Key Highlights: Quantum computing firm IonQ has agreed to acquire Zero Trust cybersecurity specialist Elisity in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. The deal structure includes up to $150 million in performance-based earnouts tied to Elisity’s business milestones. The combined entity will merge IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution capabilities with ...
Key Highlights: Starknet ($STRK) surged over 55% in a 24-hour window, breaking above the $0.10 mark to tap an intraday high of $0.1022. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson proposed transitioning Starknet from an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution into an independent Layer-1 blockchain to mitigate quantum computing threats. Establishing an autonomous Layer-1 network would enable Starknet to ...
Key Highlights: BitGo CEO Mike Belshe dismissed assertions that artificial intelligence can crack Bitcoin’s cryptographic defenses. Belshe affirmed growing security concerns regarding post-quantum computing risks, stressing the need to protect crypto wallets. The executive’s comments came in response to broader industry discussions regarding emerging computational threats to digital assets. BitGo CEO Addresses Emerging Threats to ...
Key Highlights: Justin Drake warns that cryptographic vulnerabilities may arise within months, pointing to rapid breakthroughs in AI-generated mathematics rather than solely waiting for quantum hardware. AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic are already demonstrating unprecedented mathematical analysis, potentially threatening elliptic-curve cryptography and RSA using classical computers. Europol highlights crypto wallets as the primary attack ...
Key Highlights Europol clarified that quantum computing will not collapse cryptocurrencies, distinguishing wallet vulnerability from blockchain history security. Approximately 6.9 million bitcoin residing in early “Satoshi era” addresses with exposed public keys face the risk of private key derivation by quantum computers. Migrating all bitcoin unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) to quantum-resistant standards could require 76 ...
Key Highlights: Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, projects sustained long-term market share growth for Bitcoin while noting that quantum computing does not pose a near-term threat warranting asset sales. Surging artificial intelligence demand is reshaping the valuation of Bitcoin mining companies, shifting emphasis from pure computing power toward physical electrical infrastructure ...
Key Highlights: Recent quantum-computing advances do not yet demonstrate a clear, linear path to a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC). Neutral-atom devices are among the more promising developments, but it remains too early to know whether any current technology can reach the required scale and stability. Bitcoin developers should continue pursuing post-quantum cryptographic upgrades despite ...
Quantum computing could force financial institutions to overhaul how they protect transactions, identities, assets and sensitive information, Ripple executive Akinyele said. “The financial system was…
Living Nostradamus Warns Global Power Will Be Decided in Earth’s Orbit Brazilian mystic Athos Salomé, known as the “Living Nostradamus” for reportedly predicting events including Queen Elizabeth II’s death and the Covid-19 pandemic, has issued a new warning: the next global hegemony will be determined not on land, but in space. Orbit Becomes Strategic Territory ...