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Mt. Gox halted near-$3,000 purchase of 259,684 BTC
2049.news · 12.11.2026, 12:45:02

Mt. Gox halted near-$3,000 purchase of 259,684 BTC On 19.06.2011 , following a hack of Mt. Gox, the price of bitcoin plunged to roughly one cent per coin. A developer known as Kevin reported on BitcoinTalk that he used t…

Mt. Gox: the fall of bitcoin's largest exchange
2049.news · 12.11.2026, 11:30:01

Mt. Gox: the fall of bitcoin's largest exchange Once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox collapsed after years of security failures, operational problems and major thefts. Origins and operation Originally launc…

Adam Back Bets Bitcoin Will Exceed $1 000 000 by 2028
2049.news · 12.11.2026, 09:20:01

Adam Back Bets Bitcoin Will Exceed $1 000 000 by 2028 Blockstream co‑founder and CEO Adam Back placed a wager predicting that bitcoin will trade above $1 000 000 by the end of 2028. His argument centers on institutional …

CZ, Arthur Hayes and BlackRock at Binance Event in Bangkok
2049.news · 12.11.2026, 08:35:01

CZ, Arthur Hayes and BlackRock at Binance Event in Bangkok Binance Blockchain Week will be staged in Bangkok on 28–29 November at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center for industry participants. Organizers have di…

Nvidia seeks replacement for Jensen Huang after shares plunge
2049.news · 12.11.2026, 07:15:01

Nvidia seeks replacement for Jensen Huang after shares plunge The board of Nvidia is preparing leadership changes amid reports of personal misconduct, according to the Wall Street Journal. Board actions under considerati…

Initial report appeared to be fake but proved authentic
2049.news · 11.11.2026, 14:35:02

Initial report appeared to be fake but proved authentic A widely circulated message initially prompted doubts about its authenticity, but subsequent checks established that it was genuine to recipients. Background Recipi…

One Model, Different Outcomes: Why Powerful AI Fails
2049.news · 11.11.2026, 13:45:03

One Model, Different Outcomes: Why Powerful AI Fails The surrounding software layer, or harness, determines whether a strong model completes assigned tasks reliably and consistently. What a harness does A harness supplie…

AI Simplifies Copying of DeFi: Who Stands to Gain
2049.news · 11.11.2026, 11:05:03

AI Simplifies Copying of DeFi: Who Stands to Gain According to Multicoin Capital, artificial intelligence is lowering barriers to reproduce decentralized finance projects, potentially reshaping competitive advantages acr…

Microsoft proposes paying users to train AI on idle devices
2049.news · 11.11.2026, 09:30:03

Microsoft proposes paying users to train AI on idle devices A Microsoft patent describes a system that could use consenting users’ idle computers and smartphones to train artificial intelligence models. Rewards might inc…

Ledger CEO: No One Is Immune to Hacks
2049.news · 11.11.2026, 07:10:03

Ledger CEO: No One Is Immune to Hacks Ledger chief executive Pascal Gauthier warned that absolute protection does not exist, and that current developments increase attackers’ capabilities. Current scale of crypto theft A…

Tom Lee forecasts two to three more years of bull market
2049.news · 10.11.2026, 12:50:03

Tom Lee forecasts two to three more years of bull market Tom Lee, head of Bitmine, expects the cryptocurrency market to remain in a bullish phase for another 2–3 years . He links this outlook to expanding tokenization ac…

North Korean Hackers Use Meme Coins to Launder Stolen Binance Funds
2049.news · 10.11.2026, 11:35:03

North Korean Hackers Use Meme Coins to Launder Stolen Binance Funds According to Elliptic, North Korean hackers issue meme tokens to convert stolen assets from Binance into apparent trading proceeds. Modus operandi descr…

Apple iOS 27.2.1 Update Urged to Protect Crypto Wallets
2049.news · 10.11.2026, 10:20:03

Apple iOS 27.2.1 Update Urged to Protect Crypto Wallets Binance warned that malicious applications could access seed phrases and private keys on iPhone devices and advised updating to iOS 27.2.1 . Apple confirmed the rel…

Anthropic unveils Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 models
2049.news · 10.11.2026, 09:25:03

Anthropic unveils Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 models Anthropic announced updated models Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, reporting faster inference and several claimed scientific and engineering outcomes. Performance and developer…

Shareholder Suit Targets Jensen Huang after Nvidia Market Drop
2049.news · 10.11.2026, 07:20:03

Shareholder Suit Targets Jensen Huang after Nvidia Market Drop Shareholders have filed a class-action lawsuit against Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, alleging undisclosed risks linked to personal connections. Allegations an…

Brief message from Grisha indicates casual remarks forthcoming
2049.news · 09.11.2026, 11:30:03

Brief message from Grisha indicates casual remarks forthcoming A short statement attributed to an individual named Grisha notes that he will speak out of boredom, according to the original message. Original wording The p…

G7 Ambassadors Note Ukraine Crypto Bill, NBU Concerns
2049.news · 09.11.2026, 10:55:02

G7 Ambassadors Note Ukraine Crypto Bill, NBU Concerns G7 ambassadors took note of the National Bank of Ukraine’s remarks on the draft cryptocurrency law and stressed regulator independence. G7 response Diplomatic represe…

Two solo miners found bitcoin blocks on the same day
2049.news · 09.11.2026, 09:45:03

Two solo miners found bitcoin blocks on the same day On 07.11 , two participants of CKPool Solo independently discovered bitcoin blocks nearly seven hours apart, each receiving about 3.14 BTC . Block discoveries and rewa…

Ukrainian Sentenced Over Theft of One Billion HLG Tokens
2049.news · 09.11.2026, 08:40:02

Ukrainian Sentenced Over Theft of One Billion HLG Tokens The Paris court sentenced a Ukrainian former employee of Holograph to five years in prison, of which three are suspended. Case details The defendant modified the t…

Nvidia opens inquiry into Jensen Huang over alleged espionage link
2049.news · 09.11.2026, 07:20:02

Nvidia opens inquiry into Jensen Huang over alleged espionage link Nvidia has initiated an internal investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after media reports connected him to a businesswoman under U.S. intelligence scrutin…

Insider Blogs

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Tokenized AI models: Who profits from open source?
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AI content detection: Can blockchain prove what's real?
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GPU wars: How crypto miners became AI infrastructure
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Decentralized AI: Who owns the models?
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Next-gen wallets: Account Abstraction explained
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RWA Tokenization: Real estate on the blockchain — Anna Volkova
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Synthetic data: Training AI on blockchain-verified datasets
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