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Why Holding Anything But Bitcoin Has Been a Losing Bet for Two Years

A Glassnode and Bybit report frames the divergence as the defining feature of this cycle, with froth pooling in the market's riskiest corners even as Bitcoin does the…

Move Over Housing – Bitcoin is Gen Z’s New Wealth Building Asset

Gen Z now makes up less than 5% of the new home market and Hunter Albright of SALT Lending thinks that changes what assets an entire generation chooses to build wealth…

Strategy CEO Phong Le: We Want to Be the JPMorgan of Bitcoin

CEO Phong Le explains how MicroStrategy plans to become the "JPMorgan of Bitcoin" by making markets and providing liquidity for an 8-billion-person economy.

An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang

Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP's inner circle.

Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Two Years Ran Almost Entirely on Short Liquidations

A Glassnode and Bybit report found Bitcoin climbed 24.6% in five August days even as active leverage fell, with short positions supplying 89% of every liquidated dollar.

Solana's Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade

The network's clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.

Zcash Is Running—Devs Want to Make It Faster

A new upgrade would cut Zcash block time from 75 seconds to 25, while quietly rewriting how the network pays for its own security after 2031.

Bitcoin Will Hit $1 Million, Says Kevin O’Leary—But There’s a Quantum Catch

Kevin O'Leary believes Bitcoin could hit $1 million if crypto beats its quantum computing problem, and explained why he's ditching Ethereum.

Bitcoin Price Surges Over $81,000 Despite Clarity Act Fail and Interest Rate Hike

Bitcoin’s price on Friday shot above $81,000 — despite a week of setbacks for the crypto industry.

XRP Surges 6.9% as Bitcoin Rebound Reopens Door to Golden Cross

XRP is roaring back as Bitcoin claws its way above $800,000 again, but the charts continue to give traders mixed signals.

Bitcoin Community Recognizes Quantum Computing Risk: VanEck

Asset manager VanEck's Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, said the Bitcoin community was working on solutions.

Bitcoin Blasts Past $80K and a Fresh Short Squeeze Is On

Bitcoin just ripped 5.88% higher in a single session, tearing back toward its 2026 highs. The charts say the move is real, but they also say it's gotten ahead of itself.

The Next 3-5 Years of Bitcoin Lending

SALT Lending CRO Hunter Albright explains how bitcoin-backed lending and stablecoins could reshape liquidity for long-term Bitcoin holders.

Microsoft Staff Asked If AI Scraping Was 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History'

Internal memos warned of a "doom loop" threatening the quality of the very models it was building with OpenAI.

UAE, Sweden Arrest Seven Over $7.1M Crypto Laundering Ring Linked to Contract Killings

Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.

Dan Hillery: Digital Credit Could Rival BTC’s $1.5 Trillion Market Cap

Two years ago, Bitcoin credit barely existed. Today, UTXO’s Dan Hillery breaks down how a $16B market could one day rival the network itself.

Security Experts Want the US and China to Promise Never to Let AI Control Nukes

Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons.

Your Data Could Outlive the Startup You Gave It To. Elon Musk Wants to Buy What's Left

SpaceX's AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no questions asked, because there's nobody left to ask…

Why Is Chipotle Now Working With the CIA-Funded Palantir?

Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-built food safety dashboard after a summer of outbreaks, putting employee data in the hands of a company seeded by the CIA's venture arm.

OpenAI Says It's Made Progress on a Second $1 Million Math Problem

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says AI Won’t Doom Crypto Security

The Ethereum co-founder said AI could help developers mathematically verify entire software systems, turning the same technology powering new attacks into a tool for…

Andrew Yang Calls for AI Kill Switch as Safety Fears Mount

The former presidential candidate said lawmakers should impose liability rules and waiting periods on frontier AI firms as autonomous agents raise new cyber and labor…

King Charles Convenes OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia and Google for AI Safety Summit

King Charles hosted senior AI executives at his Scottish estate to discuss keeping the technology "in the service of humanity," days after industry leaders called for a…

Bitcoin Bounces as Markets Brace for the Fed’s Next Move

The Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 barely dented crypto prices, but what comes next could change calculations on Wall Street.

Financial Data Giant S&P Global Moves Deeper Into Crypto With OpenZeppelin Deal

S&P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products.

Ric Edelman: Buying Bitcoin Today Is Like Buying Amazon in 1999

The top financial advisor also thinks bitcoin's price will hit at least $500,000 by 2030.

What Is Arc? The Stablecoin Blockchain From USDC Issuer Circle

Arc is a new layer-1 blockchain developed by USDC issuer Circle, designed specifically for stablecoin-native finance.

Revolut Hackers Demand $3M Monero Ransom, Threaten to Sell Customer Data: Report

The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto.

Morning Minute: Crypto Rebounds After The Fed’s First Hike Since 2023

The Clarity Act failed to pass and FOMC hiked rates, and yet, crypto majors are green and alt leaders are flying. What does it mean?

Zcash Closes On $1,400 After Coinholders Vote to Keep Bitcoin-Style Halvings

The privacy coin rose double digits Thursday and 168% over the past month in the wake of the NU7 upgrade vote.

Meta May Have Found a Fix for Its 'Pervert Glasses'

Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables.

Peter Schiff: “The Fed Has Already Lost The Battle Against Inflation” & BTC vs GOLD Debate

Peter Schiff says the bond market didn't break recently, it broke in 2020, and everything since has been a slow unwind.

Fed Chair Implies Trump Is Only Half Right on the Economy Following Rate Hike

Chair Kevin Warsh credited Trump's economy, then ignored his rate-cut wishes entirely.

Bitcoin Core Software Update Aims for Speed and Security Patches

Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing, bringing faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments.

Fed Hikes Rates for the First Time Since 2023, Bitcoin Spikes

The Federal Reserve delivered the hike Wall Street had almost unanimously priced in.

Hackers Hijack HBO Max’s Reddit Account to Spread Crypto-Stealing Malware

Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads.

Bitcoin Is on Sale and Should Be Accumulated, Says Morgan Creek Capital CEO

Mark Yusko has said that bitcoin is undervalued, and when something is undervalued, you buy it.

The Quantum Issue: To Freeze Coins Or Not

From The Quantum Issue: Jameson Lopp's massive essay on the contentious social decisions for Bitcoin quantum computing will force people to confront.

Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone

Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse.

Bitcoin ETFs Had Their Worst Day Since June Following Failed Clarity Act Vote

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP ETFs shed roughly $593 million combined Tuesday, their heaviest single-day drawdown since June.