Day: March 10, 2026

Bitcoin’s Quantum Defense Plan: What BIP-360 Actually Changes

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Key takeaways BIP-360 formally puts quantum resistance on Bitcoin’s road map for the first time. It represents a measured, incremental step rather than a dramatic cryptographic overhaul. Quantum risk primarily targets exposed public keys, not Bitcoin’s SHA-256 hashing, making public key exposure the central vulnerability developers aim to reduce. BIP-360 introduces Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR), which removes Taproot’s key path spending option and forces all spends through script paths to minimize elliptic curve exposure. Smart contract flexibility remains intact, as P2MR still supports multisig, timelocks and complex custody structures via Tapscript Merkle…

Bitcoin Eyes $72K Liquidity Sweep as Bulls Regain Short-Term Control

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Bitcoin (BTC) price action liquidated shorts on Tuesday as market participants reacted to US President Donald Trump’s comments on the Iran war. Key takeaways: Bitcoin order book liquidity is increasing as BTC price rebounds to $71,000. Market participants anticipate a liquidity grab toward $72,000 next. BTC price momentum improves, with rising spot volume and strong ETF inflows. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Liquidity clusters set up BTC price showdown Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD hovering around $70,780 on Bitstamp, up 4.5% over the last 24 hours. With BTC price recovering…

DeFi Insurance Is The Final Frontier Of Onchain Finance

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Opinion by: Jesus Rodriguez, co-founder of Sentora If you look at decentralized finance (DeFi) as a stack of computational primitives, it’s remarkably complete — yet fundamentally broken. We have automated market makers for liquidity, like Uniswap. We have lending markets for capital efficiency, and bridges for cross-chain “packet switching.” Step back and look at the architecture from a systems engineering perspective. There is a gaping hole where the risk backstop should be. Insurance is the “missing primitive” of the decentralized web. It is the translation layer that turns scary, opaque…

South Korea Sells 321 BTC Recovered From Phishing Attack

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Authorities sold the recovered Bitcoin in small batches over 11 days to avoid disrupting the market, according to local media reports. South Korean prosecutors have sold 320.8 Bitcoin recovered after a phishing incident temporarily removed the crypto from government custody. The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office said it sold 320.8 Bitcoin (BTC) at market prices and transferred 31.59 billion Korean won (about $21.5 million) to the national treasury, The Chosun Ilbo reported Tuesday. Authorities reportedly sold the Bitcoin in small batches over 11 days between Feb. 24 and March 6 to…

Billionaire Bill Ackman files to take Pershing Square public on the NYSE

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American billionaire Bill Ackman is moving to take his Pershing Square Capital Management public through a dual listing on the NYSE alongside its PSUS closed-end fund. The New York-based hedge fund is targeting a $5 billion to $10 billion capital raise, offering PSUS shares at $50 and including Pershing Square stock as part of the deal. Ackman says the effort is part of his plan to create a permanent-capital investment structure modeled after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Having founded Pershing Square in 2004 with $54 million, Ackman has turned it…

US Lawmakers Probe Trump-Linked Firm Over Chinese IPO Stock Scams

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US lawmakers have launched an investigation into several Wall Street underwriters, including Dominari Securities, whose parent company is linked to the Trump family, over their role in bringing Chinese companies to US stock markets that were later tied to stock manipulation schemes. On Monday, the House of Representatives Select Committee on China, chaired by Representative John Moolenaar with Rep. Ro Khanna as ranking member, sent letters to three US companies — D. Boral Capital, Dominari Securities and Revere Securities — seeking information about Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs) they helped…

GIGA expands Bitcoin treasury to 1,252 BTC with latest purchase

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Privately held manufacturing firm GIGA has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 1,252 BTC after acquiring 38 BTC last month, the company disclosed on Monday. GIGA said the purchase supports its treasury strategy, using Bitcoin as a long-term reserve asset to enhance financial resilience. The firm made its first BTC purchase last July, acquiring 1,129 coins. With Bitcoin trading at $70,654 at press time, GIGA’s stash is now valued at around $88 million. This positions the firm as the eighth-largest private holder of Bitcoin, while among public and private companies combined,…

Ethereum ‘Ultrasound Money’ Pivot Did Not Help ETH Price Beat Bitcoin

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Ether (ETH) has dropped roughly 65% against Bitcoin (BTC) since Ethereum’s 2022 shift to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), casting doubt on the network’s “ultrasound money” thesis. Key takeaways: ETH/BTC three-day performance chart. Source: TradingView Ether’s ultrasound money narrative disappoints The idea behind “ultrasound money” was that Ether would become even scarcer than Bitcoin. Supporters argued that Ethereum’s 2021 EIP-1559 upgrade, which began burning a portion of transaction fees, combined with the sharp decline in new ETH issuance following the 2022 Merge, would make Ether deflationary over time. ETH’s new annual supply rate…

Winklevoss twins may have sold $130M in Bitcoin following latest wallet moves

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the billionaire co-founders of crypto exchange Gemini, may have sold 1,773 Bitcoin worth approximately $130 million following transfers to Gemini hot wallets last week, according to Arkham Intelligence. THE WINKLEVOSS TWINS SOLD $130M BTC The Winklevoss Twins transferred $130M of BTC to Gemini Hot Wallets since last week, presumably to sell. The Winklevosses once owned 1% of the circulating BTC supply – and now continue to hold $764M of BTC. Their total PnL on BTC is currently… pic.twitter.com/Pjzp45V3K7 — Arkham (@arkham) March 10, 2026 The transfers…

Tokenized Stocks Surpass $1 Billion as Ondo and xStocks Lead Market

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Tokenized stocks have surpassed $1 billion in total value on-chain, marking a new milestone for the fast-growing real-world asset (RWA) sector. Data from RWA.xyz shows the value of tokenized equities climbing past the $1 billion mark, as platforms offering blockchain-based exposure to traditional stocks attract more trading activity and liquidity. Much of that activity is concentrated among a small number of players. RWA.xyz data and a report released Tuesday by Foresight Ventures show Ondo as the largest tokenized stock platform by value, while xStocks products account for another significant share…