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BTC

$89,714.00

1.90%

ETH

$3,109.51

4.16%

BNB

$880.52

2.50%

SOL

$130.72

4.45%

TRX

$0.286567

0.52%

ADA

$0.381713

8.54%

BCH

$612.74

4.21%

ZEC

$488.49

-6.21%

XMR

$420.86

-0.16%

XLM

$0.215803

5.11%

CC

$0.1493

0.40%

SHIB

$0.00000804

10.03%

CRO

$0.096049

3.95%

RAIN

$0.00814739

1.92%

M

$1.52

-2.28%

PEPE

$0.0000059

29.21%

OKB

$112.18

2.23%

TAO

$244.24

8.14%

ENA

$0.233111

9.80%

PI

$0.206533

1.00%

SOL

$130.69

4.40%

HTX

$0.00000165

0.47%

WLD

$0.544119

6.21%

SKY

$0.062705

4.52%

HASH

$0.02712594

-7.06%

GT

$10.48

1.48%

KAS

$0.04584059

5.17%

POL

$0.111101

7.22%

ARB

$0.205118

4.36%

XDC

$0.051789

0.87%

VET

$0.01141879

4.92%

FLR

$0.01080899

1.26%

BONK

$0.00000892

12.89%

WM

$1.001

0.14%

SEI

$0.119202

3.02%

BDX

$0.094858

-0.82%

IP

$2.11

10.24%

JUP

$0.207324

6.79%

DAI

$0.999789

0.01%

WFLR

$0.01082385

1.21%

CRV

$0.402947

5.44%

OP

$0.300658

4.72%

CTM

$0.12706

4.08%

XTZ

$0.509005

1.04%

LDO

$0.61791

2.87%

FET

$0.224687

7.09%

SPX

$0.549768

11.06%

STX

$0.273406

6.87%

GHO

$0.999722

0.12%

CHZ

$0.04365041

4.79%

2Z

$0.127839

3.09%

TIA

$0.507525

2.96%

AB

$0.00452541

0.75%

XPL

$0.196577

14.21%

BTT

$0.0000004

3.14%

GRT

$0.03689206

4.10%

CFX

$0.076187

3.52%

JST

$0.03924168

-0.92%

TEL

$0.00404827

4.64%

TWT

$0.888804

0.83%

SUN

$0.0191938

0.85%

NFT

$0.00000036

2.99%

GNO

$135.15

3.49%

BSV

$17.71

-0.15%

BAT

$0.222794

2.53%

KAU

$138.19

-5.57%

WIF

$0.321777

12.90%

VSN

$0.090102

1.61%

H

$0.171496

-3.92%

GALA

$0.00660168

6.84%

USR

$0.999447

-0.02%

S

$0.080837

5.17%

USX

$0.999094

-0.01%

MON

$0.02666333

13.69%

MERL

$0.263497

-10.58%

ZK

$0.03244387

7.16%

A

$0.170319

4.39%

KAG

$71.95

-0.60%

ZBCN

$0.00254114

1.68%
Price data by
Josh Quittner

Josh Quittner

Josh is the CEO of Decrypt. He co-founded the site in 2018. He's been an editor and writer at Flipboard, Business 2.0, Fortune, TIME, Newsday, and the Albuquerque Journal, among others. Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC and less than 3 ETH.

Stories by Josh Quittner

  • Emerge's 2025 Project of the Year: KM3NeT. Image: Decrypt

    Emerge's 2025 Project of the Year: The Deep-Sea Machine That Caught an Ultra High-Energy Ghost

    The Mediterranean Sea, usually celebrated for its sun-drenched coasts and azure surface, hides a secret in its crushing darkness. Three and a half kilometers beneath the waves off the coast of Sicily, the water is pitch black, near freezing, and under pressure intense enough to crumple a submarine as if it were an empty beer can. It's a place of profound silence, undisturbed by the chaotic affairs of the surface world. Yet, in this abyss, something is watching. Thousands of glass spheres, strung...

    Deep DivesLong Reads
    9 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Jeffrey Epstein. Image: Decrypt/Mug shot

    TikTok Users Claim They’ve 'Unredacted' the Epstein Files

    In the last 48 hours, a flurry of activity on TikTok and other social media platforms has centered on claims that users are "unredacting" portions of the recently released Jeffrey Epstein documents. The citizen-led move follows the Department of Justice's recent release of a large tranche of documents related to its investigations into the late financier. The phenomenon is not being attributed to what appear to be fundamental failures in the digital redaction process. Users are reporting success...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Image created by Decrypt using AI

    The Fountain of Youth for Your Brain Might Be a Strategy Video Game

    The relentless march of time takes an inevitable toll on cognitive function. Yet, emerging research suggests a surprising countermeasure against neural decline may lie not in a pharmaceutical solution, but in complex, demanding recreational activities—including sophisticated video games. According to a 2025 study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications, individuals deeply engaged in specific "creative" tasks—defined in the study as video games, music, dance, and v...

