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Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 hours ago

Bitcoin Difficulty Climbs 3.87% as Hashrate Slips and Next Cut Looms

Bitcoin's mining difficulty increased by 3.87% at block 943488, with projections indicating a potential 15.73% reduction in the upcoming adjustment.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 days ago

Google's New Quantum Research Renews Push To Secure Bitcoin

Bitcoin's reliance on elliptic curve cryptography faces potential threats from quantum computing advancements, necessitating urgent preparation among developers and investors.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Bitcoin Struggles Under Moving Averages Despite Range-Bound Trade

Bitcoin market shows a transition from bullish to neutral-to-bearish, with key resistance and support levels indicating potential structural breakdown.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 hours ago

Bitcoin Difficulty Climbs 3.87% as Hashrate Slips and Next Cut Looms

Bitcoin's mining difficulty increased by 3.87% at block 943488, with projections indicating a potential 15.73% reduction in the upcoming adjustment.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 day ago

Jack Dorsey Teases Bitcoin Faucet Revival With "Bitcoin Day" Post

Jack Dorsey announced a new initiative called 'Bitcoin Day' offering free Bitcoin, reviving the concept of the Bitcoin faucet.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 days ago

Google's New Quantum Research Renews Push To Secure Bitcoin

Bitcoin's reliance on elliptic curve cryptography faces potential threats from quantum computing advancements, necessitating urgent preparation among developers and investors.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Bitcoin Struggles Under Moving Averages Despite Range-Bound Trade

Bitcoin market shows a transition from bullish to neutral-to-bearish, with key resistance and support levels indicating potential structural breakdown.
Tech industry
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

From Inbox to Income: W3.io is Building the Digital Rails That Lead Creators to Bitcoin

The creator economy is a $250 billion industry, but creators face significant operational challenges that hinder their earnings potential.
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

Naoris Protocol Deploys Post-Quantum Mainnet to Secure Global Digital Infrastructure

Naoris Protocol launched its Layer 1 mainnet for decentralized post-quantum security, processing over 106 million transactions to combat quantum computing threats.
Real estate
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Why Crypto-Backed Mortgages Matter for Expanding Access to Homeownership

Financial firms are redefining wealth evaluation with crypto-backed mortgages to address barriers to homeownership.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

1inch Business Launches Model Context Protocol for Agentic DeFi Trading

The integration allows developers to build goal-oriented workflows where agents plan and execute swaps across the 1inch network using the Swap Application Programming Interface (API). This update provides rapid access to a suite of 15 APIs, including Portfolio and Gas Price tools, reducing integration time from days to minutes.
Business intelligence
Retirement
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

STRC Commercial Gets the 'Gigaslop' Treatment Saylor's Retirement Ad Backfires in Real Time

An AI-generated advertisement promoting STRC stock and bitcoin investment faced significant backlash for its quality and messaging.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

ViaBTC Showcases Collateral-Pledged Loan Solutions to Navigate Diverse Market Conditions

ViaBTC offers a collateral-pledged loan service to help miners maintain operations during bear markets without selling their cryptocurrencies.
#quantum-computing
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption

Google's Quantum AI warns that cryptocurrencies are more vulnerable to quantum attacks than previously believed, shortening the timeline for potential threats.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Google's Quantum Advances Bring Bitcoin Security Debate Into Focus

Breaking elliptic curve cryptography may require fewer quantum resources than previously thought, raising urgency in the crypto industry.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption

Google's Quantum AI warns that cryptocurrencies are more vulnerable to quantum attacks than previously believed, shortening the timeline for potential threats.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Google's Quantum Advances Bring Bitcoin Security Debate Into Focus

Breaking elliptic curve cryptography may require fewer quantum resources than previously thought, raising urgency in the crypto industry.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 hour ago

When Crypto Beats Stablecoins: Ripple's Schwartz Says He'd Pick XRP or BTC Over USD for Locked Funds

XRP and BTC provide better global utility and long-term growth potential compared to stablecoins, which are limited by fiat currency ties.
Artificial intelligence
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Self-Sovereign AI Agent Platform Coinfello Targets Institutional Adoption With Decentralized Infrastructure

Self-sovereign AI agents enable individuals to control their data and decisions without centralized platforms.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Ripple Highlights RLUSD Impact as Real-World Value Flows Into Small Businesses

Ripple's RLUSD initiative invests $15 million to support underserved U.S. small businesses, enhancing access to capital and job creation.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 day ago

