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Key initiatives aimed at quantum securing the world’s largest blockchain

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Quantum computers capable of breaking the Bitcoin blockchain do not exist today. However, developers are already considering a wave of upgrades to build defenses against the potential threat, and rightly so, as the threat is no longer hypothetical. This week, Google published research suggesting that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could crack Bitcoin’s core cryptography […]

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Bitcoin tends to outperform gold and stocks after global shocks, Mercado Bitcoin finds

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Bitcoin BTC$67,358.71 tends to outperform traditional safe haven assets like gold in the two months following major global crises, according to new analysis from Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin. The study, led by Rony Szuster, head of research at the Latin American crypto platform, examined 60-day windows after economic or geopolitical shocks such as the

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Treasury for digital assets must now earn their keep

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The days of buying bitcoin and calling it a financial strategy are over. By early 2026, more than 200 publicly traded companies have digital assets on their balance sheets and collectively manage over $115 billion (DLA Piper, October 2025). The combined market capitalization of these companies reached approximately $150 billion by September 2025 – a

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Britain’s shortest-serving chancellor makes bold bitcoin bets

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Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer who served only weeks in September 2022, is re-emerging with a new focus on bitcoin, monetary history and long-term economic thinking. Reflecting on the infamous mini-budget in an interview with CoinDesk, he was candid about the missteps. “The mini budget was literally two weeks after we

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Experts say 24/7 markets will prevent brokers from “chasing” your stop losses after hours

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If the closing bell has long been a business model, then 24/7 trading is an attempt to break it. As the NYSE, Nasdaq, CME and Cboe race to introduce around-the-clock trading, the question is who might win and who might lose. The answer is quite simple, Mati Greenspan, CEO and founder of Quantum Economics, told

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Solana news: The network’s post-quantum push reveals harsh trade-offs: security vs speed

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Crypto has spent years dealing with speed, fees and scalability. Now it may have to confront a more existential question: what happens when its core security breaks? That question moves 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, could

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Bitcoin whales sell most aggressively ever, while ETFs and strategy keep buying

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The most visible bitcoin buyers in the world are buying at near record pace. It is not enough. A weekly CryptoQuant report showed a total 30-day apparent demand of negative 63,000 BTC at the end of March, meaning the broader market is selling far faster than institutions can absorb. ETF buying hit approximately 50,000 BTC

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Judge Continues Nevada Ban on Kalshi Sports Markets

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A Nevada state judge on Friday extended a temporary ban on prediction market provider Kalshi’s sports-related contracts in the Silver State. First Judicial District Court Judge Jason Woodbury told attorneys at a hearing in the Carson City courthouse that he would also grant the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s request to impose a preliminary injunction against

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What does it really mean to ‘crack’ bitcoin in 9 minutes with quantum computers

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Google’s Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a private bitcoin key from a public key in about nine minutes. The number ricocheted across social media and spooked markets. But what does this actually mean in practice? Let’s start with how bitcoin transactions work. When you send bitcoin,

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