Tim Draper warned that businesses could eventually reject dollars in favor of bitcoin, triggering bank runs as demand for fiat currencies erodes. His comments echoed the adoption argument behind his longstanding $250,000 bitcoin forecast.
Key Takeaways
Draper predicted businesses would eventually accept only bitcoin.
His $250,000 target dates to 2018 and has missed earlier deadlines.
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Bitwise raised its long-term bitcoin price forecast to $1.6 million by 2036, increasing its projected annual return despite a volatile year. The outlook rests on institutional adoption, limited supply, and growing demand for protection against currency debasement.
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Binance’s initial investigation points to a possible employee laptop compromise behind a security incident with an estimated $6.3 billion impact. The crypto exchange reported no evidence of a wallet private key leak and pledged to cover all losses.
Key Takeaways
Deposits…
SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launch (video)
October 30, 2026
SpaceX just checked another big box on the path to its 15th Starship test flight, which promises to be pretty epic.
The company conducted static-fire tests with Starship’s Ship upper stage on Monday (Oct. 26) and Tuesday (Oct. 27), igniting its Raptor engines while the vehicle, known as Ship 42, remained anchored to the ground.
“Ship 42 static fires complete. The Starship preparing…
Stunning solar eclipse photos reveal giant hole and mysterious 'smoke rings' in the sun's atmosphere
October 30, 2026
Newly released photographs of the sun captured during the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse reveal the sun’s outer atmosphere in unprecedented detail.
The images, released by researchers working as part of the Solar Wind Sherpas project coordinated by the University of…
SpaceX's Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force in landmark 'point to point' space mission
October 30, 2026
The U.S. Air Force is opening up about the SpaceX Starfall cargo capsule it flew on a recent rideshare mission to orbit — and showing off what the capsule carried.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed a point-to-point rocket cargo delivery test using the…
Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch
October 30, 2026
Meta has quietly launched Style Sketch, an AI fashion app that helps users put together outfit ideas using clothes they already own. The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve posted, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your camera roll.
Style Sketch then suggests outfit combinations built from…
Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity
October 30, 2026
French AI company Mistral has released the weights for its trillion-parameter open source AI model Mistral Large 4 (ML4), allowing businesses and governments to download and deploy the system themselves. Nicknamed “Le Chonk,” the model was first introduced…
The voice AI sector is hot, and top players are trying to consolidate their position as more business models come to the fore through partnerships and acquisitions. Deepgram is the latest to make such moves: The company said on Thursday that it is acquiring Daily, the maker…
Most photographers spend their lives protecting film from light. Lotus L. Kang does the opposite.
In her installation, shown above, long sheets of photographic film hang unfixed from steel beams. As light and humidity reach them, they slowly change color, and develop “bruises, blood and bile-like hues”.
It’s one of four projects shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation…
