Kieran Dennis, co-founder of Z and an initial contributor to Core, claims Z is the first attempt to bring native EVM capabilities to Zcash.
The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously thought, accelerating the push toward post-quantum security.
The integration lets developers deploy TON wallets automatically inside Telegram Mini Apps, removing the need to build and manage wallet infrastructure.
Dubai Crypto Regulation – Dubai watchdog has introduced new crypto regulations allowing controlled access to derivatives trading while giving regulators stronger oversight powers. Under the updated Rulebook Version 2.1, Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) can now require Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to take immediate action without prior notice to limit market disruption. Dubai …
Ripple Prime has extended its Hyperliquid integration to include HIP-3 symbols, giving institutional traders on-chain perpetuals access to gold, silver and oil for the first time. The move, announced by Ripple Prime CEO Michael Higgins, means institutions can now trade 24/7 commodity perpetuals through a single prime brokerage framework – a single margin framework, consolidated …
XRP price prediction is back in focus as the altcoin trades near a critical support level, raising concerns about a potential breakdown toward $1.20 in April 2026. With XRP hovering around the $1.31 zone and failing to reclaim key resistance levels, bearish momentum continues to build across lower timeframes. As broader crypto market weakness persists …
The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred another 375 $BTC, worth $25.18 million, marking continued activity in its crypto holdings. Over the past week, the country has moved a total of 1,018 $BTC, equivalent to $70.43 million. These transactions highlight Bhutan’s active management of its Bitcoin reserves, drawing attention from the crypto community. While the …
Dubai’s VARA issued new rules mandating governance, disclosure and risk controls for VASPs offering crypto derivatives and exchange services.
Russia approved a draft crypto bill package that would push trading through licensed intermediaries and cap retail purchases at $3,700 annually.
Bitcoin’s brief rally faded amid war-driven oil price surge, rising volatility and declining futures interest, signaling growing caution across crypto markets.
XRP may appear calm on the surface, but the current price action suggests that the coin is quietly approaching a decisive phase. Over the past few weeks, XRP price has remained firmly locked between $1.30 and $1.50, holding its range even as broader market conditions continue to show uncertainty. This prolonged consolidation is not just …
Bitcoin trapped late buyers at $68,000 with oil still above $100 ahead of a press briefing by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The Bitcoin price is approaching a decisive moment, according to the head of a major crypto analytics firm. A clearly defined price threshold has been identified, and falling below it could accelerate the current downturn. The warning centers on how both market structure and investor behavior may shift if this level fails, raising concerns about a deeper and more aggressive bear phase. Crypto CEO Flags A Critical Bitcoin Price Level Joao Wedson, founder of the crypto analytics platform called “Alphractal”, has issued a warning about a critical price level that could shape the next phase of the Bitcoin market. According to Wedson, $60,490 represents the realized price of Binance’s Bitcoin reserve, effectively the average cost basis of the exchange’s entire BTC holdings. Related Reading: What Happens To The XRP Price If The 5D Bottoming Blueprint Repeats Itself? As long as Bitcoin trades above this level, Binance’s reserve remains in profit. However, a sustained drop below $60,490 would push the largest exchange-held Bitcoin reserve into unrealized loss. In practical terms, that shift would mean the bulk of BTC held on Binance was acquired at higher prices than the current market value. This is why Wedson views the level as more than just another technical support. Realized price metrics tied to large reserves often function as structural market boundaries. When the price holds above them, it signals that major holders remain comfortably in profit and have little pressure to distribute their coins. That dynamic can help stabilize the market during periods of volatility. But the structure changes if that threshold breaks. Wedson noted a similar scenario in the 2022 bear market, when Bitcoin stayed below Binance’s reserve realized price for months. During that time, large holders faced unrealized losses, keeping downward pressure on the market. This matters because holders in profit are less likely to sell, but once losses appear, selling pressure can rise as they seek to limit further downside. Because Binance controls the largest Bitcoin reserve among exchanges, the $60,490 level carries broader market implications. If Bitcoin loses this zone decisively, it would remove a key profitability cushion for one of the market’s largest holders. According to Wedson, that type of structural shift is exactly the kind of development that tends to deepen bear markets. Related Reading: If Bitcoin Should Be Worth $280,000 Right Now, What’s The Real Value Of Dogecoin And XRP? How Market Psychology Could Amplify The Downtrend The implications extend beyond institutional positioning to overall market sentiment. A decisive break below the identified level could weaken confidence among participants, reinforcing negative expectations. As sentiment shifts, more investors may adopt defensive strategies, contributing to additional selling pressure. This interaction between price movement and psychology creates a feedback loop. Declines can trigger fear, which in turn leads to further declines. Wedson’s warning highlights how this cycle could intensify if the key level fails. However, he believes that if Bitcoin holds above it, the market may retain a degree of stability. If it falls below, the conditions described point toward a deepening bear market. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
One of the more unusual voices to enter the global trading conversation during the US-Israel-Iran war came from an unexpected place – Iran’s own Parliament Speaker. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf posted on X on March 30, in what has since garnered 14.8 million views. “Heads-up: Pre-market so-called ‘news’ or ‘Truth’ is often just a setup for …
Standard Chartered’s venture arm led the round as Keyrock looks to expand products, pursue acquisitions and scale its global footprint.
