2027 to keep stacking. Beyond MSTR common stock, they’ve got ATM programs for perpetual preferreds: STRC, STRK, STRF, STRD. After this buy, $26.47B of MSTR shares remain available to issue.
This marks the 4th consecutive weekly buy in April. The week before: 34,164 BTC for $2.5B+.
BTC traded around $76,700 Monday as traders eyed the Fed, while US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $933M inflows last week.
Michael Saylor teased it Sunday with “The ₿eat Goes On” Orange Dots chart. Classic move before an 8-K drops.
The buy: Apr 20 - Apr 26, 2026
Amount: 3,273 BTC for ∼$255 million
Average price: $77,906 per BTC
Funded by: At-the-market sales of 1,451,601 MSTR Class A shares for ∼$255M
Strategy’s stack now
Total holdings: 818,334 BTC
Total cost: ∼$61.8 billion at $75,537 avg per BTC
Current value: ∼$63.7 billion → ∼$1.9 billion paper gain
Supply %: 3.9% of Bitcoin’s 21M hard cap
How they’re buying
Strategy is running its “42/42” plan: raise $84B in equity + convertibles by 2027 to keep stacking. Beyond MSTR common stock, they’ve got ATM programs for perpetual preferreds: STRC, STRK, STRF, STRD. After this buy, $26.47B of MSTR shares remain available to issue.
This marks the 4th consecutive weekly buy in April. The week before: 34,164 BTC for $2.5B+.
BTC traded around $76,700 Monday as traders eyed the Fed, while US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $933M inflows last week.
Michael Saylor teased it Sunday with “The ₿eat Goes On” Orange Dots chart. Classic move before an 8-K drops.
Arthur Hayes Calls $125K Bitcoin by Year-End as War Spending Floods Markets With Cash
Key Takeaways:
Arthur Hayes of Maelstrom targets bitcoin at $125,000 by year-end, citing wartime spending and rising bank lending.
The Enhanced Supplemental Leverage Ratio, live April 1, could generate $1.3 trillion in new loans per S&P Global.
Hayes says artificial intelligence (AI) job losses created a credit deflationary event, but U.S. defense spending of $1.5 trillion offsets the drag.
Arthur Hayes at Bitcoin Vegas 2026: BitMEX Co-Founder Flips Bullish on Bitcoin as U.S.-Iran War Shifts Credit Narrative
Arthur Hayes delivered the outlook during a live presentation at Bitcoin Vegas 2026 following a reflective period after ski season, and the remarks cover three interlocking forces he believes are reshaping the credit environment: artificial intelligence-driven job losses, the Federal Reserve transition to incoming chair Kevin Warsh, and a structural shift in how U.S. commercial banks will absorb government debt.
“I’ve turned a bit more bullish, and I’ll explain why,” Hayes said. “It’s time to think about money creation and money printing, and what that means for bitcoin.”
Hayes opened with a candid read of the U.S.-Iran conflict. He said he monitors the spread between the six-month WTI oil futures contract and the front month every morning to strip away political noise and focus on whether commodity flows remain functional. His conclusion was that conditions are stressed but not severe enough to trigger a flight from risk assets.
#ArthurHayes’LatestSpeech
Key Takeaways:
Arthur Hayes of Maelstrom targets bitcoin at $125,000 by year-end, citing wartime spending and rising bank lending.
The Enhanced Supplemental Leverage Ratio, live April 1, could generate $1.3 trillion in new loans per S&P Global.
Hayes says artificial intelligence (AI) job losses created a credit deflationary event, but U.S. defense spending of $1.5 trillion offsets the drag.
Arthur Hayes at Bitcoin Vegas 2026: BitMEX Co-Founder Flips Bullish on Bitcoin as U.S.-Iran War Shifts Credit Narrative
Arthur Hayes delivered the outlook during a live presentation at Bitcoin Vegas 2026 following a reflective period after ski season, and the remarks cover three interlocking forces he believes are reshaping the credit environment: artificial intelligence-driven job losses, the Federal Reserve transition to incoming chair Kevin Warsh, and a structural shift in how U.S. commercial banks will absorb government debt.
“I’ve turned a bit more bullish, and I’ll explain why,” Hayes said. “It’s time to think about money creation and money printing, and what that means for bitcoin.”
