Bitcoin Breaks $120K, Hackers Lurk, and Quantum Leaps – Tech News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)
Bitcoin surged past $120,000 for the first time on July 14, 2025, briefly peaking at $122,571 before settling around $121,953. The Trump-branded meme coin, ticker $TRUMP, was listed on Coinbase within 24 hours of its launch, after being introduced just before Trump’s inauguration. Seagate unveiled a 36TB Exos hard drive, the largest capacity HDD, on preorder for about $800. A PCIe 6.0 SSD prototype delivered 28 GB/s throughput with up to 512 GB, but consumer releases are not expected until near 2030. A self-destructing internal SSD enables a one-click data wipe even when unplugged, powered by an onboard source. On