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Core Lightning Asked Operators to Trust It for 14 Days
Bitcoin's premise is that you verify rather than trust. A live security incident does not allow it.
Behind Bitcoin's Resilience: $2bn in Cash and a Wiped-Out Leverage Stack
Spot ETFs absorbed $2.23bn around the squeeze, with no single outflow day and the strongest seven-day intake of 2026.
Bitcoin's Real Demand Test Sits Between $83,000 and $86,000
Glassnode flags a wall of long-term holder supply that has sat through the entire drawdown — and would be selling at breakeven.
A Small Bitcoin Transfer Exposed the Fine Print in the 'Never Sell' Reserve
Trump said Bitcoin was now a permanent Treasury asset. The order's sale ban is narrower than that.
Bitcoin Reached $80,000 and the Treasury Company Premiums Did Not Come Back
Strategy, Twenty One Capital and Metaplanet all trade below the gross value of their holdings. The discounts are not what they look like.
A Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transaction Just Confirmed on Mainnet
No fork required. It also cost up to $200 and had to be handed directly to a miner.
The SHRINCS Proposal Would Make Bitcoin Quantum-Secure. It Has a Catch.
Blockstream has published a BIP for a post-quantum signature scheme already running in production on Liquid.
You Can Now Pledge Bitcoin for a Mortgage Down Payment
Better and Coinbase pair a Fannie Mae-backed loan with a second loan secured by BTC. Borrowers must pledge 250% of the amount.
Six Wallets Dormant Since 2011 Moved $40m in a Single Week
553.59 BTC that had not moved in over a decade. One holder's coins cost about $14 each — a 461,981% gain.
LND Flaw Put Full Lightning Channel Balances at Risk, With Official Fix Only in 0.21.0
A peer exploiting a one-block reorg could drain a whole channel. The disclosure cited 0.20.0, but code history places the official fix in 0.21.0.
The AI Gold Rush Is Pulling Miners Away From Bitcoin for Good
Riot signed a $9bn, 20-year compute deal with Anthropic. Once the warehouses switch, the change is expensive to undo.
Crypto Sentiment Flips to 'Extreme Greed' for the First Time Since Late 2024
The Fear and Greed Index printed 81 after sitting at 36 a month ago — a 45-point sprint between extremes that has no precedent in the gauge's history.