By Wayne Jones Bitcoin got its first known quantum-resistant transaction on mainnet today, mined through MARA’s private Slipstream mempool using a method called Quantum Safe Bitcoin, built by StarkWare’s Avihu Levy. It closes a real gap in how Bitcoin protects funds in transit, without asking the network to change a single consensus rule, though even […]
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By Wayne Jones Bitcoin mining stocks have been on a run in 2026, with Riot Platforms, Hut 8, Bitfarms, and Core Scientific posting some of the group’s biggest year-to-date gains, according to a CryptoQuant chart analyst Maartunn shared on X covering trading from January through July. The move has less to do with mining Bitcoin […]
By Wayne Jones Anthropic has agreed to pay Riot Platforms $9.1 billion over 20 years for computing capacity at the miner’s Rockdale, Texas campus, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Bloomberg on Monday. Riot’s stock jumped 24% in after-hours trading following the report, a sharp reversal after shares had already closed […]