The best crypto writing from the last 24 hours.
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Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed
Nine crypto firms formed a quantum alliance modeled on the IETF to set open standards for testing quantum-resistance claims, as about 6 million BTC sit exposed.
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Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds
A BIS working paper finds that small rises in US bank deposit rates slow stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%. This links stablecoin demand directly to bank competition.
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DTCC Outlines 25-Security Tokenization Rollout on Canton and Besu
DTCC outlines a 25-security tokenization rollout backed 1:1 by DTC-held securities on Canton and Besu, with Stellar and Circle's Arc expected in 2027.
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Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Google's Willow chip reportedly cuts errors about 40x in preparing quantum states, narrowing a hardware bottleneck for attacks on Satoshi-era bitcoin keys.
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CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon among nine companies objecting to tokenized trading of their shares on OKXICE
Nine companies, including CoreWeave and Broadcom, object to tokenized trading of their shares on OKX, raising questions about tokenized equities.
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French Assembly Backs Tax on Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps by One Vote
The French National Assembly narrowly backed a 2027 budget amendment ending tax deferral on crypto-to-stablecoin swaps; not yet law.
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DAGKnight, Kaspa’s adaptive consensus upgrade, expected to reach a stable and secure testnet this year.
Kaspa's DAGKnight adaptive consensus upgrade is expected to reach a stable, secure testnet this year.
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Saturday project: We brute-forced two vanity addresses on a laptop
Hands-on measurement of how long brute-forcing vanity Bitcoin addresses takes on a laptop, with corrected glossary content on split keys.
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Turkey confirms Hex founder Richard Heart’s arrest, says police seized $7.15 million and six cold wallets
Turkish police reportedly seized $7.15 million in cash and six cold wallets in searches tied to Hex founder Richard Heart's arrest. Details rest on initial reporting and may change.
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Injective Activates Fixed Gas Costs for Exchange Transactions
Injective now lets traders and developers use published fixed gas budgets for orders, cancellations, deposits and withdrawals instead of simulating each transaction.
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Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as a growth play, not a threat
Goldman, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are treating tokenization as a growth opportunity covering trading, faster payments and advisory roles.
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Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves
Chainalysis reports that a victim of the recent Ledger theft was themselves a scammer who lost about $5M in bitcoin. Brief report with limited detail beyond the headline claim.
Also covered by r/Bitcoin - 13
The Crypto Cop Who Took Down a Global Scam Network from Brooklyn
Profile of a Brooklyn crypto investigator who helped take down a global scam network.
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Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits
Citrini research sees a tokenization boom and argues the open question is which companies and protocols capture revenue.
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Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe
Polygon is acquiring Coinme to move into payments and capture revenue from intermediaries.
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Solana shows resilience, but some areas need continued observation, Fidelity says
Fidelity report finds Solana has had no mainnet outages in two years but flags stake, hosting and client concentration risks.
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Circle’s Allaire says stablecoin issuer looking to enter 40 developing markets: Report
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire reportedly says the stablecoin issuer plans to expand into about 40 developing markets, including Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
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Bitcoin theft after a Google ad impersonating Trezor — looking for firsthand reports
Firsthand account of a Trezor user losing Bitcoin after a sponsored Google ad impersonated Trezor Suite; a useful scam warning.
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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Claude reportedly solved a long-running mystery about NSA-supplied numbers from the 1990s, which were suspected of hiding a backdoor. The snippet says they came from a basic program, and Bitcoin was not on that list.
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Boros launched native spread markets for BTC and ETH funding rates to earn fixed or floating funding APR
Boros launched fixed-rate spread markets on BTC and ETH funding gaps between Hyperliquid and Gate, a three-leg structure.
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‘Crypto King’ bank records show he spent nearly half of $36.3M from investors on himself | CBC News
CBC report on bank records showing a 'Crypto King' spent nearly half of $36.3M raised from investors on himself.