Jameson Lopp and five other individuals have proposed freezing all quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin addresses to protect BTC from future quantum threats. The motivation behind this development comes from a long-standing concern in the community that advances in the technology could eventually compromise the network’s current security structure. Migration Towards Safer Wallets In a Tuesday post on…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Developers Propose Bitcoin Quantum Migration Plan That Would Freeze Legacy Coins A new proposal circulating among Bitcoin developers is forcing the network to confront a long-standing theoretical risk: the impact of quantum computing on its cryptographic foundations. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 361 (BIP-361), introduced by a group of researchers including Jameson Lopp, outlines…

Sometimes markets move oddly when wallets act together, creating sharp pumps followed by sudden drops that feel highly coordinated. One such token to have come under scrutiny is BinanceLife, after its rally coincided with large supply transfers from Binance by previously inactive wallets with no prior activity. Another Coordinated Meme Rally? BinanceLife, a meme token,…

On Tuesday, Bitcoin (BTC) hit $76,000 before falling back to around $74,000, and analyst Michaël van de Poppe thinks the market is getting ready for something bigger. He argued in a post on X on Wednesday that low funding rates and rising open interest at resistance are the classic signs of a short squeeze, which…

Ethereum is trading around $2.3k, posting its most constructive price action in months. For the first time since the correction began, ETH is showing genuine signs of a structural shift. Though the history of failed breakout attempts throughout this cycle demands that the current move be treated with measured optimism rather than outright conviction. Ethereum…

Bitcoin may be approaching a more consequential upside move if current technical and on-chain trends hold, according to Capriole founder Charles Edwards, who argued in a new market note that a cluster of macro, sentiment and blockchain indicators has shifted in a more constructive direction despite a volatile geopolitical backdrop. Edwards framed the current environment…

Analytics platform Santiment is contending that the combined net outflow of almost $300 million that hit US spot Bitcoin ETFs on Monday points to a potential dip-buying opportunity. According to them, outflows of such sizes are often a sign of retail fear and have acted as reliable contrarian indicators for price bottoms in the past.…

Ripple has announced a strategic partnership with South Korean life insurance company Kyobo Life Insurance to support the development of institutional digital asset infrastructure in the country. The focus will be on enabling tokenized government bond transactions. The collaboration is Ripple’s first partnership with a major insurance institution in the country and will utilize Ripple…

During the last bull market, in what is popularly known as the Solana meme coin season, a number of new cryptocurrencies made their way to the forefront. These digital assets had gone from market caps in the tens of millions to cross the billion-dollar market cap, sometimes in only a matter of months. Due to…

Société Générale, one of Europe’s long-established financial institutions with over 160 years of operations, is taking another step into digital assets. This time, it is expanding access to its dollar-backed stablecoin. USDCV Expansion Its crypto arm, SG-FORGE, has made the USD CoinVertible (USDCV) token available on MetaMask through a partnership with Consensys. According to Bloomberg,…

PI sellers continue to dominate with the $0.15 support under threat. PI Network (PI) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $0.15 Key resistance levels: $0.20, $0.28 PI Correction Continues Despite a strong rally in early March, PI appears to be giving back all those gains with a steady correction that has been ongoing for over…

XRP appears ready for higher highs. Can it break above $1.4? Ripple (XRP) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $1.3, 1 Key resistance levels: $1.6, $1.4 Key Resistance Under Pressure Over the past two weeks, XRP has tested the key $1.4 resistance level twice. Each time, sellers managed to hold the price down and stop…

XRP price started a downside correction from the $1.40 zone. The price is now consolidating and might aim for another increase if it stays above the $1.350 zone. XRP price started a downside correction after it failed to clear the $1.40 zone. The price is now trading above $1.350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.…

Ethereum price started a fresh surge and traded above $2,365. ETH is now consolidating and might aim for more gains if it clears $2,400. Ethereum started a steady increase above the $2,220 zone. The price is trading above $2,300 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a rising channel with support…

While others argue that the Bitcoin price has already found its bottom and could be gearing up for a bullish reversal, one crypto analyst has rejected these claims, expecting further downside instead. According to Marmot, a crypto expert on X, Bitcoin has not yet reached its true price floor. He warns that the flagship cryptocurrency…

The Bitcoin price is bouncing back strongly amid growing hopes for a potential shift in the standoff between the US and Iran. So far, BTC has gained roughly 10% in the weekly time frame. This pushed the asset back toward the $76,000 area and briefly marked a nearly one-month high.  The move appears to have…

Bitcoin has approached $75,000 as on-chain data shows the whale-sized investors have pushed their supply to the highest point since mid-February. Bitcoin Whale Holdings Have Crossed 4.25 Million BTC In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the Bitcoin whale supply. “Whales” typically refer to investors…

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced a compensation process for victims of the OneCoin fraud. The funds are expected to come from property forfeited in the case, money traced back to the people behind the scheme, including co-founders Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood.  The DOJ said in a Monday statement that more than…

Bitcoin Magazine Back-To-Back Billion-Dollar Days: Strategy’s STRC ATM Clears $2.7B In 48 Hours Strategy’s STRC ATM has produced $2.7+ billion in volume across just two trading sessions this week, more than all of last week combined, absorbing an estimated 29,914 BTC with every single share trading above par. Yesterday, I wrote about how Strategy’s STRC…

Bitcoin Magazine Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a knowledge repository/living report on Github to track the current state of research related to Bitcoin’s quantum vulnerability. Our Quantum Bitcoin Summit last July helped push bitcoin’s quantum discussion forward. Today we’re…

Ethereum is trading just below $2,400. The market is seeing relief. And over the past 48 hours, US institutional investors briefly paid the highest premium for Ethereum they have paid since October — before pulling back almost as quickly as they arrived. An Arab Chain report tracking the Coinbase Premium Index for Ethereum has identified…

Bitcoin Magazine Relics of a Revolution, Part III: The Suit, The Songs, The System Revolutions leave behind artifacts. In August 2022, seven Adams County sheriff’s deputies in Ohio executed a search warrant on the home of Joseph Foreman — better known to the world as Afroman. They found nothing (save the lemon pound cake), and…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on April 13, published a staff statement clarifying that certain user interfaces for crypto asset securities may not need broker-dealer registration. According to a community contributor, the XRP Ledger’s built-in DEX appears to fit the criteria almost by accident. SEC Guidance Draws the Line Between Interfaces and Brokers…

Bitcoin Magazine Satochip Announces Bridge Financing as It Prepares U.S. Push for Open-Source Hardware Wallets Satochip SRL, a Belgium-based company specializing in secure hardware solutions for digital asset self-custody, today announced that it has secured part of its ongoing bridge financing round with support from existing shareholders and new business angels. The bridge round will…