Hayes opened with a candid read of the U.S.-Iran conflict. He said he monitors the spread between the six-month WTI oil futures contract and the front month every morning to strip away political noise and focus on whether commodity flows remain functional. His conclusion was that conditions are stressed but not severe enough to trigger a flight from risk assets.
#ArthurHayes’LatestSpeech
I didn’t expect Pixels to feel like this now.
At first it was simple: log in, plant, do tasks maybe earn. A loop that made sense.
But it’s not just a farming game anymore. And it’s not just “more features.” Something deeper changed. You only notice if you watch how everything connects.
I thought “multiple games” was the usual expansion play — more hype, more token sinks. But this is different.
It’s not about more places to spend. It’s about where people choose to focus. Time. Tokens. Attention. And that choice shapes everything.
Staking isn’t passive. It’s picking a side. Saying “this part is worth backing.” Enough people do that, and the ecosystem shifts.
Now every game inside Pixels has to hold people. Not just be fun, but keep them coming back. You feel that pressure.
Some areas feel alive — busy, trading, moving. Others are slower. Not dead, but not pulling weight. Attention flows, and you can see it.
Casual players might miss it. The surface looks normal. Underneath, it’s a landscape that rises and falls with behavior.
So the question isn’t “what do I do today?”
It’s “where should I be?”
Which game is active. Which grows. Which keeps players, not just attracts them.
You don’t need charts. You feel it. Some spaces are worth your time. Others aren’t.
Once you notice, you play differently. You watch. You care about retention, feel, whether the loop holds or breaks. If it breaks for you, it breaks for others.
And if people leave, that space weakens. The system doesn’t force you. It just reflects choices back. Strong gets stronger. Weak gets exposed.
Quiet pressure. Not hype. Just: get better, or fade. That’s why it feels different. It’s not just playing now. It’s observing. Adjusting. Deciding where your time has weight.
#pixel @Pixels $PIXEL
At first it was simple: log in, plant, do tasks maybe earn. A loop that made sense.
But it’s not just a farming game anymore. And it’s not just “more features.” Something deeper changed. You only notice if you watch how everything connects.
I thought “multiple games” was the usual expansion play — more hype, more token sinks. But this is different.
It’s not about more places to spend. It’s about where people choose to focus. Time. Tokens. Attention. And that choice shapes everything.
Staking isn’t passive. It’s picking a side. Saying “this part is worth backing.” Enough people do that, and the ecosystem shifts.
Now every game inside Pixels has to hold people. Not just be fun, but keep them coming back. You feel that pressure.
Some areas feel alive — busy, trading, moving. Others are slower. Not dead, but not pulling weight. Attention flows, and you can see it.
Casual players might miss it. The surface looks normal. Underneath, it’s a landscape that rises and falls with behavior.
So the question isn’t “what do I do today?”
It’s “where should I be?”
Which game is active. Which grows. Which keeps players, not just attracts them.
You don’t need charts. You feel it. Some spaces are worth your time. Others aren’t.
Once you notice, you play differently. You watch. You care about retention, feel, whether the loop holds or breaks. If it breaks for you, it breaks for others.
And if people leave, that space weakens. The system doesn’t force you. It just reflects choices back. Strong gets stronger. Weak gets exposed.
Quiet pressure. Not hype. Just: get better, or fade. That’s why it feels different. It’s not just playing now. It’s observing. Adjusting. Deciding where your time has weight.
#pixel @Pixels $PIXEL
#pixel Data-Driven / Authoritative
🚨 While GameFi fights a retention battle, Pixels_Online isn’t flinching.
User activity on Ronin stays steady when others dip. In this market, that’s not noise — that’s signal.
$PIXEL isn’t running on hype cycles. It’s running on daily logins, farming loops, and a working player economy.
Bear markets reveal who’s actually building. Quiet consistency > loud promises.
Is this how long-term GameFi winners are made
@Pixels
🚨 While GameFi fights a retention battle, Pixels_Online isn’t flinching.
User activity on Ronin stays steady when others dip. In this market, that’s not noise — that’s signal.
$PIXEL isn’t running on hype cycles. It’s running on daily logins, farming loops, and a working player economy.
Bear markets reveal who’s actually building. Quiet consistency > loud promises.