    NewsGaming
    3 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Image: Decrypt

    Merriam-Webster Declares 'Slop' the Word of the Year as AI Eats the Web

    In what many observers might characterize as both ironic and, in some respects, entirely predictable, Merriam-Webster has named “slop” its 2025 Word of the Year—a term increasingly used to describe large volumes of low-quality digital content generated at scale, by artificial intelligence. It’s not that this content is incorrect; it’s that it is correct in ways that feel strangely beside the point and obviously AI-written. Slop is not a new word, nor a particularly complex one. Historically, it...

  • Social media. Image: Shutterstock

    New AI Tool Promises to Decode—And Replicate—Social Video Virality

    A new AI startup is pitching a data-driven solution to one of digital media’s most unpredictable challenges: making content go viral. Buzzy, an AI platform that launched in early December, says it can analyze and remix high-performing videos across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X by identifying the structural traits that drive clicks and shares. The tool then applies those patterns to user-submitted material, generating multiple short-form video variants aimed at boosting engagement across pla...

  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Google's New Browser Promises to End the Tyranny of the Tab

    Planning a family vacation usually involves a digital sprawl: a dozen browser tabs for hotels,  flight comparisons, and restaurant reviews across different websites. It is the kind of chaos that has defined the web work since tabbed browsing was popularized by Mozilla Firefox in 2002. Today, the Alphabet Inc. unit unveiled Disco, an experimental web browser that aims to end the chaotic tyranny of tabs.  Disco uses the company’s new Gemini 3 artificial intelligence model to transform a cluster o...

  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Script to Nuke AI Features from Windows 11 Goes Viral Amid Privacy Backlash

    A script designed to disable or remove artificial intelligence components in Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system is blowing up online, reflecting persistent user concerns over privacy and performance in the company's AI integrations. The tool, hosted on GitHub under the repository "RemoveWindowsAI" and maintained by a developer called zoicware, allows users to target features such as Copilot, the Recall screenshot-based search tool, AI enhancements in apps like Paint and Notepad, and related...

  • Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    How an AI Wiz Used ChatGPT to Turn the Tables on a Scammer

    When a message popped up on his phone from a number claiming to be from a former college contact, a Delhi-based information technology professional was initially intrigued. The sender, posing as an Indian Administrative Service officer, claimed a friend in the paramilitary forces was being transferred and needed to liquidate high-end furniture and appliances "dirt cheap." It was a classic "army transfer" fraud, a pervasive digital grift in India. But instead of blocking the number or falling vic...

  • Nvidia. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Nvidia's Stellar Quarter Fails to Quell Bears as AI Valuation Fears Deepen on Wall Street

    Wall Street’s conviction in the long-term potential of artificial intelligence faced its sternest test this week, and the markets delivered a complex, yet clear, message: high valuation anxieties trump fundamental strength. Despite Nvidia Corp. reporting blockbuster fiscal third-quarter earnings that easily surpassed consensus estimates, the market's reaction demonstrated that valuation concerns and uncertainty about the sustainability of the AI boom continue to hold investor sentiment firmly in...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Image: Decrypt

    The 5 Biggest 'Tells' That Something Was Written By AI

    Is everything written by AI these days? Is this article? The proliferation of large language models has prompted a new, wary literacy: people can now read a paragraph and wonder who—or what—wrote it. That anxiety exists for good reason. Recent studies continue to show that the ever-increasing flood of machine-generated prose differs from human writing in increasingly not-so-subtle ways, from specific word choice to easily identifiable structural tics. These patterns matter because they affect fa...

  • A screenshot from the 2Wai trailer. Image: 2Wai

    'Demonic': AI App That Lets Users 'Talk' to Dead Loved Ones Faces Backlash

    An artificial intelligence startup co-founded by a former Disney Channel actor has launched a mobile app allowing users to create interactive digital replicas of deceased loved ones, prompting swift online condemnation and renewed scrutiny of the burgeoning “grief tech” sector. 2Wai, founded by Calum Worthy—known for portraying Dez on the Disney series "Austin & Ally" from 2011 to 2016—and producer Russell Geyser, released its iOS beta on November 11. The app’s “HoloAvatar” feature generates con...

