XRPL validator warns XRP users of social-engineering threat

Ethereum options open interest near $6 billion as traders hedge short-term downside

Ethereum options open interest approached $6 billion with call-heavy positioning, while traders increased short-term put activity to hedge against near-term volatility. Ethereum (ETH) options positioning continued to tilt bullish in outstanding bets, even as traders ramped up near-term downside hedges—an increasingly common mix that signals confidence in the broader trend…

Ethereum Price Charges Higher, $2,150 Resistance Under Threat

Ethereum price remained stable above $2,020 and started a decent upward move, beating Bitcoin. ETH price climbed above the $2,050 and $2,065 resistance levels. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $2,065 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. The bulls pumped the price above…

Bitcoin price prediction as US-Iran considers a 45-day ceasefire

Bitcoin rose slightly on Monday after a report said the US and Iran were considering a longer ceasefire that could lead to the end of the war. BTC traded at $69,165 on Monday, up from the weekend low of $66,000. Ceasefire talks and market reaction US and Iran are discussing…

Solana Explores Quantum Resistance, But Risks Steep 90% Drop in Scalability

The Solana blockchain is exploring quantum resistance through a partnership with Project Eleven, but early findings suggest the effort could come with a major tradeoff: upgrades aimed at making the network quantum-resistant may reduce its speed by up to 90%. Solana and Project Eleven target post-quantum security Last year, the…

Solana's quantum-safe signatures slow network by roughly 90%, highlighting a security-speed trade-off

Solana, working with Project Eleven on quantum-resistant cryptography experiments, found that post-quantum signatures were up to 40 times larger than current signatures. In testing, that translated into roughly a 90% slowdown. The results highlight a practical trade-off: bigger signatures require more data to move, verify, and store. On a high-throughput…

Bitcoin Whales Accumulate 10,000 BTC Over Three Days

Large Bitcoin holders added roughly 10,000 BTC over a three-day stretch, a buy worth about $670 million at prevailing prices, according to widely cited on-chain data referenced by market trackers. The signal is notable because it points to fresh accumulation by wallets typically grouped as “whales,” whose activity can influence…

Solana faces trade-off between speed and security as quantum-safe testing may slow throughput by up to 90%

Solana’s latest quantum-testing effort has reignited a long-running debate in blockchain design: can a network achieve both scalability and speed while also strengthening security against future threats, or must it prioritize one over the other? For years, Solana’s high throughput has supported rapid transaction processing and strong on-chain liquidity, helping…

At around 5:30 PM on May 5, about a day after facing significant criticism over its recruitment campaign, Oatside Vietnam issued an official reply on its Facebook page, which has about 14K followers. The company said it acknowledged discussions surrounding the recent CMO recruitment and admitted that the campaign deployment…