Is this how long-term GameFi winners are made
@Pixels
#BinanceLaunchesGoldvs.BTCTradingCompetition Binance is running a Gold vs. BTC Trading Competition right now 🔥
📅 Promotion Period
Apr 22, 2026 01:00 UTC to May 10, 2026 23:59 UTC ed7e
⚔️ How it works
Pick a side: Team Goldor Team BTC
Step 1: Click "Join Now" on the activity page and choose your team
Step 2: Trade at least $100 equivalent in these pairs on Spot + Futures:
Team Gold: XAUT/USDT, XAUT/USDC, XAUTUSDT Futures
Team BTC: BTC/USDT, BTC/USDC, BTCUSDT Futures
Step 3: Invite new traders to boost your team’s rank
🏆 Prize Pool: Up to $200,000 USDC
Winner is decided by which team has the most eligible new traders
Eligible new trader = never traded Spot or Futures on Binance before Apr 22, 2026 00:00 UTC + hits $100 volume during promo
Prize split: 75% to winning team, 25% to losing team. If tied 50/50 $BTC
📅 Promotion Period
Apr 22, 2026 01:00 UTC to May 10, 2026 23:59 UTC ed7e
⚔️ How it works
Pick a side: Team Goldor Team BTC
Step 1: Click "Join Now" on the activity page and choose your team
Step 2: Trade at least $100 equivalent in these pairs on Spot + Futures:
Team Gold: XAUT/USDT, XAUT/USDC, XAUTUSDT Futures
Team BTC: BTC/USDT, BTC/USDC, BTCUSDT Futures
Step 3: Invite new traders to boost your team’s rank
🏆 Prize Pool: Up to $200,000 USDC
Winner is decided by which team has the most eligible new traders
Eligible new trader = never traded Spot or Futures on Binance before Apr 22, 2026 00:00 UTC + hits $100 volume during promo
Prize split: 75% to winning team, 25% to losing team. If tied 50/50 $BTC
Just punched through $79,000 and printed a monthly high of $79,472 before cooling to the $77.3K-$78.1K zone. Current price: $77,828with an intraday high of $79,485.66.
The $77.4K level is no longer resistance. BTC tested $79 pulled back and is now holding above $77.4K. As Michael van de Poppe put it: as long as $75K support holds BTC targets *$85K-$88K in 1-2 weeks.
Why This Move Matters
1. Structure Flip
Key resistance cracked: $79K was the “signal line” ceiling on the weekly that bears defended since October. We’re testing it with intent.
Support stack: $72K-$73K cluster, deeper Fib support at $68K-$70K. $77.4K now becomes the line in the sand for bulls. 2c5ed746
2. Flows + Liquidity
ETF inflows: 8 straight days, $223M on Apr 23 alone, led by BlackRock’s IBIT. Spot Bitcoin ETFs added $335M+ last week.
Whales accumulating: Wallets with 10-10,000 BTC added ∼41,000 BTC since Apr 10. Strategy bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54B, now holds 815,061 BTC.
Exchange reserves near ATLs: Scarcity amplifies buying pressure, low intent to sell. b5c822e181e9
3. Derivatives Setup
Short squeeze fuel: $1.54B in short liquidations stacked up to $81K. $879M in longs sit at $76,829 - that’s the magnet if we lose $77.4K.
OI rising: Total open interest +6.7% in 24h to 260,000 BTC. Futures OI jumped 9% to $62B.
Funding negative: -0.0092% while OI climbs to $60.54B = shorts piling in as price holds. Classic squeeze setup. 9cf124d6c88898fa
4. Macro Tailwinds
Stablecoin dry powder: USDT supply ∼$150B, +$5B in 2 weeks. Capital waiting on sidelines.
Risk-on mood: S&P 500 + Nasdaq back near ATHs. Markets “stopped caring” about Middle East headlines per Wintermute OTC.
Best April in a year: BTC +13.6% MTD, ending longest losing streak since 2018.BTCSurpasses$79K
The $77.4K level is no longer resistance. BTC tested $79 pulled back and is now holding above $77.4K. As Michael van de Poppe put it: as long as $75K support holds BTC targets *$85K-$88K in 1-2 weeks.
Why This Move Matters
1. Structure Flip
Key resistance cracked: $79K was the “signal line” ceiling on the weekly that bears defended since October. We’re testing it with intent.
Support stack: $72K-$73K cluster, deeper Fib support at $68K-$70K. $77.4K now becomes the line in the sand for bulls. 2c5ed746
2. Flows + Liquidity
ETF inflows: 8 straight days, $223M on Apr 23 alone, led by BlackRock’s IBIT. Spot Bitcoin ETFs added $335M+ last week.
