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In brief Charles Hoskinson said quantum-resistant cryptography is already standardized, but remains too slow for widespread use. He pointed to DARPA’s quantum benchmarking program as a key reference for when cryptographic risk becomes practical. Hoskinson said Cardano is exploring staged mitigations while waiting for hardware acceleration to mature. As blockchain developers debate protocol updates to counter possible future quantum attacks, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said the central issue is timing and not what changes to make, warning that moving too soon could carry a high cost for blockchain networks.According to Hoskinson, the cryptographic tools needed to protect blockchains from future…

Migrating Bitcoin (BTC) to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate.Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the CEO of crypto infrastructure company Blockstream, that there is no near-term threat to Bitcoin from quantum computers. Lopp said in an X post. “Quantum computers won’t break Bitcoin in the near future. We’ll keep observing their evolution. Yet, making thoughtful changes to the protocol and an unprecedented migration of funds could easily take 5 to 10 years. Source: Jameson LoppWe…

Posts on X (Twitter) suggest that Bitmain co-founder Micree “James” Zhan Ketuan may be facing a billion-dollar fine, alleged detention, and a complete fallout with business partner Jihan Wu.Conflicting reports leave the crypto community scrambling to verify the details of one of the sector’s most high-profile crises.Sponsored Bitmain Co-Founders at Center of Growing Speculation and UncertaintyBitmain, a pioneer in Bitcoin mining hardware, controls equipment powering over 74% of the global Bitcoin hash rate. It is also responsible for chips used in AI data centers running Nvidia H100s.The company now finds itself at the intersection of geopolitics, legal scrutiny, and internal…

Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research, Alex Thorn, says 2026 may be one of the most difficult years to forecast for bitcoin, even as the firm maintains a bullish long-term outlook.In a Dec. 21 post on X, Thorn said the coming year is “too chaotic to predict,” pointing to a mix of macro uncertainty, political risk and uneven crypto market momentum. Thorn said the comments were based on Galaxy Research’s Dec. 18 report, “26 Crypto, Bitcoin, DeFi, and AI Predictions for 2026,” which outlines the firm’s expectations for crypto markets and institutional adoption.At the time of writing, Thorn said the…

DraftKings Predictions sports and finance markets will route through CME Group, the same exchange FanDuel will use. The app lacks what Kalshi and Polymarket bring to the table.DraftKings launched DraftKings Predictions today, bringing their sports event contracts to 38 states.The standalone mobile app operates under Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight through DraftKings’ wholly owned subsidiary, registered as a CFTC Introducing Broker and National Futures Association member. The platform launches initially with sports and finance contracts through CME Group’s exchange, with plans to expand into entertainment/culture markets and more.“DraftKings Predictions is a significant milestone and reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering…

In brief The Marshall Islands used Stellar for universal basic income disbursements last month. It sent citizens USDM1 as a savings and payments vehicle. The island nation is currently reliant on physical cash. Access to financial services is shifting in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), as the island nation begins using digital assets to support its citizens.Late last month, some Marshallese accepted paper checks under ENRA, the RMI’s universal basic income program, while others saw a token called USDM1 appear in Lomalo, a Stellar-based “digital citizen wallet” developed by enterprise blockchain platform Crossmint.As a fully collateralized sovereign bond,…

Uniswap’s UNI token rallied about 19% over the past 24 hours as on-chain voting began on a major governance proposal that would activate protocol fees and introduce a long-discussed UNI burn mechanism.UNI began climbing shortly after the voting period opened at 03:50 UTC on Dec. 20, according to Uniswap governance data. A one-day UNI-USD chart from TradingView shows the sharpest leg of the rally unfolding during the early hours of the voting window, with the price breaking out from the $5.40–$5.50 range and continuing to trend higher throughout the day, alongside rising trading volume.UNI-USD 24-Hour Chart From TradingView By around…

A debate on X over whether Fundstrat analysts are sending mixed signals on bitcoin intensified over the weekend, prompting a response from the firm’s co-founder, , that appeared to endorse a more nuanced explanation of the differing views.The discussion began after an X user known as “Heisenberg” (@Mr_Derivatives) screenshots that he said showed contrasting outlooks from Fundstrat’s leadership. One highlighted comment attributed to Sean Farrell, Fundstrat’s head of digital asset strategy, outlines a base case in which bitcoin could retrace toward the $60,000–$65,000 range in the first half of 2026. Another pointed to Lee’s recent public comments suggesting bitcoin could…

Bitcoin’s inability to reclaim $90,000 is looking less like a debate about narratives and more like a test of market plumbing.For the better part of 2025, the surface story was institutional momentum. The US moved toward a workable regulatory perimeter, capped by President Donald Trump signing the GENIUS Act to federalize payment stablecoins.At the same time, spot Bitcoin ETFs normalized exposure within brokerage channels, and the broader crypto economy traded as if it had finally graduated into the asset-class mainstream.This resulted in a rally that drove Bitcoin to a new all-time high of $126,223 in early October.However, by Oct. 10,…

If you’ve ever tried to track down where your images end up online, you know it’s a nightmare. Manual searching takes forever, and you’re bound to miss stuff. That’s the problem Copyseeker set out to solve—and today, it just got a whole lot easier with the release of an official n8n community node.The node is live on npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-copyseekerWhat’s the big deal?n8n is one of the most popular workflow automation tools out there, and now Copyseeker users can plug reverse image search directly into their automations. No coding required. Just drag, drop, connect, and let it run.Think about what that means…