The bank maintained its $2 trillion stablecoin market cap forecast by 2028 amid a sharp increase in turnover from use cases like AI payments.
Google’s latest Quantum AI research has raised concerns about Bitcoin’s long-term security, warning that around 6.9 million BTC could become vulnerable when quantum computers grow powerful enough. The report highlights risks tied to exposed public keys and suggests the timeline for potential attacks may be shorter than previously expected. Google Flags Quantum Risk to Millions …
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake has brought to attention two major quantum computing breakthroughs that could significantly accelerate the timeline for breaking modern cryptography. At the center of it all is Shor’s algorithm, a quantum method capable of breaking the encryption behind Bitcoin and Ethereum. Google and Oratomic Push the Limits Drake described the release of …
It sounds out of a sci-fi video game, but new research suggest quantum attackers could break Bitcoin’s blockchain and steal coins mid-transaction sooner than it was originally expected. Is Doomsday Near For Bitcoin? A new whitepaper and blogpost published on Tuesday by Google’s Quantum AI team claims that Bitcoin and Ethereum’s cryptography can be broken with fewer than 500,000 physical qubits and roughly 1,200 “logical” qubits, far below the “millions” that used to be cited. Related Reading: Hyperliquid’s Tokyo Edge Exposed — Secret Time Gap Is Tilting The Market Most blockchains and cryptocurrencies protect wallets and transactions using 256‑bit elliptic curve cryptography (a very strong mathematical lock) based on the discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP‑256). The research points at a significant decreased in the resources needed to break the ECDLP-256. The blog post says: We estimate that these circuits can be executed on a superconducting qubit CRQC with fewer than 500,000 physical qubits in a few minutes, given standard assumptions about hardware capabilities that are consistent with some of Google’s flagship quantum processors. This is an approximately 20-fold reduction in the number of physical qubits required to solve ECDLP-256 and a continuation of a long history of gradual optimization in compiling quantum algorithms to fault-tolerant circuits. “Cryptographically-relevant quantum computers (CRQS) pose a threat to widely deployed public-key cryptography”, the whitepaper claims. Instead of attacking wallets, the research models a live attack where a quantum adversary could steal bitcoin mid‑transaction in about 9 minutes by quickly using the briefly revealed public key to calculate the private key, giving a 41% chance of beating Bitcoin’s 10‑minute block time. In this sense, Ethereum might be less vulnerable than Bitcoin, as it confirms its transactions faster. The Culprit: Taproot This results put Taproot, Bitcoin’s 2021 upgrade, in a different perspective. Although Taproot boosted privacy and efficiency, it started exposing public keys on‑chain by default, stripping away the “hash-first” protective layer that older address formats had. Therefore, it has widened the pool of quantum‑exposed coins to about 6.9 million BTC, including Satoshi‑era and heavily reused addresses. A quantum computer is a computer that uses the rules of quantum physics to process information in ways normal computers can’t. Instead of bits that are either 0 or 1, it uses qubits, which can be 0, 1, or a blend of both at the same time, letting the machine explore many possibilities in parallel. Classical computers explore possibilities one‑by‑one (even if very fast). This means that, for certain math problems (like factoring huge numbers used in cryptography), a powerful quantum computer could solve in minutes what would take a classical supercomputer longer than the age of the universe. What This Means For Concerned Traders Despite it is true that no such machine exists yet, earlier this month Google set 2029 as an internal deadline for post‑quantum migration, compressing the perceived timeline for “Q‑day.” Researchers warn that post-quantum migration will take years, even if the hardware is not here yet. Related Reading: Over Half Of US Crypto Users Don’t Understand This Scary Tax Rule On the social network X, some users have already expressed their quantum panic. Coin Metric co-founder and Bitcoin advocate Nic Carter highlighted another paper released today from Oratomic, Caltech and UC Berkeley, showing quantum computers can break crypto with just 10,000 reconfigurable atomic qubits. and the craziest thing is that the Google Quantum AI paper (above) is maybe not even the most concerning quantum paper released _today_https://t.co/mSZi5Lk7do — nic carter (@nic_carter) March 31, 2026 Roughly one‑third of Bitcoin’s supply is now modeled as potentially quantum‑exposed over a long enough horizon, which could change how desks value old coins, Taproot usage and address‑reuse hygiene. Traders should watch for Taproot adoption metrics, progress or gridlock around BIP‑360‑style upgrades, and whether Bitcoin devs move toward a dated migration plan as Google’s 2029 clock ticks louder. At the moment of writing, BTC trades for the highs $66k. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
The sale underscores liquidity pressures as the company continues its pivot to a bitcoin treasury strategy.
