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Math Professor Warns of Threat to Bitcoin from AI Pivot

Could anyone actually break Bitcoin? Math professor Micah Warren applies game theory to explain why miner incentives and strong security prevent attacks.

Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg: The Digital Gold Investment Case for Bitcoin

Sazmining Brings Proto’s Immersion Hashboards to Individual Owners, With 0% Financing From $1,397 Down

Proto immersion hashboards, built for efficiency and long service life, are now available for outright purchase through Sazmining’s…

Scammer Lost $4.8M in Bitcoin to Tampered Ledger Wallets: Chainalysis

The funds came from a task scam that paid people to fake product sales and reviews, then demanded deposits before releasing their pay.

Morning Minute: Google Clears a Major Quantum Hurdle, Bitcoin Still Safe

Plus, crypto majors rebound despite hot PPI and Saylor’s Strategy is at risk of removal from a major index.

OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task

The internal model derived keys from public developer recovery phrases, spent another account's test ETH, and left it out of its report.

GTA 6 Trailer Features Meme Coin—And Solana Copycat Soars 2,900%

Rockstar released the launch trailer for GTA VI, revealing a potential meme coin in the upcoming game and sending degens wild.

What Is a Hardware Wallet? Crypto Cold Storage Explained

Hardware wallets keep your crypto keys offline. Learn how devices from Ledger, Trezor and others protect your Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Brooklyn DA Pulls the Plug on Crypto Scam Network

112 servers and 241 fake sites knocked offline in one of the largest cyber takedowns ever by a local prosecutor.

Hidden Text, a Fake Mailbox: How Researchers Got Rogue AI Agents to Talk

Researchers added hidden text to contact AI agents probing Alibaba’s map service, getting replies about their tasks as investigators traced activity to Tencent Cloud…

Google Says It Just Cracked One of Quantum Computing's Biggest Bottlenecks

Google's Willow chip cut errors 40x on the scarce “magic states” quantum computers burn through, a step toward smaller, useful machines—and toward ones that could…

Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says

In a note to investors, Matt Hougan used a “Choose Your Own Adventure” framework to argue that superabundance, an AI bust or a muddle-through economy all ultimately…

US Hoovers up Bitcoin While the World Runs on Its Digital Dollars: Report

Chainalysis research shows that the U.S. is HODLing hard.

Google Says AI Isn't Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code

Google DeepMind's first internal audit of AI-driven research finds no measurable speedup in AI progress.

Mastercard and BVNK Launch 'Global Money Platform' to Merge Fiat and Stablecoins

The first major integration since Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK acquisition lets banks, fintechs and enterprises hold, convert, and spend fiat and stablecoins through a…

Bitcoin Briefly Slides Below $80,000 On More Hot Inflation Data

Bitcoin has recovered slightly despite its price getting hit again by hotter-than-expected inflation data.

Ethereum, Altcoins See 'Outsized Drawdowns' Due to Macro Pressures

Market analysts say that macro factors are pushing altcoin prices down, after ETH, XRP, and SOL all dropped on the day.

Latin America’s MSTR: How OranjeBTC is Running the Saylor Playbook in Brazil | Gui Gomes

Bitcoin is the best collateral, says OranjeBTC CEO Gui Gomes. He breaks down BTC-backed loans, Brazil's adoption, and the path to global reserve status.

Ledger Announces Atom Touchscreen Android Device

Ledger says the Android-based Atom will carry anti-tamper protections and be sold only on its site, as it probes tampered resold wallets.

Wellington-Altus’ James Thorne: Bitcoin “Supercycle” has Begun

Is Bitcoin in a generational supercycle? Wellington-Altus's James Thorne explains why changing market structures signal the end of the four-year cycle.

Troy Cross: Number Go Up – The Solution to Bitcoin’s Marketing Problem?

? Can Bitcoin separate money and state? Troy Cross argues it puts a check on endless printing as a safe haven, while academics will be the last to adopt it.

Zcash Tanks Double Digits After 'Meteoric Rise' Sees Leverage Build Up

Experts blame a build up in leverage for Zcash's drop in value, as well as growing concerns about AI breaking crypto encryption.

Morning Minute: Solana Is About To Get Faster

Alpenglow is coming next week, slashing Solana finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds—some 85 times faster.

Bitcoin Tests $81,000 as Rate Hike Fears Linger After Hot Inflation Data

Odds of an October Fed hike have climbed to 29% from 18% a week ago, and analysts see Bitcoin range-bound until the picture clears.

Godfather of AI and 400 Scientists Want AI Models Cut Off From the Internet

After a summer of AI models escaping test environments and hacking real companies, hundreds of researchers say the internet itself should be treated as a security…

Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office

Developer Brandon Thomas used Anthropic's Claude to build free, open-source replicas of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny

A new Chainalysis report found payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol surged from about 1,500 in mid-2025 to more than 138 million by Q3 2026, with U.S.

Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms and pulling vote transactions out…

'It Can Take Years': Coinbase Presses for Bitcoin Quantum Migration to Start Now

In a detailed technical post, the exchange argued Bitcoin’s multi-year migration to quantum-resistant cryptography must begin before any “Q-Day,” laying out requirements…

The Undercurrent: Three European Artists on Making Money Visible

Ahead of Bitcoin Amsterdam, ZETRA, RYR, and Cypherpunk Now reflect on the cultural roots of bitcoin, the changing meaning of money, and a movement confronting its own…

Bitcoin Slips Below $83,000 After Hotter-Than-Expected US Inflation Data

The price of bitcoin slid Wednesday after data dropped showing that U.S. consumer prices shot up more than expected in September due to rising gasoline prices.

Hex Founder Richard Heart Detained in Istanbul on Interpol Red Notice: Report

Turkish police and intelligence officers reportedly seized cash, phones, jewelry and firearms at the crypto founder's address in Beşiktaş.

Notorious Crypto Celeb Meme Coin Promoter Plots Second Wave on New Launchpad

Sahil Arora says he's not done with celebrity meme coins, and that Fomo presents new possible strategies for his controversial schemes.

Morning Minute: Move Over, Saylor, There’s a New Top Buyer in Town

With Strategy's preferred stock STRC closing in on $100 par, Saylor might not be the number two buyer for long…

BitMEX Sued in UK for Return of $27M in Bitcoin Over Unlicensed Derivatives

The claim challenges 1,053 loss-making perpetual swap trades from 2018 to 2022 and also accuses the now-closed exchange of deceit.

Kraken Parent Payward Wins Full Dubai License, Plans UAE Launch

Kraken currently has more than 100 licenses and registrations worldwide.

Researchers Build First Working Post-Quantum Defense for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Second-layer solutions like Lightning may also need protection from quantum computers. Here’s how a research team appears to have cracked it.

OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Bugging Office, Company Says AI Caught Him

A Saudi national working at OpenAI allegedly hid an encrypted audio recorder behind a TV in an executive meeting room.

Binance Is Shutting Down Its Bitcoin Mining Pool After Six Years

Binance will discontinue Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, and other related services in a retreat from mining infrastructure.

Bitcoin Whale That Sat Through Every Crash Since 2020 Just Moved $377M

A wallet that received 4,581 BTC in March 2020, worth about $40 million then, moved its stash today when it was worth about $377 million.