Bitcoin traded nearly flat at $64,032.87, up 0.16% since midnight UTC, while global equities hit record highs on AI optimism and progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with MSCI's All Country…
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes predicted that Bitcoin could surge above $1 million if a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector bursts around 2028, potentially triggering a credit crunch similar to …
BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes published an essay on Aug. 4, 2026, arguing that the AI infrastructure boom could end as a credit crisis, potentially leading to government intervention and monetary easi…
Bitcoin bridge Boltz suspended its swap service indefinitely on August 3, 2026, citing a surge in AI-assisted attacks that outpaced its ability to patch vulnerabilities. The non-custodial platform, wh…
Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet said the Coldcard exploit, which has led to roughly $130 million in losses, underscores the need for hardware Bitcoin wallets to use independently certified hardware rando…
Bitcoin's estimated mining production cost is $54,939, and the asset's price has remained above that floor despite post-halving economic pressure and a historic dip in hashrate. The network's hashrate…
CleanTechnica editor Zachary Shahan warns that the AI industry is in a speculative bubble fueled by magical thinking, comparing it to conspiracy theories and Bitcoin, and argues that AI's limitations …
Boltz, the non-custodial Bitcoin bridge, halted its swap services indefinitely on August 3 after months of automated, AI-assisted attacks overwhelmed its ability to patch vulnerabilities. No user fund…
In an informal experiment, five AI models—GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi Instant, and Grok 4.5 Fast—each independently selected Bitcoin as the single cryptocurrency to hold for fi…
Public Bitcoin mining companies have signed over $70 billion in AI and high-performance computing contracts, with some firms potentially deriving up to 70% of revenue from AI by end of 2026, according…
A CEO spent $10,000 on AI model API credits to hunt for vulnerabilities in Bitcoin's codebase, highlighting a shift toward AI-powered security research in crypto. Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador describe…
Hackers drained 18.25245043 BTC (over $1.6 million CAD) from Canadian entrepreneur Jonathan Goodman's offline Bitcoin wallet in seven minutes on July 29, 2026, exploiting a 2021 firmware flaw in his C…
Researchers at China's National Police University, operating under the Ministry of Public Security, have developed an AI-driven detection framework that combines artificial intelligence with large lan…
Anthropic's Claude AI helped a crypto user known as @cprkrn recover 5 Bitcoin worth approximately $400,000 after 11 years of failed attempts, by analyzing local files and identifying a bug in the btcr…
Amazon's long-term debt has nearly doubled to $128.9 billion from about $65 billion, driven by a capital expenditure spree that includes a raised 2026 capex guidance of $220 billion and a $25 billion …
Semiconductor stocks lost approximately $1.3 trillion in market value in early June 2026 as the crowded AI trade unraveled, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) falling into bear market ter…
Five AI models from different labs independently selected Bitcoin as the single cryptocurrency they would invest in, but a fact-check by Marlowe Finch of the Bitcoin Institute found that several of th…
Applied Materials Inc. surged 15% in a single trading session but remains more than 30% below its previous highs, driven by AI chip demand. The semiconductor equipment maker posted record revenue of $…
Fred Thiel, CEO of MARA Holdings, said on July 23 that Bitcoin has missed its chance as a payment method, citing volatility and pointing to stablecoins as the winner for high-volume transactions, incl…
Wall Street partially recovered after a volatile week from July 18-25, during which the Dow Jones fell more than 0.75%, the S&P 500 slid roughly 1%, and the Nasdaq dropped approximately 1.4% in a sing…