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Today’s top news:
Crypto majors red despite Gold hitting $5,100 & new ATH; BTC at $87,600 Ethereum Foundation forms Post-Quantum team to upgrade Ethereum UBS to start offering Bitcoin and ETH to its wealthy clients RIVER token soars 38% on day, 180% on week and jumps into top 50 Nifty Gateway announces wind down, 30 days for holders to get NFTs off its platform ️ Ethereum Prepares for the Quantum EraCrypto’s biggest looming risk is quantum.
What HappenedThe Ethereum Foundation has formed a dedicated post-quantum security team, formally elevating quantum resistance to a top strategic priority for the network.
The new Post-Quantum (PQ) team was announced by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, who described the move as an inflection point after years of research and quiet development.
The effort will be led by cryptographic engineer Thomas Coratger, with contributors from the leanVM team, which Drake called a cornerstone of Ethereum’s long-term cryptographic strategy.
Ethereum’s current security model, like Bitcoin’s, relies on elliptic-curve cryptography. Researchers widely believe sufficiently powerful quantum computers could eventually break these systems, creating risks for transaction signatures, wallets, and long-term data security.
The Foundation says the focus is now shifting from theoretical work to practical execution, including wallet safety, account abstraction, transaction design, and new testing environments.
️ What They’re Saying“After years of quiet R&D, EF management has officially declared PQ (Post Quantum) security a top strategic priority. Our journey began in 2019, with the “Eth3.0 Quantum Security” presentation at StarkWare Sessions. Since 2024, PQ has been central to the Ethereum vision. The pace of PQ engineering breakthroughs since then has been nothing short of phenomenal.
It’s now 2026, timelines are accelerating. Time to go full PQ” - Justin Drake, on X
🧠 Why It MattersMany crypto thought leaders have posited that now is the time to prepare for the eventual post-quantum reality.
Timelines have shifted from 2050+ to the 2030s.
And as we all know, AI developments are accelerating so no timeline is super safe.
Now Ethereum has a formal mechanism in place to plan, execute and ship fixes to address quantum risks.
In this respect, Ethereum is stronger than Bitcoin.
And if they make real progress and ship solutions over the next few years to make Ethereum quantum-resistant or even quantum-proof, while Bitcoin lags - then expect ETH to make real gains on Bitcoin.
I personally thought there was no real path for ETH to flip Bitcoin. Quantum readiness might actually be that path. It’s very low likelihood, but it’s nonzero.
Now the ball is in the Bitcoin devs’ court…
A few headlines that stood out:
Crypto majors are red after a Sunday selloff, down 6-10% on the week; BTC -1% at $87,600; ETH -1% at $2,897, SOL -3% at $122; XRP -1% to $1.89 RIVER (+38%), ALGO (+4%) and MORPHO (+4%) led top movers Gold hit $5,100 overnight, breaking $5k for the first time while Silver hit $110 GameFi tokens surged led by Axie Infinity, which jumped more than 130% in a week Ethereum Foundation formed a dedicated post-quantum security team, elevating quantum-resistant cryptography to a top strategic priority ZachXBT exposed the theft of $40M in crypto from a US government wallet allegedly by the son of the man in charge CertiK said it is planning a U.S. IPO, positioning itself as a pure-play crypto security firm UBS Group announced plans to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to select wealthy clients MoonPay signed an eight-figure, three-year title sponsorship deal with the X Games, launching the “MoonPay X Games League”
