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Most of the online reaction to Google Quantum AI’s paper, released late Monday, focused on bitcoin. The nine-minute attack, a 41% theft probability and the 6.9 million in possibly exposed BTC. Ethereum’s section got less attention. It deserves more. The whitepaper, co-authored with Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake and Stanford’s Dan Boneh, mapped five ways a quantum computer could attack Ethereum, each targeting a different part of the network. The combined exposure exceeds $100 billion at current prices, and the knock-on effects could be far larger. Wallets that can never hide On bitcoin, your public key (the cryptographic identity tied…

Major crypto-related stocks fell sharply Friday, with some hitting their lowest prices in at least a month as markets reacted to continued uncertainty around the Iran war, and Bitcoin fell to its lowest price since March 2. Bitcoin was recently trading at $65,804, down more than 4% on the day. It fell as low as $65,720 earlier Friday, which is the lowest price registered since March 2, the first business day after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, as markets reacted to the surprise weekend assault. Other major cryptocurrencies are similarly feeling the pain, with Ethereum down about…

ENI and Audiera have announced a partnership to build an agent-native economy on $BNB Chain. The idea is straightforward but uncommon: AI agents stop being tools that humans use and start being participants with their own economic identities, wallets, and stakes in what they create. Through the Audiera platform, powered by the $BEAT token, AI agents can own wallets, earn and spend on-chain, compete in rhythm-based experiences, and create and monetize content without human intermediation at every step. @ENI__Official 🤝 @Audiera_web3 The future isn’t human vs AI, it’s human + agent economies.With Audiera, AI agents evolve from tools into economic…

The top 1,000 wealthiest wallets on the Ethereum ($ETH) network could be systematically drained in 9 days by an attacker equipped with a sufficiently powerful quantum computer, according to new research. The research published on March 31 by the Google Quantum AI team found that the majority of Ethereum accounts have already initiated at least one transaction, thereby making their public keys visible and their funds quantum-vulnerable. Together, the top vulnerable Ethereum accounts hold approximately 20.5 million $ETH, which is valued at about $4.27 billion at press time. Ethereum account vulnerability. Source: Google ​The Ethereum accounts that have never sent…

The clamoring for tokenization continues to increase, but enthusiasm largely centers around the opportunity for big crypto, large banks, and Wall Street. What about small enterprises? Small Crypto Last week, these institutions were part of the policy dialogue during the U.S. House Financial Services Committee tokenization hearing. The Democratic witness, Plume Network General Counsel Salman Banaei, provided a compelling view of the value proposition for tokenization in his testimony. “Plume is Ethereum’s ‘Compliance Layer’ and the only Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built to support tokenization with AML and sanctions controls at the protocol level. Our Nest asset management protocol also…

Ethereum is showing two warning signs at the same time, with momentum weakening on the daily chart while a major liquidation cluster sits just above price near $2,100. Together, the setup points to a tight zone where $ETH could see a sharper move next if pressure builds in either direction. $ETH RSI Break Signals Weakening Momentum This $ETH daily chart shows a rising wedge type structure forming after the sharp February drop. Price has made slightly higher lows, while the top side has stayed capped near the same resistance zone around $2,200. As a result, buyers have pushed $ETH up…

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…