WisdomTree does not see pending U.S. crypto legislation as a prerequisite for innovation, even as policymakers debate new rules for digital assets. “I don’t [think] it would inhibit anything that we’re trying to do,” said Will Peck, the firm’s head of digital assets, referring to the proposed Clarity Act. “We don’t view it as a…
A whitepaper published yesterday by Google Quantum AI shows that a fast-clock quantum computer (with similar architecture to their existing Willow chip) could derive a private key from an exposed public key in approximately nine minutes. Bitcoin settles a block every 10 minutes. That is, on average, a one-minute margin between the system working and…
Bitcoin BTC$67,552.47 rose alongside U.S. stocks after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly said the country would be prepared to end the conflict if it receives security guarantees. The crypto asset was trading at $67,762, up nearly 2% over the past 24 hours. The Nasdad about doubled its gain on the news, now higher by 3.1%….
Europe risks losing control of its financial future to the U.S. dollar unless it brings the euro onto blockchain rails, according to Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO of bank-backed stablecoin project Qivalis. The warning reflects the growing concern among European banks and policymakers that the next phase of global finance, increasingly built on blockchain infrastructure, is being…
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) continued its exit from the bitcoin business, confirming it has already begun selling portions of its holdings, with plans to continue doing so as it pivots toward AI infrastructure. The company generated $28.2 million in realized gains from bitcoin sales in 2025, signaling active disposals during the year. While the company…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1911.41, up 0.1% (+2.45) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Thirteen of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+1.9%) and BCH (+1.5%). Laggards: HBAR (-2.4%) and XLM (-2.0%)….
Most of the online reaction to Google Quantum AI’s paper, released late Monday, focused on bitcoin. The nine-minute attack, a 41% theft probability and the 6.9 million in possibly exposed BTC. Ethereum’s section got less attention. It deserves more. The whitepaper, co-authored with Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake and Stanford’s Dan Boneh, mapped five ways…
The crypto market exhibited signs of volatility on Tuesday, with bitcoin BTC$66,347.21 spiking to $68,300 shortly after midnight UTC before tumbling back to $66,500. The initial spike was spurred by reports that U.S. President Donald Trump was willing to end the war in Iran without the Strait of Hormuz being opened. The optimism faded after…
For over a year, trading Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF was like riding an amusement park without seatbelts. Investors could speculate, but if the market fell, there was little protection. That’s now changed. Options on the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) went live on Nasdaq on Monday, providing investors a way to hedge, generate…
A Maryland man has been charged with carrying out the 2021 hacks that drained more than $50 million from decentralized exchange Uranium Finance and forced the platform to shut down, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. Jonathan Spalletta, 36, of Rockville, Maryland, faces one count of computer fraud and one count of money laundering,…