Whales accumulating: Wallets with 10-10,000 BTC added ∼41,000 BTC since Apr 10. Strategy bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54B, now holds 815,061 BTC.
Exchange reserves near ATLs: Scarcity amplifies buying pressure, low intent to sell. b5c822e181e9
3. Derivatives Setup
Short squeeze fuel: $1.54B in short liquidations stacked up to $81K. $879M in longs sit at $76,829 - that’s the magnet if we lose $77.4K.
OI rising: Total open interest +6.7% in 24h to 260,000 BTC. Futures OI jumped 9% to $62B.
Funding negative: -0.0092% while OI climbs to $60.54B = shorts piling in as price holds. Classic squeeze setup. 9cf124d6c88898fa
4. Macro Tailwinds
Stablecoin dry powder: USDT supply ∼$150B, +$5B in 2 weeks. Capital waiting on sidelines.
Risk-on mood: S&P 500 + Nasdaq back near ATHs. Markets “stopped caring” about Middle East headlines per Wintermute OTC.
Best April in a year: BTC +13.6% MTD, ending longest losing streak since 2018.BTCSurpasses$79K
CLAIM REWARD NOW BIG REWARD 🎇🎇🎇🎇
#MarketRebound
#MarketRebound
Sounds insane, but last year I nearly uninstalled Pixels daily. Gas was bleeding me, land prices were delusional, and upgrade mats had me hardstuck. Logging in felt like signing up to get mad.
Then I checked my ledger and realized the twist: the money I "lost" didn't vanish. It got cemented into the game's skeleton.
Most P2E games panic when players lose money and quit. Pixels didn't chain me to the desk. They did something colder: turned my losses into other people's upside and whispered, "Walk away. That cash isn't yours anymore."
Examples: That PIXEL I burned on speedups? Not team revenue. It hit the burn pool, deflating supply for all holders. My 5% guild Shard fees? Straight to the treasury, split with the guys still grinding beside me. The buildings I fixed, the plots I tilled? Even AFK, that productivity stays. Next guy works less because I worked more.
This isn't a game. It's a glacial asset vault. I thought burned funds were deleted. Turns out those sinks are slow piggy banks. The value sits there, reshaped, waiting for someone patient enough to claim it. And the system doesn't care if you're a whale, a minnow, early, or late. Touch production and you bleed value into the bedrock.
PIXEL's burn mechanics are quietly purging flippers and recalling builders. It's a bloodless economic purge. You're not just buying a token. You're buying a moat that's hardening, one others can't cross but you still can. Do the math
#pixel $PIXEL @Pixels
Then I checked my ledger and realized the twist: the money I "lost" didn't vanish. It got cemented into the game's skeleton.
Most P2E games panic when players lose money and quit. Pixels didn't chain me to the desk. They did something colder: turned my losses into other people's upside and whispered, "Walk away. That cash isn't yours anymore."
Examples: That PIXEL I burned on speedups? Not team revenue. It hit the burn pool, deflating supply for all holders. My 5% guild Shard fees? Straight to the treasury, split with the guys still grinding beside me. The buildings I fixed, the plots I tilled? Even AFK, that productivity stays. Next guy works less because I worked more.
This isn't a game. It's a glacial asset vault. I thought burned funds were deleted. Turns out those sinks are slow piggy banks. The value sits there, reshaped, waiting for someone patient enough to claim it. And the system doesn't care if you're a whale, a minnow, early, or late. Touch production and you bleed value into the bedrock.
PIXEL's burn mechanics are quietly purging flippers and recalling builders. It's a bloodless economic purge. You're not just buying a token. You're buying a moat that's hardening, one others can't cross but you still can. Do the math
#pixel $PIXEL @Pixels
i. It’s actually fun not just “click to earn"
Pixels nailed the Stardew Valley vibe but onchain. You farm, explore, craft, own land raise pets and hang out in a persistent world. The core loop is gameplay-first, so people log in because they enjoy it not just to extract tokens. Founder Luke Barwikowski pushes “play-to-ENJOY” over pure speculation.
ii. Real utility for $PIXEL
The token isn’t a meme it’s baked into the game economy. You pixel for NFT mints VIP Battle Passes joining guilds premium QoL upgrades and eventually treasury governance. So demand comes from players spending not just traders.
iii. Multi-game ecosystem
Pixels started as one game but is becoming a platform. pixels now integrated into Forgotten Runivers too meaning one token works across multiple titles. Interoperability more reasons to hold and use it.
iv. Strong chain + backing
Built on Ronin Network, which specializes in gaming and handles Axie Infinity’s scale. Raised $4.8M from Framework Ventures Sky Mavis, YGG, and launched via Binance Launchpool. That’s top-tier infra and VC belief.
v. Community-owned direction
pixel will govern a community treasury. Plus campaigns like Binance CreatorPad actively reward users for creating content, building a grassroots army. The focus on guilds and social-fi makes it sticky.
