Aligned has opened its ALIGN airdrop checker for Genesis Drop and ZK Arcade users. The project says a claim update is expected this week, while 10 million tokens for ZK Arcade are set to unlock in full at TGE.

Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum’s roadmap in Hong Kong, focusing on zkEVM, post-quantum preparation and cutting finality to 10–20 seconds, with a long-term goal of making the chain verifiable on phones and IoT devices.

Google Quantum AI team estimates that a quantum computer with ~500k physical qubits can crack secp256k1 private keys in minutes. Three attack models defined: on-spend, at-rest, on-setup. Bitcoin, Ethereum face structural vulnerabilities. Full circuit withheld via ZK proof.

Binance Alpha has confirmed a Brevis listing for January 6, 2026. The project has also disclosed a 1 billion BREV supply, completed airdrop registration, and highlighted its Ethereum ZK infrastructure.

The Ethereum Foundation has unstaked 21,270 ETH from Lido after earlier withdrawals and OTC sales. Arkham said the move may reflect operating funding needs or caution over third-party protocol risk.

IOSG argues that quantum computing is not a doomsday button for cryptocurrencies, but it does pose a serious long-term threat to the cryptographic foundations of Web3. In a reposted article by 0xjacobzhao, the firm says the real danger is not that blockchains suddenly stop working, but that a cryptographically capable fault-tolerant quantum computer could derive private keys from already exposed public keys and produce valid signatures on-chain. That would put extreme pressure on three core properties of public blockchains: permanently public ledgers, irreversible asset transfers, and self-custodied private keys. The article says the industry’s problem is no longer a lack of post-quantum cryptography. Instead, the hard part is coordination. Bitcoin and Ethereum face different migration problems: Bitcoin must deal with exposed legacy UTXOs, signature-size expansion, and governance disputes over dormant coins, while Ethereum is working on a broader migration across accounts, validator signatures, data availability, and zero-knowledge systems. IOSG points to a 5 to 8 year “engineering comfort window” before quantum risk becomes much harder to manage, even though broader Q-Day estimates remain centered around 2035 to 2045, with faster scenarios falling in the 2030 to 2035 range.

Chris Dixon, founder of a16z Crypto, announced the promotion of Eddy Lazzarin to General Partner. Lazzarin, who joined in 2019, led engineering, data science, and research teams, and contributed to the open-source zkVM project Jolt. His new role will concentrate on portfolio management, token strategy, and investment evaluations.

Base has integrated Succinct’s SP1 zkVM and TEE solutions to strengthen cryptographic security. Without becoming a full ZK Rollup, the network aims to replace the multi-day challenge period with cryptographic finality and reduce withdrawal finality to around one day.