By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) If macro concerns linked to the Iran conflict weren’t enough, new research has revived what could be seen as an existential threat to bitcoin BTC$67,907.56quantum computing. A paper from Google suggests breaking the Bitcoin blockchain’s cryptography with quantum computers could require fewer than 500,000 qubits, a […]
Google just told the crypto industry that the threat is closer than anyone priced. The industry is listening for once. A whitepaper published late Monday by Google’s Quantum AI team found that breaking the 256-bit elliptic curve cryptography that protects bitcoin and Ethereum wallets could require fewer than 500,000 physical qubits (a unit of computation
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The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority is set to issue what appears to be the first rated bitcoin-backed bond of its kind, marking a step toward integrating crypto into traditional public finance. The bonds received a preliminary Ba2 rating from Moody’s Ratings, two notches below investment grade. They will be issued through the Business Finance
Bitcoin BTC$68,044.31 is on track to match a joint record of six consecutive monthly losses, set only once between August 2018 and January 2019, according to Coinglass data. Currently at $66,600, BTC would need to rise a little more than 1% over the next 15 hours to close above the $67,300 level where it started
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Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) continued its exit from the bitcoin business, confirming that it has already started selling parts of its holdings, with plans to continue doing so as it pivots towards AI infrastructure. The company generated $28.2 million in realized gains from bitcoin sales in 2025, signaling active divestitures throughout the year. While the
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Bitcoin’s first-quarter decline capped an unusual run: nearly six months of underperformance against U.S. stocks, an unprecedented stretch. “That’s never happened,” said Mark Connors, founder of Risk Dimensions, pointing to data showing that bitcoin has consistently lagged stocks since early October. The trend has raised new questions about whether the asset behaves more like a
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WisdomTree does not see pending US crypto legislation as a prerequisite for innovation, even as policymakers debate new rules for digital assets. “I don’t [think] it would hamper everything we’re trying to do,” said Will Peck, the firm’s head of digital assets, referring to the proposed Clarity Act. “We don’t see it as a gatekeeper.”
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In the past, crypto regulation in the US has been badly broken. Not only did the federal agencies fail to cooperate – they directly contradicted and outbid each other in a turf war to control our nascent industry. But the latest signals from regulators suggest movement. Earlier this month, the SEC and CFTC issued a
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A whitepaper released yesterday by Google Quantum AI shows that a fast-clock quantum computer (with architecture similar to their existing Willow chip) could derive a private key from a public public key in about nine minutes. Bitcoin settles a block every 10 minutes. That is, on average, a margin of one minute between the system
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Bitcoin BTC$68,169.65 rose along with US stocks after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly said the country would be prepared to end the conflict if it received security guarantees. The crypto-asset traded at $67,762, up nearly 2% over the past 24 hours. Nasdad roughly doubled its gains on the news, now higher by 3.1%. WTI crude,
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