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A new report commissioned by Coinbase sounds a cautious, but urgent, alarm: Quantum computing won’t break crypto tomorrow, but the industry can’t afford to wait. The 50-page paper, authored by an independent advisory board that includes prominent cryptographers and academics like Dan Boneh of Stanford University, Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation and Sreeram Kannan of Eigen Labs, concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible, and preparation must begin now. In recent months, concerns around quantum risk have moved further into the mainstream. Google researchers have…

Martti Malmi, an early Bitcoin developer who worked with Satoshi Nakamoto, has published a new privacy-focused version of Nostr VPN inspired by Tailscale, replacing email addresses and third-party accounts with Nostr public keys. Malmi said in a Tuesday X post that the new version of Nostr includes a multiplatform interface for managing VPN settings across devices, as well as Nostr-based multihop routing that acts as a fallback system when direct peer-to-peer connections fail. The new version uses Nostr cryptographic keys instead of email logins or third-party accounts, reducing reliance on centralized services. The project aims to offer a more decentralized…

Bitcoin experienced a rapid recovery on Monday, rising from $68,500 to $71,801 following President Trump’s easing of tensions regarding Iranian power plants. Trump Pivot Triggers Recovery Bitcoin staged a rapid recovery Monday, surging from $68,500 to a peak of $71,801 in a less than an hour. The catalyst was a sudden pivot from U.S. President Donald Trump, who backed down on an ultimatum to “obliterate” Iranian power plants. The news sent a wave of relief through risk assets. While the cryptocurrency later settled near $71,000, it remained up 3.2% on the day, reclaiming its $1.4 trillion market capitalization. The relief…

The market capitalization of tokenized real-world assets ( RWA) has grown nearly 20-fold over the past three years, surpassing $29 billion as institutional adoption accelerates across private credit, government debt, and commodities. Key Takeaways: Tokenized RWA market cap has expanded 20x in three years, reaching $29.27 billion as per RWA.xyz data. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries grew from $380 million in Q1 2023 to $13.4 billion by April 2026. Blackrock, Franklin Templeton, and Ondo Finance lead institutional tokenization with billions deployed onchain. From $1.5 Billion to $29 Billion The RWA tokenization market has recorded one of the most consistent growth curves in…

A significant whale transaction has been detected on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange (DEX) platform. According to on-chain analytics firm Onchain Lens, an address identified as 0x7f5 has opened a long position on BRENTOIL, a tokenized version of Brent crude oil, valued at approximately $15.4 million. Details of the Whale Trade The whale’s position consists of 151,057 BRENTOIL tokens, opened with 1x leverage. The use of 1x leverage indicates the trader is not borrowing additional capital to amplify potential returns, suggesting a straightforward spot-like long position rather than a highly leveraged speculative bet. This approach reduces liquidation risk and implies a…

Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a significant expansion of its $USDT payment capabilities, enabling transactions at more than 200,000 merchant locations worldwide. The initiative is the result of a collaboration with decentralized treasury management protocol Lydian and U.S.-based payments company Shift4, marking one of the largest integrations of a stablecoin into traditional retail and online commerce. How the Partnership Works Tether, the company behind the $USDT stablecoin, stated via a post on X that the partnership is designed to bridge the gap between the growing stablecoin user base and everyday commerce. Lydian, a protocol focused on treasury management and payment…

Cryptocurrency market data and analytics provider Kaiko has acquired Cometh, a European decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure company that holds a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The deal, announced today, integrates Cometh’s blockchain engineering and regulatory compliance capabilities directly into Kaiko’s existing infrastructure, signaling a strategic push into regulated on-chain capital markets. Strategic rationale behind the acquisition Kaiko, headquartered in Paris, has long been a key provider of market data for digital assets, serving institutional clients such as asset managers, banks, and exchanges. By acquiring Cometh, which is also based in Europe,…

Bitcoin’s jump back above $70,000 on Monday morning came with unusual clarity. The move started when Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States and Iran had held “very good and productive conversations” on a “complete and total resolution” of hostilities in the Middle East, and that planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure would be delayed for five days. Within seconds, global markets repriced. Oil tumbled more than 10%, U.S. stock futures jumped more than 2%, European equities reversed sharp early losses, and Bitcoin sprinted from the upper $67,000s back through $70,000. Kobeissi estimates the…

Amazon has confirmed a new $5 billion investment in Anthropic this Monday to deepen its ties with the startup behind the Claude artificial intelligence models, as demand for AI infrastructure continues to rise. According to a recent report, the latest funding builds on the $8 billion Amazon had already committed to Anthropic. Under the expanded agreement, the company could invest up to an additional $20 billion, depending on the startup meeting specific commercial milestones, bringing the total potential investment to $25 billion. As part of the deal, Anthropic has agreed to spend more than $100 billion over the next decade…

A prominent cryptocurrency whale, known for a profitable trade on ApeCoin ($APE), has opened a significant leveraged long position on Lido DAO ($LDO). According to data from on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, the investor entered a 5x leveraged long position worth approximately $3.72 million, representing 8.69 million $LDO tokens. From $APE Windfall to $LDO Wager This same whale previously made headlines by securing a roughly $2.27 million profit in a single day from trading $APE. That success has now been followed by a high-conviction bet on $LDO, though it is not without risk. The investor previously recorded a loss of approximately…