Bitcoin Has Lost Nearly Half Its Value in 11 Months
The price of bitcoin dropped 13% down to $64,394 just in June — but there’s more bad news, reports CNBC.” “Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025.”

While previous bitcoin selloffs were often followed by large rebounds in price, the latest decline may prompt some investors to revisit why they own bitcoin in the first pla … ⌘ Read more

336 Millionen Euro in Bitcoin gewaschen: Geldwäschedienst AudiA6 zerschlagen
Ein AudiA6 genannter Geldwäschedienst ließ Hacker und Betrüger Bitcoin-Transaktionen in Millionenhöhe verschleiern. Doch damit ist jetzt Schluss. ( Cybercrime, Server)

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Afroman Is Back—and He’s Bitcoin’s Latest Freedom Fighter
Earlier this year, the “Because I Got High” rapper went viral for winning a case against the cops. Now he’s crypto’s free-speech hero, even though he isn’t quite sure how the digital currency works. ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Falls To $60,000 As Zcash Bug Rocks Crypto
Bitcoin briefly fell below $60,000 on Friday, “extending its weekly loss to nearly 20% and threatening to fall below $59,000,” reports CoinDesk. Crypto was also hit by a 40%-plus plunge in Zcash after Shielded Labs disclosed a years-old bug that could have allowed undetected counterfeit ZEC creation. From the report: Now, with stocks in plunge mode – the Nasdaq down nearly 4% o … ⌘ Read more

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Claude Helps Recover Locked $400K Bitcoin Wallet After 11 Years
A Bitcoin holder reportedly recovered 5 BTC worth nearly $400,000 with the help of Anthropic’s Claude. According to X user cprkrn, they changed their wallet password while “stoned” and forgot it, unable to regain access for more than 11 years. Tom’s Hardware reports:
After finding a mnemonic that actually turned out to be their old password a few weeks a … ⌘ Read more

You Found Satoshi? Let’s See the Receipts
Two new projects, including one from a Pulitzer-winning reporter, claim they’ve solved the mystery of Bitcoin’s creator. So why does the hunt continue? ⌘ Read more

En 2026, en France, le citoyen est torturé pour ses bitcoins et racketté par le fisc
En France, on n’arrête plus le progrès ! Pendant que nos ineffables administrations peinent à numériser leurs trillions de cerfas, les criminels, eux, ont parfaitement réussi leur transition numérique et pour leurs braquages, l’heure est à la modernité : blockchain et décentralisation, bienvenue dans l’ère du « cryptorapt » ! Eh oui, le phénomène qui consiste à kidn … ⌘ Read more

Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets
Futurism found that Google News is surfacing Polymarket betting pages alongside traditional news sources. “The bets often appear in the ‘For you’ section of Google News, which is tailored to a user’s personal interests,” the publication reports. “In one instance, it was even the very top result, as with this bet on the price of Bitcoin.” From the report: In our testin … ⌘ Read more

Major Australian crypto company CEO out, jobs cut as bitcoin rout bites
Swyftx, which has sponsored the Brisbane Lions, NRL and Big Bash League, is facing a major slump in Bitcoin prices despite the Trump family’s enthusiasm for crypto. ⌘ Read more

NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
A New York Times investigation by John Carreyrou claims a British cryptographer named Adam Back is the strongest circumstantial candidate yet for being Satoshi Nakamoto. The report citing overlaps in writing style, ideology, technical background, and old posts that outlined key parts of Bitcoin years before its launch. Carreyrou is a renowned investigative journalist … ⌘ Read more

Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternative source), as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire. Hamid Hosseini, a spokespers … ⌘ Read more

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A Bitcoin Blunder for the Ages: $40 Billion Accidentally Given Away
An anonymous reader shares a report: The hundreds of prize payouts were mostly just a few bucks each, part of a promotional campaign by a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange. The total reward pot: 620,000 Korean won, or about $425. Then came a colossal mistake. A staffer for Bithumb, South Korea’s No. 2 crypto exchange, didn’t distribute 620,000 … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Dropped Nearly 30% This Week. But Why?
Last Sunday, Bitcoin had dropped 13% in three days, to $76,790.

By Thursday it had dropped another 21%, to $60,062.

This morning it’s at $69,549 — up from Thursday, down from Sunday, but 44% lower than its all-time high in October of $123,742. In short, Bitcoin “is down almost 30% this week alone,” reports CNBC:

“This steady selling in our view signals that traditional investors are los … ⌘ Read more

Why This Is the Worst Crypto Winter Ever
Bitcoin has fallen roughly 44% from its October peak, and while the drawdown isn’t crypto’s deepest ever on a percentage basis, Bloomberg’s Odd Lots newsletter lays out a case that this is the industry’s worst winter yet. The macro backdrop was supposed to favor Bitcoin: public confidence in the dollar is shaky, the Trump administration has been crypto-friendly, and fiat currencies are under perceiv … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Drops 40% in Four Months. Bloomberg Blames Absence of Buyers and Belief
October saw Bitcoin reach $123,742. But less than four months later, “The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped below $76,000…” Bloomberg reports, “dropping about 40% from its 2025 peak…”

