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Updated 8 min ago · 13 articles from CoinDesk

CoinDesk Oct 17, 2:30 AM

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 har...

CoinDesk Oct 16, 10:52 AM

Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat

Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vuln...

CoinDesk Oct 16, 10:41 AM

Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans

Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest...

CoinDesk Oct 16, 10:24 AM

Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin

Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.

CoinDesk Oct 16, 9:48 AM

Live updates: Bitcoin dips to $81,000 as stocks slide, VIX soars ahead of Black Monday anniversary

A Friday surge in oil prices hit already-shaky equity markets, sending the Nasdaq down more than 2%.

CoinDesk Oct 16, 5:53 AM

XRP has failed to make holders rich like bitcoin and ether. Here’s why

XRP remains below its 2017-cycle high while bitcoin, ether and other major tokens have surged, enriching their holders.

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CoinDesk Oct 16, 4:29 AM

An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the money was ethical, then called the funds “effectiv...

CoinDesk Oct 16, 4:14 AM

Bitcoin buyers snap up a brief drop below $80,000 as Asian stocks rebound

Bitcoin tore back to $82,500 within two hours of dipping under $80,000, and chipmakers in Seoul recovered from their worst close since April.

CoinDesk Oct 15, 11:15 AM

Bitcoin, copper, stocks, yields all fall; gold rises

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 15, 2026

CoinDesk Oct 15, 10:52 AM

Altcoins lead crypto declines as Asian stocks drop; bitcoin little changed since midnight

Bitcoin fell to just above $80,000 as South Korea’s Kospi plunged 8%, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 2.2% and all but six CoinDesk 100 members declined.

CoinDesk Oct 15, 10:16 AM

Live updates: Bitcoin bounces back to $82,000 after first fall below $80,000 in one month

Stocks also turned positive after big early losses, helped by sharply lower bond yields.

CoinDesk Oct 15, 10:00 AM

Hyperliquid founder wants U.S. oversight of trading platforms, not his blockchain

Jeff Yan told Bloomberg that U.S. regulatory oversight should apply to the firms using the blockchain, not to the underlying network itself.