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Adam Back denies he’s Satoshi Nakamoto after NYT report claims he’s Bitcoin’s creator

Similarities reflect shared early research, not proof, said Back. Others have questions too.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Tech

Quantum threat to Bitcoin is real, but manageable, according to Wall Street broker Bernstein

The broker said advances in quantum computing are accelerating the timeline for crypto risk, but argued Bitcoin faces a multi-year upgrade cycle, not an existential crisis.

Quantum Computing Optics (Ben Wicks/Unsplash)

Finance

Saylor’s solo act: JPMorgan says Strategy is practically the only thing keeping crypto flows alive

Digital asset inflows totaled $11 billion in Q1, as institutional demand and ETF outflows left corporate buyers and venture capital as the primary sources of funding.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Tech

Bitcoin’s quantum threat is distant, but migration clock is ticking, says Adam Back

Researchers are advancing post-quantum protections even as current hardware remains far from breaking crypto systems

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

Bitcoin buyers gobbled up nearly 850,000 BTC between $60,000 and $70,000

A ton of BTC was recently traded below $70,000 in a sign of strong dip demand.

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Markets

U.S. bank with $1.9 trillion in assets could debut its bitcoin ETF Wednesday

Morgan Stanley's bitcoin ETF could start trading on NYSE on Wednesday under the ticker MSBT.

Morgan Stanley offices (Sven Piper/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin vaults past $72,000 as U.S. stock futures surge on a two‑week U.S.–Iran ceasefire

Risk assets rose late Tuesday as oil collapsed after Trump and Iran confirmed the two-week ceasefire.

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Markets

Bitcoin rises past $69,000 as risk markets reverse big early losses on hope for Iran deal

Iran's government is reportedly reviewing Pakistan's request for a two-week ceasefire positively, according to an Axios report.

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Videos

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Anthropic's multi-gigawatt compute deal with Google and Broadcom highlights how AI companies are now directly competing with bitcoin miners for the same energy infrastructure. Several major miners have already started converting capacity to AI hosting, but does this mean that bitcoin mining is dying? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Finance

Schwab says even a 1% crypto allocation can reshape portfolio risk

The brokerage's research finds that even a tiny crypto allocation can dominate your portfolio's risk, suggesting that the "right" amount to own depends entirely on your stomach for 70% price swings.

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