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A new research preprint reveals that Bitcoin’s Lightning Network requires modifications across five off-chain infrastructure components to achieve quantum defense, facing significant challenges in communication overhead and data storage.
New Federal Reserve data reveals structural vulnerabilities and elevated leverage metrics that could amplify future economic shocks, highlighting hidden risks behind Bitcoin’s recent market surge.
An Aave governance proposal advanced by LlamaRisk seeks to increase Bitcoin loan leverage and raise liquidation thresholds on Ethereum Core, Arbitrum, and Base, narrowing the safety cushion for borrowers and putting positions at risk from tiny 4.7% dips.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their largest daily purchase in nearly two years, drawing 11,500 BTC as the cryptocurrency broke past $86,000 and achieved its strongest inflow performance of 2026.
Circle has launched a new service allowing eligible institutions to deposit Bitcoin and borrow USDC via the Morpho protocol without selling their holdings, streamlining digital asset liquidity workflows.
Bitcoin mining vardiff systems can trap hardware in outdated difficulty targets when hashrates drop, causing devices to draw power while accepted shares plunge, according to recent technical analyses.
Bitcoin’s advance toward $86,000 has restored US spot exchange-traded fund investors to profitability, erasing months of underwater positions and previous losses following earlier market downturns.
Bitcoin treasury firms Strategy and Strive purchased approximately $183 million in BTC as a market rally pushed Bitcoin past $85,000, helping corporate balance sheets recover previous losses and lifting holdings above average acquisition costs.
Bitcoin mining difficulty rose following a recent price surge to over $84,000, improving gross hashprice revenues despite an uncertain upcoming recalibration.
Bitcoin climbed past $85,000 as a wave of short liquidations fueled a powerful crypto advance, wiping out hundreds of millions in leveraged positions and clearing key technical markers.