⚪ PROMINENT ETHEREUM DEV PROPOSES $1 BILLION ETH ORGANIZATION WITH LEADER WHO 'WANTS TO FIGHT' 🔔 Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist appeared to take pointed shots Thursday at ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
🔴 NEARLY $500B IN BITCOIN IS EXPOSED TO FUTURE QUANTUM COMPUTING ATTACKS: GLASSNODE Blockchain data firm Glassnode mapped the vulnerabilities embedded in Bitcoin’s existing supply, pointing to exchanges as a weak point.
🔴 TOM LEE’S ETHEREUM PORTFOLIO DOWN $7.35B AS ETH PRICE OUTLOOK WORSENS 🔔 ETH’s bearish chart setup points to a 25% drop toward $1,600, risking over $10 billion in paper losses for BitMine in the coming weeks.
⚪ CRYPTO RAILS ARE BECOMING THE DEFAULT PAYMENT LAYER FOR AI AGENTS, REPORT SAYS A new report from Keyrock says stablecoins on blockchain rails are becoming the go-to payment layer for AI agents as traditional card rails struggle to handle micropayments.
⚪ AI IS SPEEDING UP THE QUANTUM THREAT TO CRYPTO, SECURITY EXPERTS WARN 🔔 Researchers and builders believe that artificial intelligence may be accelerating the quantum timeline and forcing a broader rethink of how digital security works.
🟢 A MASSIVE $1 TRILLION HIDDEN MARKET IS WAITING TO BE UNLOCKED IN BITCOIN, SAYS NEW REPORT 🔔 Ledn forecasts the bitcoin-backed lending market could grow to $1 trillion within a decade as new research highlights strong borrower demand.
⚪ POLYMARKET TAPS JUPITER EXEC TO LEAD JAPAN PUSH: REPORT 🔔 The prediction market has reportedly appointed a representative in Japan as it aims to secure authorization to operate there by 2030.
🟢 NEAR PROTOCOL JUMPS 28% ON PRIVACY, AI, AND SCALING UPGRADES NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI agents and confidential finance.
🔴 POLYMARKET HIT BY ‘INTERNAL TOP-UP’ WALLET EXPLOIT, $700K DRAINED User funds remain safe after the incident, the prediction market platform said, with contracts and core infrastructure unaffected.
🔴 MORNING MINUTE: MARK CUBAN SELLS HIS BITCOIN 🔔 The billionaire cited underperformance vs gold and broader disappointment with crypto's breakout apps (or lack thereof) as drivers.
🟢 HOUSE REPUBLICANS OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO KALSHI, POLYMARKET OVER INSIDER TRADING The chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee has requested documents from Polymarket and Kalshi regarding insider trading and war-related markets.
⚪ CFTC OFFICIALS WHO QUESTIONED PREDICTION MARKETS WERE SUSPENDED: NYT A New York Times investigation found that senior CFTC officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini were suspended and pushed out.
🔴 TRUMP MEDIA MOVES OVER $200 MILLION IN BITCOIN AS LOSSES PILE UP: ARKHAM 🔔 It's unknown whether Trump Media & Technology Group is selling its Bitcoin, though it has amassed sizable losses on its holdings.
🟢 CRYPTO IS GROWING UP—WHY SOME EVERYDAY TRADERS ARE MOVING ON Muted volatility, political shifts, and Wall Street dominance are driving increasingly jaded retail traders out of crypto.
⚪ CRYPTO, BANKS, POLICY EXPERTS PRESS CONGRESS TO MODERNIZE BANK SECRECY ACT 🔔 A House subcommittee hearing exposed a divide over how far to scale back the 1970-era anti-money laundering law as Trump expands its reach.