“What began as a sharp crash in October has morphed into something more corrosive: a selloff shaped not by panic, but by absence … ⌘ Read more

Morts de cryptos : renforcement du Bitcoin
Un article de Henry Bonner Une statistique sur le sort de la majorité des crypto-monnaies permet de rapeller les dangers de pertes dans les cryptos. En effet, les nouvelles cryptos créent parfois beaucoup de gains, surtout pour les créateurs des jetons, et prêtent le flanc à des arnaques. Ainsi, BFM explique : “2025 restera une année […] ⌘ Read more

More US States are Putting Bitcoin on Public Balance Sheets
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:

Led by Texas and New Hampshire, U.S. states across the national map, both red and blue in political stripes, are developing bitcoin strategic reserves and bringing cryptocurrencies onto their books through additional state finance and budgeting measures. Texas recently became the first state to purchase bitc … ⌘ Read more

Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to “triple your crypto,” according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment acco … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Miners’ Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less profitable, too. But mining-company stocks are still flying, even with cryptocurrency prices in retreat. That’s because these firms have something in common with the hottest investment theme on the planet: the … ⌘ Read more

What Happens When an ‘Infinite-Money Machine’ Unravels
Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, built a financial model that some observers called an “infinite-money machine” by stockpiling hundreds of thousands of bitcoins and issuing stock and debt to buy more, but that machine appears to be breaking down. The company’s stock peaked above $450 in mid-July and ended November at $177.18, … ⌘ Read more

Live: Wall Street wobbles as Bitcoin continues to dive
Cryptocurrency prices continue to come under pressure, while global stocks fell and bond yields rose overnight. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin slinks to shadows as crypto bros turn to new kid on the blockchain
It remains a useful tool for some nefarious operators, including global crime gangs and questionable governments, but Bitcoin’s role has been usurped by stablecoins — one in particular. ⌘ Read more

Texas Buys $5 Million In BTC ETF As States Edge Toward First Government Crypto Reserves
Texas has purchased $5 million worth of BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF as an initial step toward creating the first state-level bitcoin reserve in the U.S.
“[O]ther states having previously invested in such funds with public-employee retirement money,” notes CoinDesk. “Michigan has been building such an inve … ⌘ Read more

Did Bitcoin Play a Role in Thursday’s Stock Sell-Off?
A week ago Bitcoin was at $93,714. Saturday it dropped to $85,300.

Late Thursday, market researcher Ed Yardeni blamed some of Thursday’s stock market sell-off on “the ongoing plunge in bitcoin’s price,” reports Fortune:

“There has been a strong correlation between it and the price of TQQQ, an ETF that seeks to achieve daily investment results that correspond to three … ⌘ Read more

How To Not Get Kidnapped For Your Bitcoin
schwit1 shares a report from the New York Times: Pete Kayll, a musclebound veteran of Britain’s Royal Marines, had an unusual instruction for the Bitcoin investors gathered in Switzerland in late October. “Just bite your way out,” he told them. It was the final day of a weekend-long cryptocurrency convention on the shore of Lake Lugano, near the Italian border. A small group of investors had l … ⌘ Read more

Harvard Has Almost Half a Billion Dollars in Crypto
An anonymous reader shares a report: Harvard is ramping up its holdings in cryptocurrency. The nation’s oldest university reported a $443 million investment in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in the third quarter. The school now holds 6.8 million shares of the exchange-traded fund, up from 1.9 million in the second quarter.

The digital currency amounts to a little less than … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Erases Year’s Gain as Crypto Bear Market Deepens
655”Just a little more than a month after reaching an all-time high, Bitcoin has erased the more than 30% gain registered since the start of the year…” reports Bloomberg:

The dominant cryptocurrency fell below US$93,714 on Sunday, pushing the price beneath the closing level reached at the end of last year, when financial markets were rallying following Presiden … ⌘ Read more

Some Americans Are Trying to Heat Their Homes With Bitcoin Mining
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:

[T]he computing power of crypto mining generates a lot of
heat, most which just ends up vented into the air. According to
digital assets brokerage, K33, the bitcoin mining industry generates about 100 TWh of heat annually — enough to heat all of
Finland.This energy waste within a very energy- … ⌘ Read more

Paleo Pete sells retreat, home to ‘bitcoin and wellness’ gatherings
The former My Kitchen Rules host turned MAGA enthusiast is said to have sold his property near Byron Bay. ⌘ Read more

Ponzi dans les cryptos, gouffre dans l’IA : les dangers de l’excès de confiance
Un article de Henry Bonner Les envolées dans les cryptos, et l’euphorie sur l’IA, ouvrent des opportunités de fraudes en raison de l’excès de confiance. Parmi les cryptos, le Bitcoin offre jusqu’à présent le plus de sécurité en raison de la quantité de participants, à la fois sous forme d’acheteurs et de minage de la […] ⌘ Read more

