Author: Kryptonews

Antonio Sanso, cryptography researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, is confident the blockchain will be quantum secure long before a quantum attack is even possible.”We as the Ethereum Foundation (EF) and Ethereum community are working massively on this topic,” he told Cointelegraph.“The research part is probably the part that has been already figured out. And we are starting with the execution phase of it. And we’re really confident we’re gonna meet the timeline and the deadline.”The EF has declared post-quantum (PQ) security a top strategic priority. On Jan. 24, it announced the formation of a Post Quantum team led by Thomas…

A seed phrase is a string of 12-24 words that serves as a master key for a non-custodial or self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. It enables you to retrieve your wallet and regain access to your digital assets that live on blockchain networks.In this article, we’ll dig deeper into the concept of seed phrases, how they work, and their significance. We’ll also provide a step-by-step guide on how to restore your wallet and store your seed phrases securely.What is a Seed Phrase?A seed phrase is a unique sequence of 12, 15, 18, 21, or 24 random words. It is generated from a…

Vitalik Buterin reverses his 2017 stance, arguing zk-proofs now make “mountain man” full verification a real fallback as Ethereum stress-tests decentralization. Summary Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revisits a 2017 clash with Ian Grigg, now favoring designs where users can fully verify state instead of outsourcing trust to nodes and devs. He calls ZK-SNARKs a “magic pill” that lets users check chain correctness without replaying every transaction, easing old block-size tradeoffs. Citing censorship, outages, and validator concentration, he frames the “mountain man’s cabin” as Ethereum’s BATNA: a rarely-used but essential verification fallback. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly walked back…

In a new interview with US media personality Tucker Carlson, gold advocate Peter Schiff renewed his attack on Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry.Speaking on Carlson’s show, he argued that Bitcoin (BTC) is a speculative instrument with “no actual use” and warned that proposals for a US strategic reserve amount to a taxpayer‑funded bailout for early adopters. Schiff also spent much of the conversation attacking official inflation data and fiscal policy, telling Carlson that Americans are “being lied to” about inflation, and arguing that the government changed the Consumer Price Index so that it could blame the private sector for the…

Demand for tokenized assets is accelerating amid record gold prices and ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. XAU₮ offers a bridge between traditional finance and blockchain. Tether Gold allows investors to hold gold in a fully digital, on-chain form. It is capturing interest from institutions and individual investors seeking stability in turbulent markets. Surging Demand and Market Growth The gold-backed stablecoin market experienced rapid expansion in 2025. With total capitalization jumping from roughly $1.3 billion to over $4 billion. This surge coincided with gold prices reaching historic highs, briefly surpassing $5,000 per ounce. This reflects both geopolitical fragmentation and rising investor appetite for…

Ethereum elevated post-quantum cryptography to a top strategic priority this month, forming a dedicated PQ team led by Thomas Coratger and announcing $1 million in prizes to harden hash-based primitives.The announcement came one day before a16z crypto published a roadmap arguing that quantum threats are frequently overstated and premature migrations risk trading known security for speculative protection.Both positions are defensible, and the apparent tension reveals where the real battle lies.The Ethereum Foundation’s announcement frames PQ security as an inflection point. Multi-client consensus devnets are live, bi-weekly All Core Devs calls start next month to coordinate precompiles and account abstraction paths,…

Brendan and Celia Wilson’s home, you could say, is museum-quality. As the BBC reported, their Grade II-listed home—called Rossett Mill—in Wrexham, UK, dates to 1588 and once inspired a painting by J.M.W. Turner, the artist widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters. The Wilsons first encountered the watermill 17 years ago, when it was boarded up, uninhabitable, and slated for demolition. A newspaper advertisement initially caught their attention, and a chance drive through the area soon sealed their fate. “We knew within five minutes that we wanted to buy it,” Brendan Wilson said. They purchased the property for…

Community & educationCal Hacks 12.0Collegiate hackathon organized at the University of California, Berkeley covering themes such as AI and web3.Community & educationDestino DevconnectGrants round focused on supporting community-led events and initiatives that help bring Argentina and the broader Latin America region onchain.Community & educationETH Latam Hackathon Brasil 2025ETHSambaHackathon hosted in São Paulo, Brazil prioritizing real-world Ethereum and onboarding new builders.EmailCommunity & educationFunding the Commons: Buenos Aires 2025Conference hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina revolving around RealFi: financial infrastructure designed for real-world coordination, access, and public goods funding.Community & educationHigh Assurance Crypto Software (HACS) Workshop 2026Workshop organized in Taipei, Taiwan bringing together…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), an independent government body acting as the national corporate regulator, has identified regulatory gaps in fast-growing fintech areas, especially digital assets. The regulator’s new report titled “Key issues outlook 2026” released Tuesday expressed concerns that consumers are exposed to the rapidly expanding and unlicensed crypto, payments and artificial intelligence companies. It argued that it is for the government to determine whether these new products or services should be brought under the regulatory purview, while warning that some entities may actively look to remain unlicensed, adding to the “perceived regulatory uncertainty.”This behavior of some…

Trading 212, one of Europe’s largest online investment platforms, allowed UK retail customers to trade cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs) without having the required permission from the country’s financial regulator, according to the Financial Times.Crypto ETNs returned to the UK retail market in October 2025 after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reversed a ban imposed in 2021. The products, which track the price of digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), are structured as debentures and require specific regulatory approval to be sold to everyday investors.However, Trading 212 offered crypto ETNs to retail clients without the required authorization until Monday, the Financial…