‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Coin Desk • Crypto • 13:39, 17 Oct

‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.

NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth
Bitcoin • Crypto • 13:30, 17 Oct

NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth

NASA’s STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences mission launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on June 5, 1991 carrying 2,478 immature moon jellyfish polyps, and by the time it landed nine days later the population had multiplie...

A North Carolina Woman Won $100,000 on a Scratch-Off. Then She Won It Again on the Exact Same Game
Bitcoin • Crypto • 12:30, 17 Oct

A North Carolina Woman Won $100,000 on a Scratch-Off. Then She Won It Again on the Exact Same Game

LuAnn Chico of Lexington, North Carolina, has won a $100,000 prize twice on the same $20 scratch-off game, Ruby Red 7’s, the North Carolina Education Lottery said. She claimed the second $100,000 win at lottery headqu...

Nine Blockchain Groups Unite as Quantum Threat Hangs Over Bitcoin
Bitcoin • Crypto • 10:50, 17 Oct

Nine Blockchain Groups Unite as Quantum Threat Hangs Over Bitcoin

A new coalition of nine blockchain organizations is tackling a problem that could eventually put roughly 6.4 million bitcoin at risk, including an estimated 1.1 million BTC associated with Satoshi Nakamoto. Launched t...

Judge Refuses to Erase Gemini’s $5M Settlement Despite CFTC Reversal
Bitcoin • Crypto • 09:30, 17 Oct

Judge Refuses to Erase Gemini’s $5M Settlement Despite CFTC Reversal

In a rare courtroom reversal, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) joined cryptocurrency exchange Gemini in asking a federal judge to overturn their $5 million settlement after the agency concluded its orig...

Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Coin Desk • Crypto • 09:30, 17 Oct

Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough

Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin...

Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30 Days Amid Real-World Assets Surge
Bitcoin • Crypto • 08:30, 17 Oct

Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30 Days Amid Real-World Assets Surge

Solana generated $193.1 million in application revenue over the past 30 days, nearly twice Hyperliquid’s total, according to Castle Labs research. More importantly, the network’s growth is spreading beyond meme coins,...

Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery
Bitcoin • Crypto • 07:30, 17 Oct

Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery

For 25 years, cryptographers suspected the NSA’s mysterious encryption seeds might conceal a backdoor. Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) cracked the puzzle in under 30 minutes, uncovering a s...

Wall Street Veterans Unveil DeFi Platform for 77 TradFi Markets
Bitcoin • Crypto • 06:30, 17 Oct

Wall Street Veterans Unveil DeFi Platform for 77 TradFi Markets

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Deepsigma has launched a live paper-trading platform across 77 traditional financial markets, including U.S. equities, indexes, commodities, and Treasury yields. Bridging Tradi...

Solana Abruptly Postpones Shanghai Event as Registrations Quadruple
Bitcoin • Crypto • 05:30, 17 Oct

Solana Abruptly Postpones Shanghai Event as Registrations Quadruple

The Solana Foundation stated that the Accelerate event was canceled due to a surge in registrations, with people overwhelming the designated venue. Nonetheless, social media reports indicate the presence of law enforc...

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Bitcoin • 03:15, 16 Oct

Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Arrives Oct. 21 With a Major Speed Boost

Earlier this week, the Solana-focused research and development firm Anza revealed that Solana’s highly anticipated upgrade Alpenglow is scheduled to activate on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. According to developers and So...

Tehc Crunch • 03:04, 16 Oct

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

Tehc Crunch • 02:55, 16 Oct

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.

Bitcoin • 02:38, 16 Oct

Google Touts ‘Magic’ Quantum Breakthrough as Bitcoin Q-Day Threat Looms

Google has announced a major quantum computing breakthrough, demonstrating a technique that reduces errors by a factor of 40 and could help make powerful quantum computers more practical. The advance comes as research...

Decrypt • 02:16, 16 Oct

Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says

In a note to investors, Matt Hougan used a “Choose Your Own Adventure” framework to argue that superabundance, an AI bust or a muddle-through economy all ultimately funnel to the same place: Bitcoin higher.

Tehc Crunch • 02:14, 16 Oct

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

Bitcoin • 02:10, 16 Oct

BetMGM CEO Calls CFTC Casino Moves ‘Cosmetics’, Expects States to Win

BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt said on Tuesday that the CFTC’s latest moves to keep casino-style products out of its remit have not removed the risk from prediction markets, calling what is happening “cosmetics in pursuit...

Tehc Crunch • 01:56, 16 Oct

Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.

Coin Desk • 01:48, 16 Oct

At the White House, crypto policy vacancy looms large

The departure of President Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, leaves the digital assets office vacant and its policy aims uncertain.

Bitcoin • 01:40, 16 Oct

Bastion Opposes SkyAI Tender After 70% of Solana Treasury Sold

Bastion Trading, which owns about 9.99% of SkyAI, is opposing the company’s planned $3-per-share tender offer and questioning the sale of roughly 70% of its solana treasury. The investor wants more disclosure, board c...

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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.

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