Bitcoin

The crypto market is currently in a bearish phase with extreme fear (Fear & Greed 23) and BTC at $62k, driven by macro headwinds rather than tech news. This event fits into the longer-term narrative of fundamental research advancing enabling technologies (e.g., quantum computing, advanced sensors) that may indirectly influence crypto security or efficiency years down the line, but it is not a market-moving catalyst now.

A new polaritonic optical method using mid-infrared out-of-plane hyperbolic polaritons is described and experimentally validated to examine picometre-scale interlayer deformations.