Crypto Whale Opens New $163M Bitcoin Short After $192M Win
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Support Non-Woke Tech Journalism (With Bitcoin Matching Through Friday)
When it comes to non-Woke Tech Journalism, there’s only one name: The Lunduke Journal. ⌘ Read more

Support The Lunduke Journal (with Bitcoin matching through Friday!)
April has been an absolutely wild month so far — filled with leaks from Adobe, Red Hat, IBM, & Microsoft. ⌘ Read more

[ANN] OFAC Specially Designated Nationals List Update on 2025 March 4th - An individual together with Bitcoin and Monero addresses
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1j3xou6/

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[ANN] MT #341: Is Monero keeping Bitcoin’s Cypherpunk dream alive? With Boaz Sobrado

In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Boaz, a Forbes contributor who published a notable article about Monero last month. The discussion explores his background in crypto, starting from his experiences using Bitcoin for business operations in Cuba, to his current role as a writer for various crypto publications.

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=r2ZhoPAglJQ
  
• [https://www.m … ⌘ Read more

[ANN] Monero once again beats Bitcoin on ShopinBit

Monero: 56.3%
Bitcoin: 42.9%
LightningNetwork: 0.4%
Fiat: 0.4%

Link: https://farside.link/nitter/shopinbit/status/1889584085057896498

u/vicanonymous (Reddit) ⌘ Read more

El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed experiment
Article URL: https://ticotimes.net/2025/02/02/el-salvador-abandons-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-after-failed-experiment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42925210

Points: 511

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[ANN] Monero’s dominance in OrangeFren.com search stats

Each and every month Monero has been taking the lead. Here’s the latest numbers for January 2025 [..] As you can see the numbers are pretty stable. 30-40% for Monero, ~25% for Bitcoin.

Links:

• https://orangefren.com/
  
• https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1if8ue2/
  

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[WTS] Partial wheat penny album, gold panda, Whitman albums, buffalo and v nickels, barber dimes

Bitcoin and Monero receive a 3% discount. Preference will be given to anyone willing to take large lots or use crypto.

Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/CoinSales/comments/1i9y7rq/

u/Eercury (Reddit) ⌘ Read more

3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright violation
Article URL: https://twitter.com/3blue1brown/status/1876291319955398799

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42612494

Points: 504

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[WTS] Collection clean out! 90% silver, gold panda, silver bullion, world coins, commemoratives, errors, toning, graded silver, red seal banknote, copper, state quarter album.

Bitcoin and Monero receive a 3% discount. Preference will be given to anyone willing to take large lots or use crypto. Take everything in the listing, and we’ll work out a good bulk discount! Feel free to send an offer on anything! I’m flexible on most pricing when it comes to selling in a lot (or for Bitcoin). Free shipping on purchases over $75.

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This whole bitcoin thing is just fucking crazy right? 🤣
This whole bitcoin thing is just fucking crazy right? 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 42, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.7, Stack Duo v1.2.3
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.73 and Stack Duo version 1.2.34 with Monero coin control, other changes and updates.

Stack Wallet:
* Added Monero/WOW coin control
* Added Cardano
* Updated FROST with latest and greatest
Stack Duo:
* Monero coin control
* Frost tweaks and changes
* Tweaks to how Bitcoin connects to ElectrumX [..]

The release notes, binar … ⌘ Read more

Chute de l’immobilier : dégâts d’une bulle
Un article de Henry Bonner Les Bourses autour du monde reprennent leur hausse, le marché a confiance dans les baisses de taux d’intérêt en vue par la Réserve fédérale. L’once d’or atteint un record à plus de 2.500 $. Le Bitcoin, de même, grimpe à 57.000 euros, il approche du record de 64.500 euros de […] ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: 10 Unusual Blockchain Use Cases
When Blockchain technology was first introduced with Bitcoin in 2009, no one could have foreseen its impact on the world or the unusual cases of blockchain that have emerged. Fast forward to now and Blockchain has become popular for its ability to ensure data integrity in transactions and smart contracts.

Thanks to its cost-effectiveness,  transparency, speed and top security, it has found its way into many industries, with blockchain spending exp … ⌘ Read more

Retiring My Fiat Donation Portal
I’ve decided to retire my fiat donation portal at donate.lukesmith.xyz, where people could donate to me via debit and credit cards.
This will happen by the end of this calendar year.

It’s more in keeping with my principles of free software, self-ownership and everything else to only allow cryptocurrency donations.
This also is a subtle nudge to people who want to donate in streams to get into Bitcoin and Monero, as opposed to using fiat o … ⌘ Read more

Retiring My Fiat Donation Portal
I’ve decided to retire my fiat donation portal at donate.lukesmith.xyz, where people could donate to me via debit and credit cards.
This will happen by the end of this calendar year.

It’s more in keeping with my principles of free software, self-ownership and everything else to only allow cryptocurrency donations.
This also is a subtle nudge to people who want to donate in streams to get into Bitcoin and Monero, as opposed to using fiat o … ⌘ Read more