#pixel $PIXEL @Pixels
Pixels nailed the Stardew Valley vibe but onchain. You farm, explore, craft, own land raise pets and hang out in a persistent world. The core loop is gameplay-first, so people log in because they enjoy it not just to extract tokens. Founder Luke Barwikowski pushes “play-to-ENJOY” over pure speculation.
ii. Real utility for $PIXEL
The token isn’t a meme it’s baked into the game economy. You pixel for NFT mints VIP Battle Passes joining guilds premium QoL upgrades and eventually treasury governance. So demand comes from players spending not just traders.
iii. Multi-game ecosystem
Pixels started as one game but is becoming a platform. pixels now integrated into Forgotten Runivers too meaning one token works across multiple titles. Interoperability more reasons to hold and use it.
iv. Strong chain + backing
Built on Ronin Network, which specializes in gaming and handles Axie Infinity’s scale. Raised $4.8M from Framework Ventures Sky Mavis, YGG, and launched via Binance Launchpool. That’s top-tier infra and VC belief.
v. Community-owned direction
pixel will govern a community treasury. Plus campaigns like Binance CreatorPad actively reward users for creating content, building a grassroots army. The focus on guilds and social-fi makes it sticky.
#pixel $PIXEL @Pixels
Big Reward Enjoy 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
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#IranRejectsSecondRoundTalks is trending because Iran officially refused to join the second round of peace talks with the US.
What happened:
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Iran’s state news agency IRNA announced it would not attend the second round of talks. This came hours after President Trump said US envoys were heading to Pakistan Monday to negotiate, warning Iran to accept terms or face strikes.
Why Iran rejected — according to IRNA:
1. “Excessive demands, unrealistic expectations” from Washington
2. “Constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions”* in the US position
3. Naval blockade* — Iran says the ongoing US naval blockade in the Gulf violates the ceasefire
The US Current position:
Trump posted on Truth Social that the US was offering a “very fair and reasonable DEAL” and threatened to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran” if they refuse. The US delegation was supposed to include VP JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner.
Background:
First round: Held April 15, 2026 in Islamabad, lasted 21 hours but ended without agreement
Ceasefire: A 2-week truce began April 8 and expires April 22, 2026
Strait of Hormuz: Still closed, disrupting shipping
Pakistan’s role:
Talks were planned in Islamabad with Pakistan mediating. But Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Thursday that no dates had been set for a second round.
Current situation:
With the ceasefire ending in 2 days, talks rejected, and the strait still shut, tensions are high. Reuters noted this could trigger an oil price surge when markets reopen.
What happened:
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Iran’s state news agency IRNA announced it would not attend the second round of talks. This came hours after President Trump said US envoys were heading to Pakistan Monday to negotiate, warning Iran to accept terms or face strikes.
Why Iran rejected — according to IRNA:
1. “Excessive demands, unrealistic expectations” from Washington
2. “Constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions”* in the US position
3. Naval blockade* — Iran says the ongoing US naval blockade in the Gulf violates the ceasefire
The US Current position:
Trump posted on Truth Social that the US was offering a “very fair and reasonable DEAL” and threatened to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran” if they refuse. The US delegation was supposed to include VP JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner.
Background:
First round: Held April 15, 2026 in Islamabad, lasted 21 hours but ended without agreement
Ceasefire: A 2-week truce began April 8 and expires April 22, 2026
Strait of Hormuz: Still closed, disrupting shipping
Pakistan’s role:
Talks were planned in Islamabad with Pakistan mediating. But Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Thursday that no dates had been set for a second round.
Current situation:
With the ceasefire ending in 2 days, talks rejected, and the strait still shut, tensions are high. Reuters noted this could trigger an oil price surge when markets reopen.
REWARD 🏆🏆🏆🏆🎊🎊🎊🎊
BIG REWARD 🎁🎁🎁Claim Now 🎁🛄 #AltcoinRecoverySignals?
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