April 18, 2026

The Block Runner Blog

SpiderPool Pays Miners in Bitcoin AND NAT — What That Actually Means for Bitcoin's Future

The Moment Everyone in NAT Has Been Waiting For On this week's Block Runner Podcast, William and I-man opened with a topic they could barely contain: SpiderPool, the fifth-largest Bitcoin mining pool by hash rate, has announced it will begin distributing both Bitcoin and NAT

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October 10th: The Day Bitcoin Lost Its Shine, And What Nobody Dares Reveal

## The World Is on Fire-Why Isn’t Bitcoin Breaking Records? “Three hundred podcast episodes. Six years.

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The DeAi Revolution is Here: How Crypto Will Shape the Future of Artificial Intelligence

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence may be crypto's biggest opportunity sector. Elon Musk and others want to see a short-term pause on the development of artificial intelligence technologies in an attempt to allow regulators to catch up and safeguard against potential societal risks. This fear is growing that centralized A.I. can have devastating consequences which will support its web3 counterpart to compete.

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What the Coinbase Wells Notice Could Mean for Crypto Regulation

The SEC is clamping down on Coinbase and has issued a Wells notice, indicating that charges will soon follow. What will this do to the crypto market and what does a future where the SEC considers cryptocurrencies as securities?

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Will Bitcoin Ever Reach a $1 Million Valuation?

With the recent financial destabilizing events such as the collapse of the regional bank sector, many are beginning to understand the value proposition Bitcoin offers as a safeguard from the traditional finance space. Will this be enough to drive the value of Bitcoin to the million-dollar milestone and how long until it does?

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Render Network and the Metaverse - Is This a Winning Combination?

Can RENDER ($RNDR) Network leverage its network of GPU providers to service the metaverse content rendering demands? If so this can present a giant investor opportunity.

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