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Ethereum elevated post-quantum cryptography to a top strategic priority this month, forming a dedicated PQ team led by Thomas Coratger and announcing $1 million in prizes to harden hash-based primitives.The announcement came one day before a16z crypto published a roadmap arguing that quantum threats are frequently overstated and premature migrations risk trading known security for speculative protection.Both positions are defensible, and the apparent tension reveals where the real battle lies.The Ethereum Foundation’s announcement frames PQ security as an inflection point. Multi-client consensus devnets are live, bi-weekly All Core Devs calls start next month to coordinate precompiles and account abstraction paths,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto traders are watching quietly. Prices are moving, but not in the way many bulls expected. According to Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee, during an interview on CNBC’s Power Lunch Monday, the surge in gold and silver has pulled a lot of cash away from riskier bets. That shift has been strong enough to slow the momentum that might otherwise have lifted digital assets sooner. Precious Metals Steal The Spotlight Gold has surged to record territory, and silver has climbed sharply, drawing interest from investors seeking a…

In brief Arizona’s Senate Finance Committee advanced S.C.R. 1003 and S.B. 1044 on Monday, moving both crypto tax exemption measures to the Senate Rules Committee. S.C.R. 1003 would place a November ballot measure asking voters to amend the state constitution and exempt “virtual currency” from property taxation. The bills represent Arizona’s continued push toward crypto adoption despite Governor Katie Hobbs’ repeated vetoing of crypto-related legislation in 2025. Arizona lawmakers are moving to exempt crypto from property taxes, advancing a pair of measures that could lock in statewide tax relief for digital assets, pending voter approval in November.The Arizona Senate Finance…

Coinbase’s Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below competing exchanges this week, and the gap continues to widen.CoinGlass reported on Jan. 26 that its Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index, which tracks the price difference between Coinbase’s BTC/USD and Binance’s BTC/USDT, turned sharply negative, indicating Bitcoin trades at a discount on the largest US venue compared to offshore competitors.The move arrives as US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.1 billion in outflows last week and broader risk appetite weakened, raising questions about whether American institutional demand is cracking or whether something messier is happening in crypto market plumbing.The answer is likely both, and the distinction…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has unveiled its latest purchase of the cryptocurrency, this time tokens worth a total of $264.1 million. Strategy Has Expanded Its Bitcoin Treasury By 2,932 BTC In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman has shared the details related to the latest Bitcoin acquisition from the company. In total, the new purchase has added 2,932 tokens to the firm’s treasury at an average price of $90,061 per token. According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the…

In brief Australia is progressing digital-asset licensing laws that would require crypto custody and trading platforms to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. ASIC said some firms deliberately remain outside existing rules, heightening regulatory uncertainty and complicating enforcement. Industry experts said clearer licensing boundaries and expanded regulatory sandboxes could support innovation while improving consumer protections. Australia’s primary corporate and financial services regulator has listed regulatory gaps around crypto firms as a key risk for this year.In its Key Issues Outlook released Monday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said fast-growing crypto, payments, and AI players operating at the edge of regulation…

In brief The EU has launched a probe into whether X properly assessed risks before deploying Grok’s AI features. The investigation will examine X’s compliance with the region’s Digital Services Act obligations. It marks Europe’s latest crackdown on AI-generated deepfakes, with multiple countries banning Grok over child safety concerns. The European Commission launched a formal investigation Monday into whether X violated EU digital rules by allegedly failing to prevent its Grok AI chatbot from generating and spreading illegal content, including sexually explicit images of children.The probe will assess whether the company properly evaluated and mitigated risks before deploying Grok’s image…

The following is a guest post and opinion from Laura Estefania, Founder and CEO of Conquista PR.The past decade of digital assets has been shaped as much by debacle as by innovation. High-profile collapses, sensational headlines, and regulatory whiplash distorted public perception, leaving technologies capable of modernizing global finance viewed through a lens of suspicion.Beneath that noise, however, tokenization has quietly crossed an irreversible threshold.As recent analysis by Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein makes clear, tokenization is no longer an experiment. It is becoming part of the underlying infrastructure of financial markets. The constraint today is not technological maturity, it…

In brief Stablecoin supply fell by about $2.24 billion over the past 10 days, tracking Bitcoin’s slide from roughly $95,000 to $88,000. The decline suggests investors are exiting crypto for fiat rather than rotating into stablecoins. Risk appetite remains muted, with Bitcoin derivatives open interest stuck in a narrow range and capital instead flowing toward gold. Stablecoin supply has continued to shrink over the past week, coinciding with Bitcoin’s extended drop that began two weeks ago. The combined market capitalization of the top 12 stablecoins has shed roughly $2.24 billion over the past 10 days, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto investment vehicles dumped cash last week in a move that startled many market watchers. According to CoinShares, crypto exchange-traded products saw about $1.73 billion of outflows — the largest weekly withdrawal since mid-November 2025. The pullback came after a recent stretch of inflows, which left some investors caught between hope and caution. Reports say fading hopes for quick interest rate cuts, weak price momentum, and a sense that crypto has not yet played the inflation hedge role many expected helped drive the exit. Flows Reverse Sharply…

In brief Global asset manager and ETF issuer VanEck launched the first U.S. spot Avalanche (AVAX) ETF, VAVX. The fund will waive fees for the first $500 million in assets or until 2/28, whichever comes first. Avalanche has risen about 3% in the last 24 hours, though remains 92% off its 2021 all-time high. The first U.S. spot Avalanche (AVAX) exchange traded fund (ETF)—VAVX—from global asset manager and fund issuer VanEck began trading on the Nasdaq on Monday.The fund offers investors exposure to spot AVAX token performance and staking rewards, all while expanding the pool of crypto ETFs available to…

In brief Attackers have used a fake video call and a Zoom “audio fix” to deliver macOS malware. The method matches a previously documented intrusion method tied to North Korea’s BlueNoroff, a Lazarus sub-group. The incident comes as AI-driven impersonation scams pushed crypto losses to a record $17 billion in 2025. North Korea-linked hackers continue to use live video calls, including AI-generated deepfakes, to trick crypto developers and workers into installing malicious software on their own devices.In the latest instance disclosed by BTC Prague co-founder Martin Kuchař, attackers used a compromised Telegram account and a staged video call to push…

In brief New users briefly overwhelmed UpScrolled’s servers after pushing it into the top 10 free apps on Apple’s App Store. The surge followed renewed criticism of TikTok over alleged political bias, and censorship, which the company has denied. UpScrolled markets itself as a censorship-free alternative, though it remains untested at scale. Frustration with TikTok following a U.S.-backed Oracle-led takeover has fueled a surge of interest in Australian startup UpScrolled, a short-form video app whose servers were briefly overwhelmed by an influx of new users this week.The platform climb came amid criticism that TikTok was suppressing political content. As of…

In brief 31% of Americans—and far more Gen Z and Millennials—believe prediction markets will grow into a major cultural force. Polymarket and Kalshi now command $20 billion in combined valuations as trading volumes hit record highs. Regulatory tailwinds and rising mainstream awareness are fueling a generational shift toward market-based forecasting. A third of young Americans think prediction markets are the future. And they’re putting their money where their mouth is.New survey data from The New Consumer and Coefficient Capital reveals that 31% of Americans believe prediction markets will become a bigger, more important part of culture. But that number masks…