Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum's quantum defense roadmap, shifting to STARK verification and hash-based signatures over four years, cutting some verification costs by over 10x and targeting 100TB state storage by 2030.
The US Senate's Banking Committee released the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2026, splitting SEC and CFTC oversight, allowing stablecoin interest, and blocking CBDC monetary policy use. Markup vote set for Jan 15.
The CLARITY Act faces a tighter Senate timetable and heavier banking-industry lobbying, with unresolved disputes over stablecoin yield, ethics, and DeFi provisions pushing a markup decision closer to May.
SecondFi says its recovery plan remains on track after a Cardano wallet exploit drained 16 million ADA. Engineers are testing secure return methods, and a wallet checker tool is due next week.
Elliptic said the $285 million Drift Protocol theft shares blockchain patterns, laundering methods, and technical signals seen in past attacks tied to North Korean actors. Funds moved from Solana across multiple chains, making tracing harder.
A joint Artemis-McKinsey report cited by BVNK shows monthly stablecoin settlements surged from $5 billion to over $30 billion since early 2024, with B2B payments dominating. Near-instant settlement and lower costs drive corporate adoption, while new use cases like tokenized assets and GPU financing emerge.
Citigroup lowered its 12-month targets for Bitcoin and Ether, citing weak ETF demand, slower US regulatory progress, and continued selling pressure in both assets.
OpenClaw contributor Vincent Koc says the real challenge for personal agents is not raw model intelligence but boundaries, memory, and operational control. The project’s surge in popularity has also exposed governance and maintenance strain.
