Hackers have leaked data from recent breaches at Harvard and UPenn, posting over a million stolen alumni records from each university online after the schools reportedly refused to pay ransom, exposing contact and donation details.
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Fireblocks will integrate Stacks in early 2026 to give institutions access to faster Bitcoin-based lending and yield products, addressing Bitcoin’s 10-minute block time while settling all transactions on the Bitcoin network.
GitHub is testing direct access to Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex as built-in coding helpers across GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and VS Code for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users, letting developers compare multiple AI agents on the same tasks.
Nomura says it is not pulling back from Bitcoin, explaining that tighter risk rules at its Laser Digital unit aim to smooth earnings during recent Bitcoin price swings, including the drop from a record above $126,200 to around $87,000 by year-end.
Google is bringing real-time speech translation in Meet to Android and iOS in the coming months, expanding its AI-powered call translation beyond computers and working on better nuance and accuracy in translations.
Bitcoin is seeing new tech progress and market swings. Utexo has joined the CTDG Dev Hub to test moving USDT on Bitcoin using the Lightning Network and RGB, aiming for faster, lower-cost payments. Separately, BTC has been trading around the mid-$70,000s.
Russian “Luch” spy satellites have been repeatedly moving close to European communications satellites like Intelsat 39, tracking their use and positions. Experts warn this could help future jamming or hacking attacks on NATO-linked space systems.
Onchain data show Binance holds about 659,000 BTC, little changed from late 2025, with no major drop in reserves during the recent Bitcoin sell-off, despite online claims comparing the exchange to the failed FTX platform.
Coinbase says a contractor improperly accessed data for about 30 customers, including names, contacts, and KYC details. The worker was fired, victims were notified and given ID theft protection, and regulators were informed.
Bitcoin analysts say the price drop may be nearing a long-term floor, with many watching the $68K level as key support. Despite a drawdown of over 40% and some ETF outflows, data shows investors and derivatives traders are largely holding their positions.
Cornell researchers, backed by a $1.4M DARPA grant, have 3D-printed concrete structures underwater using robots and seafloor sediment, pointing to faster, cheaper, and less disruptive ways to build and repair infrastructure on the ocean floor.
JPMorgan says Bitcoin miners’ stocks jumped 23% in January to a combined $60B value, beating Bitcoin’s 4% drop, helped by lower mining competition and growing interest in turning mining sites into AI-focused data centers.
China’s CXMT and YMTC are building new memory chip factories due around 2027 to boost DRAM and AI-focused memory production, aiming to reduce reliance on Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron amid a global shortage.
Glassnode data shows bitcoin held at a profit versus at a loss is moving toward balance, a pattern that has marked major BTC market lows in past cycles including 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2022, suggesting the current downturn may be nearing a bottom.
LibreOffice released version 26.2, bringing faster performance, better handling of complex documents, and improved compatibility with Microsoft Office files across its word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation apps.
Galaxy Digital says a $9B bitcoin sale by a client was not driven by fears about quantum computers. At the same time, some industry figures back a proposed Bitcoin upgrade (BIP-360) to add extra protection against possible future quantum attacks.
Researchers revealed “BodySnatcher,” a severe AI flaw in ServiceNow that let attackers use only an email address to impersonate an admin, run an AI agent, and create backdoor accounts with full access. ServiceNow patched the issue before known attacks.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Bitcoin has been in a full bear market since Jan 2025, with institutional investors buying over 744,000 BTC helping support prices. He believes current negative sentiment looks similar to the final stages of past downturns.
Researchers found serious security flaws in the Moltbook AI agent network, showing that one bot can trick another and cause data leaks, raising new concerns about how AI systems talk to each other
Bitcoin spot ETFs saw about $272M in withdrawals, pushing their total assets below $100B for the first time since April 2025, as Bitcoin briefly fell to a 10‑month low near $73,000 amid wider market selling and investor caution.