  • OpenAI. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.1, Making ChatGPT Smarter, Faster, and More 'Conversational'

    OpenAI today announced the release of GPT-5.1, an iterative upgrade to its foundational large language model series. The update, which is now rolling out to users, features two enhanced models: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking, focusing simultaneously on increased capability and improved conversational warmth. The company said the update aims to address user feedback that AI should be not only intelligent but also enjoyable to interact with, positioning the new models as "smarter, more conve...

  • Tesla founder and X CEO Elon Musk. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Elon Musk and Novelist Joyce Carol Oates Clash in Viral X Spat Over Meaning and Money

    In a peculiar collision of cultural forces, the esteemed novelist Joyce Carol Oates and the world's richest man, Elon Musk, have been duking it out in a viral slugfest over the elusive joys of ordinary life, wealth, and the presence—or absence—of "soul" in the hyper-rationalist age. The acidic exchange, unfolding since the weekend on Musk's X platform, rapidly generated millions of views and laid bare an ever-deepening rift between the humanities’ focus on empathy and the techno-optimist’s drive...

    NewsTechnology
    5 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Source: Decrypt

    The 5 Hottest AI-Powered Side Hustles That Actually Seem Plausible

    AI side hustles have exploded this year, especially around content creation, where tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and video generators (e.g., Runway or Synthesia) let anyone produce polished, viral material without fancy equipment. The virality comes from "faceless" formats—shorts, reels, or posts that hook viewers fast, driving affiliate sales, ad revenue, or client gigs. Posts promising "$X/day with 1-hour work" rack up thousands of likes and reposts, but beneath the hype, it sure looks like...

  • Source: Decrypt

    Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve AI Finds New Paths to Unsolved Math Problems

    In a striking example of how artificial intelligence is reshaping scientific research, Google DeepMind has teamed up with renowned mathematicians to harness AI tools for tackling some of mathematics' toughest riddles. The collaboration, announced this week, highlights a new AI system called AlphaEvolve that not only rediscovers known solutions, but also uncovers fresh insights into longstanding problems. "Google DeepMind has been collaborating with Terence Tao and Javier Gómez-Serrano to use our...

  • Image created by Decrypt using AI

    A Smarter Way to Talk to AI: Here's How to ‘Context Engineer’ Your Prompts

    A new paper from Shanghai AI Lab argues that large language models don’t always need bigger training data to get smarter—just better instructions. The researchers found that carefully designed “context prompts” can make AI systems produce more accurate and useful responses than generic ones. Think of it as setting the scene in a story so everything makes sense, a practical way to make AI feel more like a helpful friend than a clueless robot.  At its core, context engineering is all about care...

  • Source: Decrypt

    Anthropic’s AI Models Show Glimmers of Self-Reflection

    Researchers at Anthropic have demonstrated that leading artificial intelligence models can exhibit a form of "introspective awareness"—the ability to detect, describe, and even manipulate their own internal "thoughts." The findings, detailed in a new paper released this week, suggest that AI systems like Claude are beginning to develop rudimentary self-monitoring capabilities, a development that could enhance their reliability but also amplify concerns about unintended behaviors. The research, "...

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Putin Boasts of Testing Poseidon Nuclear Drone Meant to Unleash Radioactive Tsunamis

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday his country has tested “Poseidon,” a nuclear-powered underwater drone designed to detonate off enemy coastlines and kick up radioactive tsunamis. Putin described the trial as the first to use Poseidon’s nuclear propulsion after a submarine launch, calling it more powerful than the Sarmat ICBM. It's a claim that revives one of Moscow’s most alarming “superweapon” concepts and raises fresh questions about the line between deterrence posturing and nuc...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    Josh Quittner
  • Image: Decrypt

    AI Novel Tops Japan's Biggest Fiction Website, Sparking Literary Uproar

    In a development that has sent shockwaves through Japan's literary community, an AI-generated novel has claimed the top spot in the daily comprehensive rankings on Kakuyomu, a popular web fiction site launched in 2016 by Kadokawa, one of Japan's largest publishers.  The novel hit #1 on Monday and ignited passionate discussions on social media about the role of artificial intelligence in creative writing, with users divided between those championing innovation and others warning of the potential...

  • Image: Decrypt

    AI Backlash Is Here: Even Sophisticated Users Are Getting Sick of Tech's Latest Obsession

    If you've ever grumbled at an uninvited AI pop-up hijacking your screen, or wondered why your once-reliable app now prioritizes flashy generative summaries over simple functionality, rejoice: You're part of a swelling revolt. A fiery Hacker News thread, "I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it," has become a digital bonfire for tech-savvy users venting their spleen, amassing over 300 points and 200 comments in a collective cry against the relentless, often bungled infusion of...

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