A crypto user regained access to 5 BTC, worth about $400K, after 11 years of failed attempts using Anthropic's Claude AI. The AI analyzed old local files and found a critical bug in the btcrecover software that had tried trillions of password combinations unsuccessfully. Fixing this bug allowed the correct password to work, opening the wallet. This case highlights that while Bitcoin's encryption remains secure, AI can help identify software flaws in recovery tools, potentially unlocking lost crypto assets stored on old devices.
Coinkite, maker of Coldcard hardware wallets, is under threat of class-action lawsuits after a bug in its seed generation code caused users to lose over 1,300 BTC, worth $88 million. Legal experts are divided on the company's liability, with some dou...
Bitcoin's price fell sharply toward $62,000 from above $65,000, wiping billions off its market value and triggering a broad sell-off across major altcoins like Ethereum, XRP, and Solana. The total crypto market cap dropped to about $2.22 trillion, wi...
FARTCOIN, a memecoin, is showing signs of a bullish breakout after trading in a falling wedge pattern during July. A large whale trader has taken a 2x leveraged long position worth over $2.16 million, signaling confidence despite the coin being down ...
UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is in talks to merge with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, potentially forming a combined entity valued at around $400 billion. The merger would be one of the largest in history, combining AstraZeneca's global reac...
Bitcoin's price dropped sharply by nearly $3,000 on July 31, falling to $62,236 and wiping $40 billion off its market cap. This decline led the total crypto market cap to fall from $2.33 trillion to $2.22 trillion, with most altcoins also losing valu...
