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Bitcoin Slips as Treasury Yields Rise, but Fed Hike Odds Stay Largely Steady
Bitcoin fell and Treasury yields rose after Friday’s jobs report, but CoinDesk said expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike remained largely steady, making the market’s hawkish reaction appear overstated.
Why Bitcoin Forecasting Models Can Mistake Market Noise for Signals
CryptoSlate reviews Bitcoin price models ranging from halving-based scarcity and on-chain metrics to power-law charts and AI systems, focusing on the risk that increasingly complex approaches may memorize historical market noise.
DAOs Face a Choice Between Automated Code and Emergency Controls
Compound’s COMP-governed DAO highlights the tension between executing approved code automatically and preserving emergency controls after a July 2024 governance incident nearly directed a large amount of funds to a small group.
Anthropic Says Claude Encoded Fermat’s Last Theorem in 13 Million Lines of Verifiable Code
Anthropic says Claude spent 11 days converting Fermat’s Last Theorem into 13 million lines of code that computers can verify independently, marking a notable AI application in formal mathematics.
Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Reaches $680 Million as Investors Favor Established Firms
Southeast Asia’s blockchain investment has rebounded to $680 million in 2026, led by crypto financial services. Funding remains concentrated in Singapore and a small number of more established companies.
Solana Upgrade Requires Ecosystem Updates Before Mainnet Activation
CryptoSlate reports that Solana’s pending upgrade could disrupt incompatible indexers, streams and sponsors. These services must update before the first v1 transaction, as the issue may freeze network readers and silently disable fee limits.
G7 Calls for Post-Quantum Security as Crypto Sector Reviews Risks
The G7 is urging organizations to adopt post-quantum security before quantum computers can weaken current encryption and digital signatures. The crypto industry is weighing potential fixes, with the issue relevant to blockchain security and authentication.
Bitwise’s XRP futures position highlights a 14% yield gap
CryptoSlate reports that Bitwise’s 10.8 million-XRP custody position is 97.5% offset by futures, with a 14% yield gap. CFTC categories complicate efforts to determine which market participants capture the resulting returns.
Privacy coin flaw risks endless token creation, leaving node operators with a deadline in hours to fix it
CryptoSlate reports that a privacy-coin flaw could permit endless token creation. Node operators must upgrade to v0.14.18.0 before block 1,371,000, when multi-input private spending returns and older software becomes incompatible.
FinCEN Links $13B in Crypto Scams to Southeast Asia-Based Criminal Groups
FinCEN reported that transnational criminal organizations operating from compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents, with the activity linked to about $13 billion in cryptocurrency-related scams.
FinCEN Links $12.7 Billion to Crypto Scams Operating From Asian Compounds
FinCEN has tied $12.7 billion to crypto scams run from Asian compounds, Decrypt reports. Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, while the operations now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia.
Bitcoin Moves Above Key Bear-Market Recovery Level as $82,000 Is Reached
Bitcoin rose above $82,000 and crossed its 50-week moving average, a level Galaxy Research says ended four of five comparable bear markets. Confirmation requires a weekly close, while CryptoSlate warned of a possible move toward $62,000.
Bitcoin ETFs post biggest inflow day since January at $731 million
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $731 million on Thursday, their largest daily inflow since January. Every fund rose almost 6%, while combined net assets topped $103 billion for the first time. BlackRock’s IBIT took well over half of the inflows.
Public company revives $827 million Bitcoin treasury plan with STRC-style funding
A public company is restarting an $827 million Bitcoin treasury strategy after selling all its crypto holdings. Its proposed initial raise equals just 1.51% of the target and follows Strategy’s STRC funding model.
OpenAI Commits $1 Billion to Cyber Defense After Astra Zero-Day Breakthrough
OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind cyber defense and subsidizing access to its Daybreak platform after saying Astra can find previously unknown software flaws and turn them into working attacks.
Bitcoin-Gold Volatility Gap Narrows to Six-Year Low
Bitcoin and gold have reached their highest 90-day correlation since 2020, at about 0.55. Bitcoin volatility is 36.2% versus gold’s 25.3%, narrowing the volatility ratio to 1.43 times.