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Blockstream will not pay a ransom for nearly 600 BTC held by Liquid hackers, according to Cointelegraph. It said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if it is not returned.
Bitcoin dropped below $77,000 and is down more than 5% this week, while 95 of the CoinDesk 100 declined in 24 hours. Zcash led losses as traders bet on a Federal Reserve rate hike.
Metaplanet shareholders are criticizing equity allocations for insiders, while new figures show Southeast Asian crypto funding has doubled. Singapore remains Asia’s leading crypto hub, according to Cointelegraph.
Trezor disclosed another data breach involving a marketing platform, with bitcoin hardware-wallet users targeted by phishing attacks, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Details on affected data and user numbers were not provided.
The ECDSA.Fail challenge reduced the resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack on Bitcoin by 86% using AI agents. The result does not indicate that Bitcoin has been attacked or that a practical quantum attack exists.
Bitcoin Magazine reports that Senate Republicans have circulated an updated Crypto Clarity Act draft days before a key vote. The report provides no details on the revisions, vote timing, or potential market impact.
Bitcoin’s rally has cooled amid an inflation-driven selloff, but its chart is nearing a golden cross—the first potential shift of this kind since November, according to Decrypt.
Bitcoin stumbled as renewed US-Iran fighting reignited Middle East tensions, Bitcoin Magazine reported. The source provided no price or percentage data and did not detail separate moves for related crypto assets.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says Bitcoin reaching $400,000 by 2030 remains a reasonable target. He also believes the market bottom is in after about a year of downturn, with the next halving roughly 18 months away.
Researchers and AI agents reportedly improved on Google’s March result for a calculation used by Shor’s algorithm, cutting the estimated requirements for a potential quantum attack on Bitcoin and Ethereum by 50%.
Bitcoin Magazine’s Shinobi offers a high-level introduction to quantum computing, explaining what it is and how it differs from conventional computing. The overview is relevant to technology and cryptocurrency market audiences.
The SEC has given qualifying Bitcoin-heavy trusts a 15% window to move beyond existing listing rules through a faster generic route. Derivatives counted at gross notional value could quickly use the available flexibility.
Bitcoin traders are taking a less bullish stance ahead of U.S. inflation data, CoinDesk reported. The shift reflects caution before the figures are released, with no specific Bitcoin price move or forecast provided.
Bitcoin is trading near $78,000 as markets weigh potentially underpriced macro risks. CryptoSlate points to CPI data, central-bank developments and oil-market moves as factors that could determine whether BTC breaks its current range.
