20+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1037+ words) Bitcoin near $77,000; Liquid hack ~4,000 BTC mostly returned; EF sets key Hegota EIPs. Bitcoin dipped toward $76,000, hackers returned most of the ~4,000 BTC withdrawn from Liquid, the Ethereum Foundation identified key EIPs for Hegota, and more from the week. Early in the…...

23+ hour, 42+ min ago   (512+ words) Bitcoin must break $81,700 for bull market. Bitcoin needs to hold above $81,700 to confirm a new bull market, according to CryptoQuant. Over the past two weeks, the leading cryptocurrency has gained 24%, but growth has stalled, with prices ranging between $76,000 and $82,000. At…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (611+ words) Researchers halve quantum attack estimate for Bitcoin, Ethereum. A group of researchers has more than halved the computational complexity estimate for a key stage of a potential future quantum attack on Bitcoin and Ethereum, compared to Google’s benchmark, CoinDesk reports....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (548+ words) Lattice Jolt, a post-quantum proof system, launched. On September 9, Lattice Jolt was released, a new version of a computation verification system designed to withstand quantum attacks. According to developers from a16z crypto, the creation and verification of proofs have accelerated by…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (424+ words) IonQ estimates 26 days to break secp256k1 with 20,000 qubits. A fault-tolerant quantum computer with approximately 20,000 physical qubits would require 26 days to break the cryptography of secp256k1, according to IonQ. The first complete, end-to-end fault-tolerant resource estimate for running Shor’s algorithm—the team used…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (103+ words) ForkLog Australia Removes 45 Crypto and Payment Firms from Registers AUSTRAC cancels 45 crypto firms' registrations over compliance issues. The Australian financial regulator AUSTRAC has canceled, suspended, or refused to renew the registration of 45 cryptocurrency and payment companies over the past year....

1+ week, 38+ min ago   (477+ words) Traders returning to leverage pose liquidation risks. The return of traders to leveraged positions poses a risk of new waves of liquidations in the bitcoin market. This warning comes from CryptoQuant analyst known as Darkfost, who studied the dynamics of…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (548+ words) Conflicts boost crypto adoption in the Middle East. Military conflicts and the instability of national currencies have heightened interest in cryptocurrencies as a means of preserving and transferring capital in the Middle East. This conclusion was drawn by Zaid Belbagi,…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1239+ words) Bitcoin hits $82K; Russia launches digital ruble; OpenAI, Anthropic debut new models. Bitcoin tested $82,000, the Bank of Russia launched the digital ruble, OpenAI and Anthropic unveiled new flagship models, and more from the past week. The leading cryptocurrency closed August with…...