FTX will begin its fourth creditor distribution on March 31, with about $2.2 billion set to reach eligible customers through BitGo, Kraken, and Payoneer within 1 to 3 business days. On paper, this might look like just another routine bankruptcy milestone. But in practice, this could be a fresh liquidity test arriving as Bitcoin trades […]
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F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun’s decision to sell a Thai condo once bought for 2,900 BTC for just 7 BTC illustrates the opportunity cost of spending Bitcoin early.
Options on Hashdex’s diversified NCIQ ETF now let investors hedge, generate income and manage risk across a broad basket of digital assets.
XRP may be showing one of the cleaner accumulation signals in an otherwise weak altcoin market, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, who pointed to a pickup in Binance outflow transactions as the token continues to trade inside a narrow multi-month range. XRP Flashes This Bullish Signal The setup matters because XRP has held between roughly $1.30 and $1.50 for several months even as broader market conditions have remained difficult, particularly for altcoins. In Darkfost’s reading, that sideways stretch is not just stagnation. It may also be a period in which buyers are quietly repositioning. “Despite difficult conditions for the crypto market, and especially for altcoins, some assets are still showing a certain degree of resilience,” Darkfost wrote. “This is particularly the case for XRP, which has been trading in a well-defined range for several months, oscillating between $1.30 and $1.50. While the asset is still trading more than 60% below its last all-time high, some investors appear to be taking advantage of this consolidation phase to gradually accumulate.” Related Reading: XRP Nears Key Turning Point As Descending Wedge Tightens The chart shared via CryptoQuant focuses on Binance exchange outflow transactions, broken down by XRP size bands. The clearest shift appears from late February onward, when the number of withdrawals begins to rise sharply after a quieter stretch earlier in the quarter. Several sessions printed more than 4,000 outflow transactions, while some spikes came close to 6,000 in a single day. That detail matters because exchange outflows are commonly read as a sign that holders are moving tokens off trading venues and into other wallets, often for storage rather than immediate sale. It is not a perfect one-to-one measure of conviction, but in market structure terms it usually points more toward accumulation than distribution. Darkfost argued that the composition of those flows is just as important as the headline number. “It is also worth noting that most of this activity is driven by transactions ranging between 1,000 and 100,000 XRP, which typically corresponds to mid-sized investors rather than very large whales,” he said. “This type of activity is generally interpreted as a positive signal. An increase in outflow transactions often suggests that investors are withdrawing their tokens from exchanges to hold them elsewhere, which can indicate a gradual accumulation phase.” Related Reading: XRP Ecosystem Enters Regulated UAE Market With Historic Approval That leaves XRP in an interesting spot. The price action itself still looks rangebound rather than impulsive, and the white line on the chart shows no decisive breakout yet. But the underlying behavior on Binance suggests that some market participants are using this period of compression to build positions instead of exiting. The distinction is important. A market can trade sideways for weeks or months without saying much on its own. Sideways price action paired with rising exchange withdrawals, however, gives that same range a different interpretation. It suggests the balance between available sell-side liquidity and long-term holding behavior may be shifting, even if that shift has not yet translated into a clean price expansion. For now, the main question is the one Darkfost raised directly: whether this accumulation phase is strong enough to push XRP out of its current band and “potentially reignite a bullish trend in the coming months.” Until that happens, the range remains intact. But if outflows continue to climb while price holds steady, traders will likely keep watching for signs that the consolidation is less a ceiling than a base. At press time, XRP traded at $1.32. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Standard Chartered’s investment arm SC Ventures is leading Keyrock's Series C, which is expected to close in the coming months.
KB previously stated that it is developing a hybrid card that enables customers to use stablecoins on their existing credit cards.
The 2026 Q1 has been dramatic for the crypto space, Bitcoin is down -46% from its all-time high and -30% since the January high. Ethereum is nearly 50% down from its all-time high. Solana, BNB, XRP, and other top altcoins face losses from peak to bottom. It is to note that the Fear and Greed …
David Bailey's Nakamoto plans to wind down healthcare operations as it shifts focus to integrating BTC Inc and UTXO Management.
The Brussels-based digital asset firm said the new capital will bolster its balance sheet and support expansion and acquisitions.
The crypto market is showing signs of selective strength, with capital rotating into assets that are building structure rather than chasing short-term hype. In this environment, TRX is starting to stand out. While much of the market remains range-bound, TRX price is breaking out, holding higher levels, pushing into resistance, and attracting consistent buying on …