The Quantum Sword, Honed by AI

Bitcoin continues to pull back toward $76k, with the market waiting for tonight’s US CPI print. The threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin — a sword that has hung overhead for a long time — has seen some fresh movement. ...

September 11, 2026 · 6 min · Nick Yam

Fortress Guarded, Yet 4,000 BTC Stolen

Bitcoin has been pulling back lately, with macro headwinds pushing it down to around $77k. A few days ago, something quietly unsettling happened on Liquid — Bitcoin’s federated sidechain. ...

September 10, 2026 · 6 min · Nick Yam

Self-Custody Faith: Collapse, or Rebirth from the Ashes?

BTC has been climbing and now sits near $65k. The weekend’s market was calm. But this weekend in the Bitcoin community was destined to be anything but peaceful. ...

August 8, 2026 · 7 min · Nick Yam

FBI Agent Memorized the Seed Phrase, Stole $1 Million in Crypto

A recently unsealed criminal complaint from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has once again ripped the fig leaf off American law enforcement. Patrick Steven Yaroch, a former FBI supervisory special agent, is accused of using his position to siphon nearly $1 million in crypto from cryptocurrency accounts linked to a “hostile nation” (reportedly Russia) that the FBI was monitoring — moving the funds into his own wallet, and even parking part of it in DeFi protocols to earn yield[1]. ...

August 6, 2026 · 9 min · Nick Yam