Bernstein says recent Bitcoin volatility already reflects “real but manageable” quantum‑attack risk, giving developers roughly 3–5 years to roll out a post‑quantum migration path anchored around BIP‑360. Summary Bernstein says recent Bitcoin volatility has already reflected growing fears over quantum attacks, calling the risk “real but manageable” rather than existential in the near term. The
First of all, happy new year! What a year it has been. With a little luck we’ll surpass last year with an even more awesome year. It’s been too long since I’ve given an update on my side of things and that of the Go team and mostly due to a lack of time. I’ve been so
Tokenized US Treasuries just crossed $13.53 billion – close enough to $14 billion that the milestone is essentially already here. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is that this number has grown roughly 50x since 2024, and it did so while the broader crypto market was having one of its messier years on record.
Bitcoin tax season is reaching its final 48 hours, with the April 15 IRS filing deadline arriving Wednesday and analysts estimating up to $2.8 billion in crypto-related selling pressure entering a market already dealing with Iran war uncertainty, CME futures at a 14-month low, and a Fear and Greed Index reading of 12. Summary Estimates
Back in November, we created a quick survey for the Ethereum community to help us gauge how we’re doing, what can be improved, and how best we can engage with you all as we move forward towards the genesis block release in March. We feel it’s very important to enable the community to interact with Ethereum
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said that software that sets up user interfaces allowing crypto securities to be transacted through individuals’ wallets won’t need to be registered and regulated as a broker. In the latest of the agency’s staff statements on crypto — now a wide-ranging list of views meant to allow the crypto
The bitcoin price is range-bound between $68,000 support and $75,000 resistance heading into the most consequential two-week window of 2026, with three catalysts arriving back to back: the Iran ceasefire expiry on April 22, the CLARITY Act Senate markup targeted for late April, and the FOMC meeting on April 28 and 29. Summary According to
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir and Jae Kwon for many of the ideas described in this post Aside from the primary debate around weak subjectivity, one of the important secondary arguments raised against proof of stake is the issue that proof of stake algorithms are much harder to make light-client friendly. Whereas proof of work
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued new staff guidance indicating that certain user-facing interfaces involved in crypto securities trading may not be required to register as broker-dealers, provided they meet a strict set of conditions designed to limit discretion, influence, and conflicts of interest. In a statement released by the Division of Trading
Former CFTC chair J. Christopher “CryptoDad” Giancarlo has quit his senior role at Willkie to focus full‑time on crypto, AI and policy work, including a new book on digital money under Trump’s second term. Summary Former CFTC chair J. Christopher Giancarlo has retired from his senior role at law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher to