Charles Schwab Signals Direct Bitcoin Trading Push

Charles Schwab is launching a product for direct cryptocurrency trading, expanding its services into digital assets for retail investors.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Japan Moves to Expand Crypto Compliance Regime as Tax Surveillance Enters Cross-Border Era

Japan is enhancing crypto regulation to improve tax compliance and transparency in digital asset transactions.
Miscellaneous
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

The Core Issue: Why Bitcoin Needed A Remodel With Segwit And Taproot

Segregated Witness and Taproot represent the two largest Bitcoin protocol changes, addressing fundamental transaction structure limitations and scripting language constraints to enable broader network functionality.
#usdc
Cryptocurrency
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Why Ripple's RLUSD Could Overtake USDC Following the CLARITY Act's New Stablecoin Rules

Circle's USDC growth relied on yield incentives, which may be threatened by the CLARITY Act's proposed ban on passive stablecoin yields.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Circle Deploys USDC and CCTP on Pharos Network to Advance RealFi Goals

USDC and CCTP have been deployed on Pharos Network, enhancing its role in global finance and cross-chain liquidity.
Cryptocurrency
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Why Ripple's RLUSD Could Overtake USDC Following the CLARITY Act's New Stablecoin Rules

Circle's USDC growth relied on yield incentives, which may be threatened by the CLARITY Act's proposed ban on passive stablecoin yields.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Circle Deploys USDC and CCTP on Pharos Network to Advance RealFi Goals

USDC and CCTP have been deployed on Pharos Network, enhancing its role in global finance and cross-chain liquidity.
Information security
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds

AI agents designed for digital tasks exhibit dangerous unsupervised behaviors including unauthorized cryptocurrency mining, network intrusions, and resource diversion outside their intended operational boundaries.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Linux Foundation and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for AI Agents

The Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to establish an open protocol for seamless internet-native payments.
#blockchain
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

REAL and Redstone Collaborate to Enhance Data Integrity for Tokenized Assets

REAL partners with Redstone to enhance data transparency and risk intelligence in its ecosystem for tokenized assets.
Cryptocurrency
fromTNW | Blockchain
4 days ago

Multi-Hop Transactions in Crypto. The Compliance Risk Behind Indirect Exposure

Public blockchains present compliance challenges due to multi-hop transactions, complicating the tracking of funds and enforcement of regulations.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

REAL and Redstone Collaborate to Enhance Data Integrity for Tokenized Assets

REAL partners with Redstone to enhance data transparency and risk intelligence in its ecosystem for tokenized assets.
Cryptocurrency
fromTNW | Blockchain
4 days ago

Multi-Hop Transactions in Crypto. The Compliance Risk Behind Indirect Exposure

Public blockchains present compliance challenges due to multi-hop transactions, complicating the tracking of funds and enforcement of regulations.
Cryptocurrency
from24/7 Wall St.
2 days ago

XRP News: Ripple Treasury Just Went Onchain - Could This Be the Missing Link Between Ripple's Infrastructure and XRP?

Ripple Treasury launched native digital asset capabilities, allowing CFOs to manage XRP alongside cash in a unified dashboard.
Miscellaneous
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

The Core Issue: Libsecp256k1, Bitcoin's Cryptographic Heart

Libsecp256k1 evolved from a hobby project into essential consensus-critical software protecting Bitcoin's multi-trillion dollar network through secure elliptic curve cryptography implementation.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

Circle Reveals Wrapped Bitcoin Product With Real-Time Onchain Reserve Verification

Circle launched cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token fully backed by native BTC, aimed at providing institutional users with verifiable onchain exposure.
#bitcoin-infrastructure
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Adam Back Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash and Blockstream co-founder, speaks at Bitcoin 2026 while leading Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company's public merger with record $1.5 billion PIPE financing and 30,021 BTC.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Adam Back Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash and Blockstream co-founder, speaks at Bitcoin 2026 while leading Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company's public merger with record $1.5 billion PIPE financing and 30,021 BTC.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Rate enables crypto assets for mortgage qualification

RateFi lets borrowers use verified, nonliquidated cryptocurrency as qualifying income and reserves for mortgages within existing non-QM frameworks, preserving control and avoiding liquidation.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Bitgo Debuts Unified Digital Asset Financing Platform for Institutional Borrowing

Bitgo Prime launched an integrated financing platform for institutions, consolidating borrowing, lending, and collateral management into a single workflow.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

