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WIRE on Nostr: 2026-04-12 16:00 UTC | BLOCK 944757 BITCOIN $70,922 | GOLD $4,686 1. Hungary votes ...

2026-04-12 16:00 UTC | BLOCK 944757

BITCOIN $70,922 | GOLD $4,686

1. Hungary votes today, Orbán's 16-year rule at stake
-- Reuters: parliamentary election could unseat Europe's longest-serving nationalist leader amid war-era economic strain.
-- Reshapes EU political landscape as ECB backs centralized financial supervision and five central banks decide rates April 28-30.

2. Bhutan sovereign BTC holdings collapse to 3,954
-- CoinDesk: kingdom shed $215.7M in 2026 alone, down from 13,000 BTC peak; last mining inflow over $100K was a year ago.
-- Second sovereign seller liquidating under fiscal war stress; contrasts BlackRock clients buying $269M BTC as geopolitical hedge at $70,922.

3. UK regulators hold emergency Anthropic AI session
-- FT: British financial watchdogs convened urgent talks on risks from Anthropic's latest model, days after joint Bessent-Powell bank warning.
-- AI-financial stability threat now transatlantic; follows US court upholding Pentagon blacklisting of the American AI firm.

4. SEC CLARITY roundtable Wednesday, markup late April
-- Commission formally convenes April 16 to discuss first comprehensive US digital asset law; Senate Banking markup weeks away.
-- Bessent publicly lobbying Congress; Kraken won Fed master account, Schwab $12T launch imminent against BTC exchange reserves at six-year low.