Strategy adds another 2.5 billion in Bitcoin while a Middle East ceasefire triggers 40 million in crypto liquidations. Cognition AI reaches 25 billion valuation in record time as OpenAI's GPT-5.5 begins autonomously shipping code. Meta and Microsoft eliminate 23,000 positions to accelerate AI investment while Lido votes to absorb losses from a massive partner hack.
Friday, April 24, 2026 — 413 words / ~2.8 min