Crypto has spent years obsessing over speed, fees and scalability. Now it may have to confront a more existential question: what happens when its core security breaks? That question is moving from theory to urgency. Quantum computers, machines that use the principles of quantum physics to process information in fundamentally different ways than today’s computers, […]
Crypto markets were in rally mode on Thursday alongside sizable gains in stocks, a U.S. presidential pardon for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, and ahead of tomorrow’s key reading on September inflation. In mid-afternoon U.S. trading, bitcoin BTC$109,538.70 was up 2.7% over the past 24 hours to $110,700, down a hair from the day’s high of […]
BTC News: Hard Fork Chatter Disputed
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Debates over Bitcoin’s future are nothing new, but this week the discussion took on a sharper edge. One of Bitcoin’s long-serving developers was at the center of a storm about immutability, censorship and what it means to “save” the protocol. The controversy escalated on Sept. 25, following an article published by The Rage claiming to […]
ETH News: Fusaka Coming in December
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Ethereum core developers have confirmed a tentative roadmap for the network’s next major upgrade, Fusaka, during Thursday’s All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call. The upgrade, designed to further scale the blockchain, is now scheduled for early December, with follow-up changes aimed at more than doubling blob capacity in the weeks after. Before the Fusaka upgrade […]
Hopes for a quick reversal from the weekend crypto plunge faltered on Monday with bitcoin BTC$109,641.00 slipping all the way back below $110,000, just barely ahead of its then-euphoric price of $109,400 touched ahead of President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. The largest crypto’s recovery attempt was quickly rejected at $113,000 during the U.S. session, and […]
Crypto markets pushed higher on Monday as traders have shifted focus from geopolitical anxieties to crypto-related institutional developments ahead of the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting. Bitcoin has risen 3.1% in the last 24 hours and is now trading for $108,600, only a couple of thousand dollars below its all-time record. It certainly wasn’t […]
GameStop (GME), the embattled video game retailer turned meme stock, announced Wednesday a $1.75 billion convertible senior note offering. Proceeds will be used at least in part for “making investments in a manner consistent with GameStop’s Investment Policy,” per a company press release. Said investment policy is to add bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, […]
Telegram News: Elon Musk Denies Deal
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A deal that would bring xAI’s Grok to Telegram has apparently not been signed, despite prior reporting, putting sell pressure on TON’s recent rally. 🔥 This summer, Telegram users will gain access to the best AI technology on the market. @elonmusk and I have agreed to a 1-year partnership to bring xAI’s @grok to our […]
A 26-year-old man from Alabama has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for his role in a social media hack that briefly sent the price of bitcoin soaring. Eric Council Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to charges tied to the January 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, […]
They crypto bull move continued into the weekend thanks to a trio of positive macro developments. Likely most responsible for the move was a President Trump Truth Social post regarding trade talks being held in Switzerland between the U.S. and China. “A very good meeting today,” said Trump. “Many things discussed, much agreed to,” he […]
Crypto ETF issuers may not have to wait much longer to expand beyond spot bitcoin and ether funds. Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart now see a 75% or greater chance the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves a range of spot altcoin ETFs by the end of 2025. Eight separate spot […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), XRP, solana (SOL) and cardano (ADA) could comprise the promised strategic crypto reserve, sparking a sharp rally in these tokens’ prices. The spot-led rally saw these tokens trade at a substantial premium on the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase exchange, a proxy for the U.S. demand, […]