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Coins•5h ago

Over 6 Million Bitcoin at Risk in Exposed Public Keys as AI Threat Warnings Mount

Key Highlights: More than 6 million Bitcoin—accounting for 31.2% of the circulating supply—currently sit behind exposed public keys onchain. Major platforms display vastly different exposure rates: Binance holds 83% of its Bitcoin behind visible public keys, while Coinbase sits at 10% and Fidelity at just 2%. The vulnerability risk has intensified following warnings from Ethereum ...

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Coins•7h ago

Bitcoin and Ether Holders Urged to Enter ‘Bunker Mode’ Against Possible AI Attacks

Key Highlights OpenAI has released 722 mathematical manuscripts generated by an unreleased model tested on approximately 4,000 research problems, reigniting scrutiny over cryptographic security. While theoretical vulnerabilities could expose wallets whose public keys are visible onchain across Bitcoin and Ethereum, no practical attacks have been demonstrated or identified in the research reviewed by CoinDesk. The ...

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