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VanEck Joins Bitwise in Forecasting $1 Million Bitcoin Price Target

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Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, has projected that Bitcoin (BTC) could reach $1 million per coin. Sigel made the comments on CNBC’s Halftime Report. He described the path as cyclical and warned of significant volatility along the way. VanEck Sees $1 Million Bitcoin in 5 Years During the show, Sigel compared Bitcoin’s … Read more

TON Settles 6,000x Faster Than Bitcoin, Pavel Durov Claims

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov shared data showing The Open Network (TON) finalizes transactions in 0.6 seconds. That places TON first among Layer 1 blockchains, far ahead of Bitcoin (BTC), which takes about an hour to settle. The numbers arrive weeks after TON’s mainnet upgrade dropped finality below one second. Telegram has also tightened its operational … Read more

The AI Jobs Panic Hits a Data Wall, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Argues

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Andreessen Horowitz general partner David George rejected fears of mass AI-driven unemployment, calling the so-called job apocalypse a “complete fantasy.” The essay cited various working papers. So far, there’s little evidence that artificial intelligence has triggered economy-wide job losses through early 2026. Andreessen Horowitz Partner Dismantles the AI Unemployment Narrative George anchors his case in … Read more

How Exposed Are Ethereum and Solana to a Potential Quantum Threat?

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According to Project Eleven’s latest report, about 65% of Ethereum (ETH) and 100% of Solana (SOL) are quantum-vulnerable. The latest numbers arrive as blockchains step up efforts to mitigate potential risks posed by future quantum capabilities. Ethereum and Solana Quantum Risk Mapped in 2026 Report  Ethereum carries three quantum-vulnerable primitives, according to the report. The … Read more

Grayscale Cuts a DeFi Token From Its Fund as a New One Takes Over

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Grayscale Investments has disclosed the new component weightings for its multi-asset funds as part of the Q1 2026 rebalancing. The asset manager has removed Aerodrome Finance (AERO) entirely from its Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund and added Ethena (ENA) at a 13.59% weight. Grayscale Drops AERO From DeFi Fund, Adds ENA in Q1 Rebalance According to … Read more

Nikkei 225 Tops 62,000 as Major Japanese Stocks Post Double-Digit Gains

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 vaulted past 62,000 for the first time on Thursday. The index climbed 5% in a broad rally that pushed major tech, materials, and electronics names to double-digit single-day gains. Electronics maker Ibiden led the board with a 22.43% surge. SoftBank Group jumped 16.45%, and Mitsui Kinzoku gained 17.05%. Renesas Electronics rose 13.42%, … Read more

Ripple, JPMorgan & Mastercard Pull Off First Tokenized Treasury Deal

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JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance completed a pilot that settled a tokenized US Treasury redemption across banks and borders in near real time, the firms said. The transaction routed Ripple’s redemption of Ondo Short-Term US Government Treasuries (OUSG) tokens on the XRP Ledger through Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network and JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform, which delivered dollars … Read more

FBI Charges 30 Individuals for Insider Trading Tied to Law Firms

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The FBI Boston Division charged 30 people on Wednesday in a decade-long insider trading ring. The defendants allegedly traded ahead of nearly 30 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) using confidential data stolen from leading US law firms. Federal prosecutors say the scheme generated tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits. Trades were routed to overseas … Read more

AI in Healthcare? Pfizer, Anthropic, and Longevity Scientists Think It’s Critical

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Pfizer, Anthropic, and prominent longevity researchers see AI (artificial intelligence) as the most consequential input shaping healthcare, from molecule design to drug trials and aging research. Biopharma, frontier model labs, and academic medicine each report meaningful AI-driven progress, although researchers caution that regulation, compute, and biological complexity still set the pace. Pfizer started 2026 with … Read more

South Korea Beats the Quantum Threat to Stablecoins With New Pilot Program

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BTQ Technologies has been chosen as the core post-quantum security provider for South Korea’s first bank-led Korean won (KRW) stablecoin proof-of-concept. The company will deploy its Quantum Secure Stablecoin Settlement Network across iM Bank’s pilot infrastructure. The Vancouver-listed firm is working with iM Bank and local technology vendor Finger Inc. to embed quantum-resilient cryptography into … Read more