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Will AI Break Bitcoin? Vitalik Says Prepare for "Bunker Mode", Hoskinson Calls It Numerology

Vitalik Buterin says AI could crack crypto's encryption within 2 years. Charles Hoskinson says that is nonsense. Who is right, and what should you do?

10 hours ago

Das stählerne Schleusentor eines großen Staudamms, nur einen Spalt geöffnet, Wasser schießt unter hohem Druck hindurch und zerstäubt zu Nebel

17,733 Bitcoin From US Government Wallets at Coinbase Prime: A Transfer Is Not a Sale

Wallets attributed to the US government moved more than a billion dollars of Bitcoin to the custodian used by the US Marshals in three days, and the market read that as a sale nobody can document. What the on-chain data actually shows, why $1.05 billion in long positions vanished anyway, and which part of it touches your holding period, your leverage and your custody.

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Gerissenes Stahltragseil einer Hängebrücke, die ausgefransten Enden hängen frei über einer nebligen Felsschlucht

Bitcoin Cash Recovers Only 16 Percent of the Slide, Bitcoin 88 Percent: The Level That Decides

Bitcoin Cash is down 7.3 percent at $273.80 while Bitcoin recovers almost all of the October 8 slide. There is no news specific to BCH, and the exchange ratio against Bitcoin falls by 7.9 percent.

2 days ago

Halb geoeffnetes Absperrventil mit Handrad an einer verwitterten Stahlrohrleitung im Gegenlicht der untergehenden Sonne, seitlich ziehender Dampf

Bitcoin Price at $82,991 as Brent Slips to $103.53: What to Watch in the Oil Price Now

Bitcoin stands at $82,991 on Friday afternoon, 3.2 percent above Thursday's low. The trigger was Trump's pledge not to attack Iran before November 3: Brent fell to $103.53. Why the oil price reaches the bitcoin price, which levels hold now and what the pledge means for your position.

2 days ago

Ein schneebedeckter Gipfel im Morgenlicht, davor ein steiler Grat

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Standard Chartered Sticks to $100,000 as ETFs Shed $729 Million in Two Days

Standard Chartered is holding to $100,000 by year-end, yet US spot ETFs lost $729 million on Wednesday and Thursday. Bitcoin stands at around $83,100. What would have to happen by December, and which levels count now.

2 days ago

Aufgeschlagener Aktenordner mit Papierseiten auf einem Küchentisch, daneben ein Taschenrechner und ein kleines Gerät mit Metallgehäuse, zwei Hände ordnen die Blätter

Bitcoin Tax: One Year Past the $126,080 Peak, Losses No Longer Count

Bitcoin trades at $82,558 on Friday morning, 34.5 percent below an all-time high that is now a good year old. Anyone who bought back then loses more than the prospect of a quick recovery when the one-year period expires: the tax value of the loss goes with it.

2 days ago

Hardware-Wallet aus gebürstetem Metall in einer Hand über einem dunklen Holztisch, daneben ein Messing-Schlüsselbund

Bitcoin staking at Babylon, 40,573 BTC in the protocol: is it still worth getting in?

Babylon holds 40,573 Bitcoin; a year earlier the locked capital was worth more than twice as much. The reward comes in BABY, a token trading 92 percent below its peak.

2 days ago

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Crypto Crash Reason: Why Bitcoin Fell Below $81,000 and Altcoins Bled Even Harder

Bitcoin slid under $81,000 and Ethereum lost 9% in a week. Here is every crypto crash reason behind the October 2026 selloff explained.

3 days ago

Duotone-Collage in Indigo und Gelb: Vitalik Buterin im Halbprofil, daneben schweben ein Mikrochip, ein Schlüsselbund und eine gravierte Metallplatte mit Rautensymbol.

Bitcoin and Ether Under AI Pressure: “Bunker Mode” for Holdings on Already Signed Addresses

A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation considers a break of the ECDSA signature by AI possible within months in the worst case, and advises large holders to move to addresses that have never been used. Vitalik Buterin disagrees on the pace, and Coinbase's chief cryptographer sees no evidence.

3 days ago

Säulenportal eines klassizistischen Notenbankgebäudes bei Nacht, Nebel zieht zwischen den Säulen hindurch

Fed Minutes Point to a Rate Hike by Year-End, Bitcoin at $82,439: The Level That Decides Your Stop

The minutes of the September meeting, published on October 7, show a majority on the Fed committee that considers a further rate hike by the end of the year appropriate. Bitcoin stands at $82,439, and for holders in Germany the holding period, leverage and custody hang on it.

3 days ago