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In brief Postquant Labs launched Quip Network, a blockchain testnet that allows mining with quantum computers or traditional hardware. The system replaces Bitcoin-style hashing with optimization problems based on the Ising model. The company says the network could also track quantum progress toward breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography. A startup working with quantum computing company D-Wave says it has built a new kind of crypto mining testnet that replaces Bitcoin-style hashing with optimization problems that quantum systems may solve more efficiently. On Thursday, Postquant Labs launched what it described as the first publicly available quantum-classical blockchain testnet. The network, called Quip Network,…

Tokenization has become one of crypto’s favorite buzzwords, but Grayscale head of research Zach Pandl said investors should think about it less as a single trade and more as a long roadmap with different winners at different stages. Speaking at EthCC conference in Cannes, France, Pandl said that the trend is still in its infancy. Tokenized assets — the process of using blockchain rails to settle, transfer and record ownership of all kinds of financial assets such as bonds, funds and equities — is rapidly growing. However, currently at $27 billion, it still represents roughly 0.01%, a tiny fraction, of…

Ethereum price rose nearly 7% on drawing closer to the $2,200 psychological resistance level after reports suggested that the U.S.-Iran war could end soon. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price rose to a six-day high of $2,153 on Wednesday, April 1. The recovery followed after the leading altcoin fell nearly 16% from its monthly high of $2,360 to $1,972 earlier on Monday. The drop occurred amid growing uneasiness in the market due to the back-and-forth attacks between the U.S. and Iran. A ripple effect of it was the blockade at the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime corridor…

In brief Ark Invest parted with nearly $41 million in META and $26 million in NVDA shares on Thursday. Cathie Wood’s firm also dumped around $11 million worth of shares in its Bitcoin ETF. The sales come amid a sustained market downturn as uncertainty in Iran shakes stocks and crypto. Ark Invest, the investment firm of notable tech investor Cathie Wood, shed millions of dollars’ worth of shares of major tech stocks on Thursday, significantly trimming positions in Nvidia and Meta while also diminishing its exposure to Bitcoin via its own Bitcoin ETF. The firm’s Thursday activity saw it part…

Ten individuals involved in the JPEX cryptocurrency scam have been charged with money laundering and conspiracy to launder money, bringing the total number of charged individuals to 26. Hong Kong’s authorities are still going after other suspects with help from international law enforcement agencies. For now, they continue to cast a wide net as no individual has been pegged as the main operator or mastermind of the JPEX operation yet. Hong Kong’s biggest crypto scam case Hong Kong police have charged ten additional individuals in connection with the JPEX cryptocurrency fraud case. The Commercial Crime Bureau stated that the ten…

Soluna Holdings, a publicly traded Bitcoin ($BTC) mining and AI infrastructure company focused on renewable energy, announced on Thursday that it closed a $53 million deal to acquire a wind farm to power its upcoming Project Dorothy 3 AI data center campus. The Briscoe Wind Farm, located in Briscoe County, Texas, has a potential capacity of up to 300 megawatts (MW), according to the company’s announcement. The company forecasts that the facility will generate annualized revenue between $20 million and $24.4 million. Shares of Soluna are up by about 7.6% following the news, and are trading at about $0.76 at…

Cardano (ADA) has been ranked second on a list of blockchains that has the potential to resist any future quantum-computer attacks. In a paper from Google Quantum AI shared by Cardano representative dori, she notes that the ranking was based on how prepared blockchains were to upgrade to “post-quantum cryptography.” Cardano secures second place as Algorand leads Notably, the ranking considered blockchains based on whether public keys were exposed and if the protocol supports key rotation or upgrades. It also factored in how long transactions stay vulnerable before they are confirmed on the blockchain. As per the ranking, Algorand is…

Market action is caught between mixed higher timeframes and bullish intraday signals, with Ethereum crypto hovering in a key decision area for the next directional leg. $ETH/$USDT daily chart with EMA20, EMA50 and volume”loading=”lazy” /> $ETH/$USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Main Scenario from the Daily Chart: Neutral with a Slightly Constructive Tilt The dominant scenario on the daily (D1) is neutral, leaning modestly constructive. Price: $2,138.68 Daily regime label: neutral Context: price is above the 20-day EMA but still below the 50-day and well below the 200-day. That configuration tells us Ethereum is in a short-term…

Morgan Stanley plans to price its proposed spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) at 14 basis points, a level just below current low-cost options for similar products, according to an amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move could set off a new round of fee competition among existing funds. The latest S-1 filing, filed Friday, shows the bank undercutting rivals that charge closer to 15 to 25 basis points. The lowest fee on the market today is Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF , which carries a 0.15% expense ratio. Larger funds, including BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust…

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, tasked with reviewing federal regulations, has finalized its assessment of a Department of Labor proposal (DOL) that would allow roughly $12 trillion in 401(k) assets to flow into alternative investments like crypto and private equity, according to a recent update. OIRA completed its review on March 24 after the proposal entered the review process on January 13. The approval now enables the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, which enforces fiduciary standards for workplace retirement plans, to publish the rule for public comment in the coming weeks. Origins in the August 2025…