Bitcoin's current price of 77910, representing a minor -0.33% decline over the past 24 hours, reflects a period of consolidation and caution following a failed attempt to decisively hold above the 80000 threshold. This marginal downward movement demonstrates that short-term market behavior is highly
Cronos halted its blockchain after an exploit targeting decentralized lending protocol Tectonic involved an estimated $75 million, most of which remains on the Cronos network at the time of writing.On Sunday, Cronos said it identified an exploit in Tectonic and halted the network, promising updates.
Bitcoin is up roughly 24% in August, its largest monthly advance of 2026. This month’s rally lifted the asset from the $60,000s to briefly over $80,000.However, three warning signs now emerge: exchange balances, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, and spot demand have all turned less supportive durin
Gold investor and longtime Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff has renewed his attack on the cryptocurrency.He claims that Bitcoin should not be compared with traditional assets such as gold.The bug made these responses in response to a post from crypto analyst Quinten Francois. "Gold is roughly 20 times la
Leading cryptocurrencies slid on Sunday after the U.S. and Iran resumed hostilities after a nearly month-long lull in fighting.Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin -0.35%$77,765.29Ethereum -1.41%$2,420.87XRP -2.78%$1.35Solana -3.33%$101.66Dogecoin -3.64%$
Web3 project co-founder Numa Lunah nearly lost control of his digital assets after following recommendations from .The incident revealed a new cyberattack vector in which hackers inject hidden backdoors into AI skill configuration files, allowing them to reinfect computers even after a complete oper
Elon Musk has backed a fringe physics theory that says quantum computers can only grow so big. Crypto traders turned his five word reply into proof that Bitcoin is already safe from them.But it is not proof. The theory comes from Oxford physicist Tim Palmer, predicting that quantum machines stall s
The Cronos (CRO) blockchain halted on Sunday following an exploit affecting Tectonic, its largest lending protocol, with an onchain researcher estimating roughly $75 million in assets were affected."We identified an exploit in Tectonic," Cronos Network said in a post on X. "The Cronos Network has be
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis is accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of tailoring a nearly $95 million sole-source contract to rival TRM Labs, alleging in a newly public complaint that the agency judged Chainalysis against requirements ICE had not disclosed in the documen
A puzzle was created on August 23, 2026, using information contained in the Genesis Block created by Bitcoin creator .The puzzle was contained in human-readable text in Bitcoin Block 963,629, as reported by the Galaxy Research X account. The creator of the puzzle used the information to generate a
Ripple has pledged $300,000 in emergency aid following devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. The funds are going to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps.The company announced the donation on X on Aug. 29, stating that the money will support emergency meal distribution as well as water and sanitati
Veteran investor and author Lawrence Lepard described Bitcoin (BTC) as a “liquidity smoke alarm” that’s more sensitive to short-term liquidity conditions than long-term currency debasement, as opposed to gold, which he described as “pure debasement insurance.”Lepard said on the Honest Money podcast
Solana community members plan to meet in November during the Scale or Die event. According to ChainCatcher, Creech said that as the planned upgrades are rolled out, Solana development will no longer be the same.