Crypto investors and executives, including leaders at bitcoin-focused firms, are criticizing California’s proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax, warning it could drive Bitcoin entrepreneurs and capital out of the state and reduce local investment and jobs.
Home security startup Sauron has hired former Sonos product chief Maxime Bouvat-Merlin as CEO and pushed its AI-powered camera and sensor system launch to 2026, as it continues developing its tech-heavy home protection platform.
Executives say many Bitcoin treasury companies that bought BTC in 2025 may shut down by 2026 as market declines and competition from Bitcoin ETFs rise, with only firms using BTC in broader, well-managed yield strategies seen as likely to endure.
European startup Ewigbyte has unveiled an exabyte-scale storage system that keeps data safe for centuries without using power, aiming to replace tape for cold data archives used by governments, cloud giants, and research centers.
Crypto report names Bitcoin as the surprise of the year for 2025, highlighting it as the standout story in crypto news despite earlier expectations.
Maxsun has launched the MS-PC Farm 88601 Mini-ITX board with four memory slots supporting up to 256GB RAM, PCIe 5.0 x16 for top GPUs, and remote management features, targeting compact AI and cloud systems that can rival Nvidia’s small AI PCs.
LG unveils new UltraGear evo gaming monitors ahead of CES, all featuring 5K screens and AI-powered upscaling, including 39‑inch OLED, 27‑inch MiniLED, and 52‑inch curved models. Pricing and release dates are not yet announced.
Analysts say Bitcoin needs a 6.24% rise from its yearly open of about $93,374 in the next three days for 2025 to end higher than it began. If it does not, this would be the first post-halving year Bitcoin finishes lower than it started.
A new bug called MongoBleed is being used to break into MongoDB servers, letting attackers steal passwords and secret keys from memory without logging in. Over 80,000 servers online are exposed, but patches are now available for recent MongoDB versions.
Hackers took over Ubisoft’s online game Rainbow Six Siege, controlling bans and flooding accounts with in-game currency, forcing Ubisoft to shut the game down while it rolls back changes and checks for further damage.
Bitcoin mining difficulty hit about 148.2 trillion in the last adjustment of 2025 and is projected to rise to around 149 trillion on January 8, 2026, as the network adjusts to keep new blocks arriving close to every 10 minutes.
Chevrolet’s 2026 Equinox EV is now one of the most affordable electric SUVs to offer over 300 miles of range on a single charge, with an 85‑kWh battery, fast charging adding about 70 miles in 10 minutes, and a starting price under $35,000.
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has issued its first loan backed by BTC, marking the country’s first crypto-backed loan using bitcoin as collateral.
WeTransfer co-founder Nalden has launched Boomerang, a new file transfer service that lets people send files up to 1GB without creating an account, aiming for a simple, privacy-minded alternative to feature-heavy tools.
Researchers built fully programmable robots smaller than a grain of salt that can move using light-powered electric fields and cost about one cent each. They could one day work inside the body or help build tiny devices.
Analyst data shows Bitcoin has surged about 27,701% since 2015, far outpacing gold’s 283% and silver’s 405%, as debate grows over which is the better long-term store of value amid a weaker US dollar and rising precious metal prices.
China’s HKC has unveiled the AntGamer ANT275PQ MAX gaming monitor, which can run at 1,080 frames per second at 720p or 540 frames per second at 1440p, using a special mode that switches between the two for smoother competitive play.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Bitcoin’s old four-year boom-bust cycle is fading, replaced by a slower 10-year rise with steadier BTC returns and lower price swings, driven by institutional buying and clearer rules rather than halving events.
OpenAI is hiring a new Head of Preparedness to study growing AI risks, including chatbots’ effects on mental health and AI systems that are now strong enough at computer security to discover serious software weaknesses.
Ubisoft has taken all Rainbow Six Siege servers offline after a major hack caused players to randomly receive billions of in-game credits, rare skins, and unexpected bans and unbans, raising serious concerns over the game’s backend security.