US Treasury Seeks Industry Input as Stablecoin Regulation Enters Federal Rulemaking Phase

U.S. Treasury proposes new stablecoin regulation framework under the GENIUS Act, seeking public input on state and federal oversight alignment.
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 days ago

U.S. Treasury Launches First GENIUS Act Rulemaking Proposal

The proposed rule establishes broad principles to guide the determination of whether state-level stablecoin regulatory regimes are 'substantially similar' to the federal framework, allowing smaller issuers to remain under state supervision.
Cryptocurrency
#bitcoin-mining
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has mined 20 million coins: why the last of the remaining 1 million won't arrive until 2140 | Fortune

Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Bitcoin has mined 20 million coins: why the last of the remaining 1 million won't arrive until 2140 | Fortune

Bitcoin has mined over 95% of its 21 million coin supply, with fewer than one million coins remaining and the final coin expected in approximately 114 years.
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
3 days ago

Meta's 2026 Stablecoin Plan: Why It's Partnering, Not Issuing

Meta plans to introduce dollar-linked stablecoin payments across its platforms in late 2026, integrating existing stablecoins instead of issuing its own currency.
Privacy technologies
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

The V2 Transport: Bitcoin P2P Traffic Goes Dark

BIP 324 v2 adds opportunistic encryption to Bitcoin P2P traffic, protecting metadata and preventing passive observers from linking transactions and node identities.
fromCointelegraph
2 months ago

Five Bitcoin Narratives Analysts Are Watching Beyond Price in 2026

That's why it helps to understand what analysts look at when the chart isn't explaining why the market is moving or where it may move next. The focus shifts to factors that can quietly reshape Bitcoin's demand, liquidity and long-term narrative: Who's buying through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), how "Bitcoin treasury" stocks are treated by indexes, whether miners are earning enough to secure the network, what scaling actually looks like today and how regulation is shaping mainstream access.
Business
Cryptocurrency
fromSouth China Morning Post
4 days ago

Unlocking the $10 Trillion Opportunity Hidden Behind the New Rules of Tokenization

Tokenization is transforming asset management and trading, with projections of up to $10 trillion in digital representation of real-world assets by the decade's end.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Tokenized Uranium Lending Launches via Metals.io and Morpho Protocol

The launch of xU3O8-based lending on the DeFi aggregator Oku allows investors to access liquidity in USDC without selling their underlying physical uranium positions, enhancing capital efficiency.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Bhutan Transfers 375 BTC in Latest Sovereign Bitcoin Drawdown

Bhutan's DHI executed significant bitcoin transfers, totaling over 1,018 BTC in March 2026, primarily for funding the Gelephu Mindfulness City project.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Moody's Assigns Ba2 Rating to $100M Bitcoin-Backed Revenue Bonds From New Hampshire Authority

Bonds tied to Waverose Finance Project are backed by bitcoin collateral, with repayment dependent on bitcoin's value and market conditions.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

US Senators Unleash New Bill Driving Bitcoin Mining Expansion and Cementing Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

U.S. lawmakers are advancing legislation to strengthen domestic digital asset mining and establish a national bitcoin reserve strategy.
Artificial intelligence
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Lightning Labs Releases AI Tools To Help Bitcoin Payments

An open-source toolkit enables AI agents to run Lightning nodes, make autonomous micro-payments, host paid endpoints, and access Lightning-based services without traditional registration.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

'They're Here': Bitwise Signals End of Anticipation Phase as Institutions Embed Into Crypto

Institutional capital is increasingly being deployed into crypto markets, marking a significant shift in investment strategies among large allocators.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Strategy Elevates Bitcoin Security as Massive 762K BTC Holdings Raise Market Stakes

Strategy Inc. is hiring a Bitcoin Security Director to enhance its digital asset protection efforts amid significant bitcoin exposure.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Bitcoin Lending Layer Mezo Selects Aerodrome as Primary Liquidity Hub

Mezo partners with Aerodrome Finance to enhance liquidity for its token and bitcoin-backed stablecoin MSUD.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Fannie Mae Collaborates With Coinbase to Launch Crypto Mortgages

Fannie Mae will allow cryptocurrency as collateral for mortgages, enabling borrowers to maintain asset exposure without selling for down payments.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

Coinbase, Fannie Mae Launch Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages

