To freeze or not to freeze: Satoshi and the $440 billion in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing
As quantum computing inches closer to reality, nearly 7 million bitcoin, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1 million coins, are potentially at risk.
What to know:
Quantum computers powerful enough to break Bitcoin's cryptography could expose roughly 7 million coins, including about 1 million attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, worth an estimated $440 billion at current prices.
The Bitcoin community is split between preserving strict neutrality and immutability—letting quantum attackers claim vulnerable coins—and intervening through protocol changes such as burning or migrating at-risk coins to quantum-resistant addresses.
While some experts warn that recent research may accelerate the timeline for breaking current encryption, others argue the threat remains distant and can be addressed through engineering upgrades rather than drastic governance changes.
How decentralized AI is leveling the playing field
Forget OpenAI and Google. New decentralized networks are putting an end to Big Tech's monopoly.
As AI infrastructure investments surge toward $300B in 2025 alone, fueled by mega-projects like the $500B Stargate initiative and hundreds of billions in Nvidia chip purchases, the decentralized AI space offers a compelling alternative to Big Tech's centralized dominance. Now’s the time to invest in it.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a seismic shift is underway, one that promises to redefine how we build, deploy and interact with AI. While centralized AI, dominated by tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google, has driven remarkable progress, the recent shift toward agentic AI creates a unique opportunity for decentralized AI. It’s why the sector is poised to become the most exciting and critical space over the next few years.
Bitcoin slides 5%, tumbling below $65,000 as whale selling grows and recent buyers lock in losses
On-chain data from Glassnode and CryptoQuant shows large holders dominating exchange inflows while short-term investors continue to sell at a loss, pointing to a fragile base-building phase.
What to know:
Bitcoin has plunged to $64,700 in early trading in the new week, down 5% over the past 24 hours.
Losses realized by recent bitcoin buyers have eased from roughly $1.24 billion to $480 million per day, signaling that panic selling is cooling but that a bottom-building phase may still be underway.
Exchange data shows large holders now dominate selling, altcoin deposits and volatility are rising, and stablecoin inflows have shrunk, all pointing to weaker buying power as bitcoin tests support around $65,000.
$XRP What next for XRP as volatility sinks to 2024 lows
Technical traders see a compression setup, with $1.39 as key support and $1.44 as near-term resistance that could open a move toward $1.50 to $1.62 if reclaimed.
What to know:
XRP is consolidating around $1.42 as volatility falls to levels last seen before a major 2024 rally, prompting speculation that the current downtrend may be nearing exhaustion.
Technical traders see a compression setup, with $1.39 as key support and $1.44 as near-term resistance that could open a move toward $1.50 to $1.62 if reclaimed.
With volatility near prior cycle lows, analysts say the timing and direction of the next breakout will likely hinge on how long this low-volatility base-building phase can persist.
Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, and Nicki Minaj: Inside Trump’s surreal Mar-a-Lago crypto summit
Crypto, real estate and politics collided at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as insiders debated tokenization and regulation.
What to know:
The World Liberty Financial forum at Mar-a-Lago brought together major figures from traditional finance, crypto and real estate in an intimate, Trump-branded setting that blurred politics and markets.
While panels touched on digital assets and the future of tokenized real estate, many speakers, including members of the Trump family, focused on grievances with banks and broader critiques of the existing financial system.
High-profile guests such as Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and rapper Nicki Minaj underscored the event’s mix of financial influence, celebrity and political loyalty more than concrete crypto developments.
SEC makes quiet shift to brokers' stablecoin holdings that may pack big results
The securities regulator has continued its Project Crypto work to make unofficial policy changes as it moved to let broker-dealers treat stablecoins as capital.
What to know:
The addition of a few lines in a frequently-asked-questions page on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website may open up the use of stablecoins in capital calculations for U.S. broker-dealers.
The agency is instructing brokers that they need only give their stablecoins a 2% haircut when calculating how much they can be used as regulatory capital.
Small investors are buying bitcoin. For a rally to succeed, the whales need to join in.
Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October's all-time high while large holders trimmed 0.8%, Santiment data shows.
What to know:
Bitcoin wallets holding less than 0.1 BTC have increased their share of supply to the highest since mid-2024 even as the price holds around the mid-$60,000s.
Larger holders with 10 to 10,000 bitcoins — the whales and sharks that typically drive major moves — have reduced their positions since the October peak.
The divergence supports choppy, fragile price action because retail demand alone cannot sustain rallies when big wallets are distributing into every recovery.
Blue Owl liquidity crisis has investors bracing for 2008-style fallout — it could mean bitcoin's next bull run
Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this week as it was forced to liquidate $1.4 billion in assets to pay investors looking to exit one of its private credit funds.
What to know:
Facing investor calls for redemptions, private-equity company Blue Owl Capital (OWL) late this week said it is selling $1.4 billion in assets.
Former Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian suggested the news was a "canary-in-the-coal-mine" moment similar to 2007's collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that presaged the global financial crisis.
The U.S. government's and Federal Reserve's ultimate response — bank bailouts, ZIRP and QE — helped birth Bitcoin in early 2009 and foster its run from an idea to a $1 trillion asset.
How AI is helping retail traders exploit prediction market 'glitches' to make easy money
A fully automated bot quietly captured micro-arbitrage opportunities on short-term crypto prediction markets, netting nearly $150,000
What to know: The bot exploited fleeting moments when “Yes” and “No” contracts briefly summed to less than $1, locking in roughly 1.5%–3% per trade across 8,894 executions. With typical five-minute crypto prediction markets showing only $5,000–$15,000 per side in depth, large desks would struggle to deploy serious capital without erasing the spread. As AI systems increasingly arbitrage prediction markets against options and derivatives pricing, these venues risk becoming reflections of broader crypto markets rather than independent sources of crowd-based probability.
Metaplanet CEO rebuts critics over bitcoin strategy and transparency
Simon Gerovich defends disclosure standards, options trading model, and hotel operations.
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Simon Gerovich defended Metaplanet’s transparency, options based Bitcoin strategy, and accounting approach.
Gerovich said all Bitcoin purchases were disclosed in a timely manner, and maintained that criticism based on unrealized losses or market timing reflects a misreading of the company’s long term strategy.
Bitcoin nears $68,000, gold jumps as U.S.-Iran tensions return
Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists warn of a potential retest of 2024 lows before a more sustained recovery.
What to know:
Bitcoin climbed toward $68,000 in Asia trading in a broad crypto bounce, though ether lagged below the closely watched $2,000 level.
Analysts say the move looks more like a fragile relief rally than a durable trend, with big holders sending record bitcoin inflows to Binance that could signal selling into strength.
Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists warn of a potential retest of 2024 lows before a more sustained recovery.
Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse says CLARITY bill has '90% chance' of passing by April
The bill would clarify which digital assets fall under securities law versus Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight.
What to know:
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he now sees a 90 percent chance that the long-debated Clarity Act will pass by the end of April, citing renewed momentum in Washington.
The bill would clarify which digital assets fall under securities law versus Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight, addressing long-standing regulatory uncertainty that Garlinghouse says has weighed on innovation.
Ripple, which has spent nearly $3 billion on acquisitions since 2023 and is now pausing major deals to focus on integration, argues that both crypto firms and traditional financial institutions increasingly want clear rules as attitudes toward digital assets shift.
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