The Bank of Korea and Bank of France held a joint seminar this week to examine how digital assets and climate change are reshaping the global macroeconomic landscape, officials said on Tuesday. The discussions focused not on setting crypto policy, but on understanding the broader economic effects of digital finance, including its role in payments,
Five of the most powerful people in finance have publicly predicted Bitcoin to hit $1 million. They also collectively hold a lot of it. That is either the most bullish signal in crypto history, or the most expensive marketing campaign ever run. Bitcoin is currently trading at $69,107, 45% below its all-time high. Who Predicts
Total US bankruptcy filings climbed 14% in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 150,009 cases between January and March, up from 132,094 during the same period last year. The increase spans consumer and commercial categories alike, according to data from Epiq AACER published by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). US Bankruptcy Filings Surge As Inflation
Argentine banks are reportedly testing JPMorgan’s deposit token infrastructure for back-end settlement workflows, even as the country’s central bank still bars lenders from offering most crypto-related services to clients, according to local outlet iProUP. A group of financial institutions has begun piloting JPM Coin, a deposit token designed for institutional use. Banco CMF is among
The challenge to solving the quantum threat to Bitcoin could be more social than technical, according to Grayscale’s head of research, especially if the community fails to come to an agreement on certain contentious issues. Google released a paper that shook the crypto industry on March 30, suggesting that a quantum computer could potentially crack
New research from Google suggests that existing protections for quantum bitcoin era risks could erode faster than many in the crypto industry anticipated, as resource estimates for attacks are revised downward. Google revises quantum requirements for breaking Bitcoin In a new whitepaper, Google researchers update projections on the computational power needed to crack cryptographic systems
An open-source AI job hunter built on Claude Code just auto-applied to hundreds of roles and actually landed a job, exposing why the real bottleneck is on-chain compute, not résumés. A viral clip shared by 0xMarioNawfal claims that “SOMEONE BUILT AN AI JOB SEARCH SYSTEM FOR CLAUDE CODE THAT $SENT 700+ APPLICATIONS AND ACTUALLY GOT
Crypto analyst and Taproot developer Udi Wertheimer has stated that the Lightning Network is fundamentally vulnerable in a post-quantum scenario and claimed that its design leaves user funds exposed in ways that cannot be mitigated under current assumptions. According to Wertheimer, the core issue stems from how public and private keys function in cryptocurrency systems.