Author: NBTC

Here’s a problem most crypto projects aren’t talking about yet: quantum computers will eventually be powerful enough to break the cryptographic locks that secure every blockchain in existence. Circle, the company behind $USDC, apparently doesn’t want to be caught off guard. The stablecoin giant has published a whitepaper outlining a phased post-quantum security roadmap for Arc, its forthcoming Layer-1 blockchain. The plan addresses everything from wallets and validators to off-chain infrastructure, with post-quantum signature support slated to be available when Arc’s mainnet goes live in 2026. What Circle is actually building The blockchain will incorporate NIST-standard lattice-based algorithms, including ML-DSA,…

Liquid staking on Solana has become a mature market. Most staking tokens compete on the same fundamentals: validator performance, staking rewards, and MEV revenue. Raiku believes there’s another source of yield hiding in plain sight. The company has launched rkuSOL, a new liquid staking token that allows stakers to earn not only traditional staking rewards but also revenue generated from selling Solana blockspace through Raiku’s coordination auctions. The launch is backed by several of Solana’s largest infrastructure and DeFi players, including Sanctum, Kamino, Loopscale, and Exponent. The result is what Raiku describes as the first Solana liquid staking token tied…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed a new framework for building synthetic assets and algorithmic stablecoins that replaces forced liquidations with options as the foundational primitive instead of debt-based positions. In a post published Monday to the Ethereum research forum, Buterin argued that the core vulnerability of existing algorithmic stablecoin designs is their dependence on real-time oracles — price feeds that must provide binding, instantaneous valuations to trigger liquidations when collateral falls short. That dependence, he wrote, creates a single point of failure that is both technically difficult to secure and practically impossible to protect against oracle manipulation with any meaningful…

U.S. stocks are trading at valuations close to dot-com bubble extremes, a period that ended in a sharp market collapse in 2000. A cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio measure known as the Shiller P/E ratio rose as high as 42.18 this month, just below the 44.19 observed at the height of the dot-com era that marked the growth of internet companies based on the then-nascent worldwide web. The S&P 500 slumped 50% between March 2000 and October 2002, and did not regain its peak until 2007. The ratio — which smooths short-term profit swings to provide a long-term picture — suggests…

Cryptocurrency analytics companies CryptoQuant and Glassnode have shared noteworthy data regarding the $XRP market. According to their analysis, a significant divergence is emerging in the transaction flow of $XRP across exchanges, while network activity is also experiencing a sharp decline. According to CryptoQuant data, a strong increase in $XRP deposits, particularly on Bybit, is noticeable. Yesterday, the $XRP deposit delta data rose to 26,600, surpassing the 23,500 level recorded on February 22nd. This level is one of the highest seen on Bybit since the sharp rise in February. The report noted that the key point wasn’t just the increase in…

Robinhood (HOOD) and Coinbase (COIN) ended the week’s final session in the green, with Robinhood’s stock leading the move as US regulators took steps that could expand the local market for crypto derivatives. Shares of Robinhood rose sharply, jumping about 11% on the day to close around $94 per share, which also marked the highest level the stock has reached since February. Coinbase (COIN) was not far behind, gaining close to 7% as the exchange’s shares finished the session near $189. That level sits in the middle of the stock’s broader consolidation range of roughly $160 to $215, a band…

FOGNET, a multi-functional blockchain ecosystem for Web3, has partnered with SELF, a privacy-centered AI network. The partnership denotes a key development in advancing security-focused decentralized technology in the Web3 landscape. As FOGNET mentioned in its official social media announcement, the move merges its blockchain framework with the cutting-edge AI-led privacy solutions of SELF. Hence, the joint initiative focuses on revolutionizing user autonomy and digital ownership. 🚀 Partnership Announcement 🤝FOGNET is excited to partner with @self_hq which is the privacy-first AI ecosystem built on zero-knowledge architecture. 🔐🧠From encrypted messaging and private email to AI-powered productivity tools and secure cloud storage, SELF…

The cryptocurrency market is enduring a sharp narrative shift, but the real growth is happening away from the spotlight, according to the co-founder of Solana-native yield protocol Solstice Labs. Ben Nadareski argued that the industry’s biggest asset is experiencing structural confusion in an interview with CoinDesk onvTuesday. “Bitcoin is going through a bit of an identity crisis right now,” Nadareski said. “It’s not the store of value, like gold, to the masses. It’s also not the speculative investment vehicle that everybody was really attracted to. While bitcoin and the core assets go through their identity crisis, quiet players in the…

Ethereum is trading at a weak point after losing its rising channel and falling to fresh relative lows against QQQ. $ETH needs to reclaim the $2,111 area to revive the recovery setup, while failure to do so keeps the breakdown active. Ethereum Ratio Hits 2021 Low as $ETH Lags QQQ Ethereum has fallen to fresh relative lows against QQQ, according to a chart shared by Heisenberg on X. The chart tracks the ETHUSD to QQQ ratio, showing how Ethereum has performed against the Invesco QQQ Trust. The ratio has now reached levels not seen since January 2021. Ethereum Relative to…

Polygon takes a decisive step towards the world of institutional finance by introducing a new private stablecoin payment feature.The goal is clear: to bridge one of the main limitations perceived by large companies and traditional operators, namely the total transparency of public blockchains. Amid stablecoin growth and new moves by financial giants, privacy at the center of the debate in the blockchain sector Specifically, the innovation concerns the network’s official wallet, which now allows users to send stablecoins such as USDC and USDT through a “private” mode.In practice, the user can choose to carry out a transaction that does not…