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Bitcoin 2026 puts FBI on stage as adoption collides with self-custody backlash
Bitcoin’s mainstream breakthrough is forcing a new test: who controls the culture around the asset now?
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 8 min read
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Bitcoin holders may get new eCash in 2026 fork as Satoshi coin fight raises new risks
The fork could create a new asset for BTC holders, but replay rules, custody support, and Satoshi-linked coins remain open risks.
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EU sanctions push deeper into Russian crypto rails with bans on digital rouble support
The new package moves beyond named exchanges, putting Russia-linked stablecoins, platforms, and settlement agents in scope.
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Cardano’s Bitcoin DeFi vote faces new pressure as JPG Store shutdown nears
A live treasury vote now sits beside a consumer shutdown, raising the burden on Cardano’s next growth bet.
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Anyone regularly swapping business cash for crypto without an FCA license risks police raids and charges in UK
Britain’s crackdown on suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto dealers is legally straightforward, but it also tests how much direct financial exchange can survive inside a regulated crypto market.
Quantum
Latest “quantum computer breaks the math behind Bitcoin” headlines massively exaggerate risk
Project Eleven awarded its Q-Day Prize after Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on public quantum hardware.
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Crypto DeFi hacks cost 8,500% more than TradFi breaches per dollar moved
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New York targets crypto with new $3.4B fines as perpetual futures turn prediction apps into nonstop leverage casinos
Perps replace one off event contracts with always on leverage and margin calls, raising the stakes for regulators and users.
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Crypto’s new trust test: which chains are truly quantum ready — and which are just talking
As NIST pushes organizations to start migrating now, public post-quantum planning is beginning to look like a new marker of maturity across the crypto stack.
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