Coinbase and Better Home & Finance launch crypto-backed mortgages, allowing Bitcoin or USDC as collateral for down payments without selling assets.
Cryptocurrency
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Better and Coinbase launch token-backed mortgage down payment

Companies are offering token-backed mortgages to help younger Americans with digital assets secure homeownership without traditional cash down payments.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

The Core Issue: Beneath The Binary, Verifying Trust

Bitcoin Core's build system emphasizes decentralization, transparency, and verifiability, allowing users to verify software without trusting intermediaries.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Bitcoin's Quantum Risk May Be Real, But The Network Is Preparing: Report

Quantum computing poses a long-term threat to Bitcoin's security through elliptic curve cryptography, but developers are actively building protective solutions before the technology becomes viable.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

The Core Issue: Your Node Vs. The Digital Wilderness

Bitcoin's peer-to-peer networking layer is its most vulnerable attack surface, requiring Core to prevent denial-of-service vectors while enabling safe node communication in adversarial Internet environments.
#quantum-resistance
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

BTQ Deploys First Working BIP 360 Implementation On Bitcoin Quantum Testnet

BTQ Technologies released the first working implementation of BIP 360, introducing quantum-resistant transaction infrastructure on Bitcoin Quantum testnet v0.3.0 for live testing and developer experimentation.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

BTQ Deploys First Working BIP 360 Implementation On Bitcoin Quantum Testnet

BTQ Technologies released the first working implementation of BIP 360, introducing quantum-resistant transaction infrastructure on Bitcoin Quantum testnet v0.3.0 for live testing and developer experimentation.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Despite A 47% Price Drop, Bitcoin Traders Aren't Selling

Bitcoin's 46% correction in early 2026 triggered minimal panic selling, with 69% of holders maintaining positions despite anxiety and fear dominating emotional responses.
#bitcoin-adoption
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
2 weeks ago

Bitcoin Adoption Metrics Say One Thing, Price Action Says Another

Bitcoin's price reflects short-term marginal trading while adoption reflects long-term structural shifts; ownership expansion, institutional integration, and merchant growth accelerate independently of price movements.
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Has A Golden Opportunity With AI Agents, It's Time To Build

Bitcoin has an unprecedented opportunity to become the payment standard for AI agents since the agentic commerce field is nascent with no entrenched players, unlike fiat currency competition.
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
2 weeks ago

Bitcoin Adoption Metrics Say One Thing, Price Action Says Another

Bitcoin's price reflects short-term marginal trading while adoption reflects long-term structural shifts; ownership expansion, institutional integration, and merchant growth accelerate independently of price movements.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

Bitcoin Has A Golden Opportunity With AI Agents, It's Time To Build

Bitcoin has an unprecedented opportunity to become the payment standard for AI agents since the agentic commerce field is nascent with no entrenched players, unlike fiat currency competition.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

US Senators Urge Swift Action On Crypto Structure Bill

U.S. Senators are urgently advancing cryptocurrency market structure legislation, with the Banking Committee planning to mark up the bill in April and lawmakers emphasizing this may be the only opportunity to establish regulatory clarity.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

The Core Issue: Outrunning Entropy, Why Bitcoin Can't Stand Still

Bitcoin's verification requirement that all nodes rebuild the ledger from genesis creates growing Initial Block Download burdens that threaten network decentralization by making node operation increasingly resource-intensive.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

Blockstream's Jade Hardware Wallet Adds Lightning Support For Instant Bitcoin Payments

Blockstream Jade hardware wallet now enables Lightning Network payments while maintaining cold storage security through atomic swaps with the Liquid Network.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

Bitcoin Hits 20 Million: Less Than 1 Million Coins Left

Over 95% of Bitcoin's 21 million coin supply has been mined, with the remaining coins projected to be fully mined by 2140 due to halving events that reduce mining rewards every four years.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 weeks ago

The Core Issue: Consensus Cleanup

The Consensus Cleanup soft fork proposal addresses four long-standing Bitcoin protocol vulnerabilities, including the Timewarp attack, to strengthen Bitcoin's security and long-term viability.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Bitcoin Is The Collateral, It Just Needs The Credit Markets

Bitcoin lacks mature credit markets despite being pristine collateral; loans remain trapped at origination rather than circulating through secondary markets, keeping borrowing costs high.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

The Core Issue: Cluster Mempool, Problems Are Easier In Chunks

Cluster Mempool reorganizes mempool transaction sorting to align miner incentives, simplify architecture, and improve security for second layer protocols.
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