Google’s whitepaper warns that quantum computers may break current 
cryptography by 2029. Computer scientist Guy Zyskind says post‑quantum 
cryptography—particularly lattice‑based schemes and encrypted mempools—is 
essential to secure blockchains. Reframing the 10-Year Migration Window The 
recently released Google whitepaper on the quantum threat has ignited intense 
debate over the technical justifications that led authors to aggressively […]

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In the bull market cycle of 2021-2022, the Shiba Inu meme coin made waves in a 
way that changed the face of meme coins forever. This came after Dogecoin’s 
initial 36,000% rally, and Shiba Inu followed with an over 1,000,000% rally. 
Naturally, this has led to the search of the meme coin that will replicate 
Shiba Inu’s move and so far, the verdict has been that it will be the PEPE 
meme coin. One analyst deep dives into this, elaborating on why PEPE could 
pull a similar stunt. Why PEPE Is The Shiba Inu Of This Cycle Crypto analyst 
Rexha took to the X (formerly Twitter) platform to discuss the current meme 
coin market and what investors could expect to come from it. Starting out, 
they draw out a parallel between the SAFEMOON and active Solana traders chart, 
showing a similarity between the two. For context, SAFEMOON was one of the 
meme coins from 2021 that saw a massive run, but eventually turned out to be a 
scam. Related Reading: The Last Time XRP Made This Move Against Bitcoin, It 
Led To A 500% Increase To $3.3 Rexha pointed out that investors are often 
looking for the next big thing, as was seen back in 2021 after the Dogecoin 
and Shiba Inu rallies on the Ethereum blockchain. Traders had then moved to 
‘cheaper’ blockchains in a bid to chase the next runner, leading to a lot of 
scams, which the analyst says culminated in SAFEMOON on the BNB Chain. 
Eventually, once the scams became too much and many traders were used as exit 
liquidity, attention shifted back to the meme coins that began the run. At the 
time, it was Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, as traders realized they were a ‘safer’ 
bet. This time around, though, it is not Dogecoin and Shiba Inu kickstarting 
the meme coin season and leading the charge. Instead, it was the likes of PEPE 
that had pumped on the Ethereum blockading, according to the analyst. The move 
to the Solana blockchain, Rexha explains, was the result of traders trying to 
chase new runners on a “cheap and fast” chain. However, with the advent of 
projects such as PumpFun sucking a fair amount of liquidity out of the market, 
the Solana ‘trenches’ have now mostly died out. Related Reading: Ripple 
Founder Pivots $1 Billion From XRP Fortune Into New Investment As the trend 
comes full cycle once again, the crypto analyst expects traders to move back 
to the meme coin that started it all, and that is PEPE in this place. Rexha 
calls this a “Return to Quality” on the Ethereum blockchain, predicting that 
PEPE’s second run will be similar to that of Shiba Inu’s second run. The 
analyst also warns that with this PEPE’s second run, traders will be lured 
back in with the hopes of having another run on other blockchains, such as a 
PumpFun “V2”. However, this is expected to be a “Final Extraction” event, so 
it is imperative that traders be careful when engaging with meme coins. 
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ZachXBT says Circle failed to freeze $420M in illicit USDC since 2022, citing 
15 hack and fraud cases and delayed action.

ZachXBT claims Circle failed to halt $420M in USDC

The longer Bitcoin&#8217;s price stays flat, the bigger the move up could eventually 
be, according to a crypto analyst.

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On-chain data shows the large Bitcoin holders have been participating in a notable amount of loss realization recently, a sign of capitulation. Bitcoin Sharks &amp; Whales See High Values On Realized Loss Metric In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the Bitcoin Realized Loss for the sharks and whales. The &#8220;Realized Loss&#8221; here refers to an indicator that measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of loss that BTC holders are realizing through their transactions. Related Reading: Ethereum Drops Nearly 5% As Familiar Leverage Setup Plays Out In the context of the current topic, the version of the metric that&#8217;s of relevance is the one tracking the transfers related to two specific investor cohorts: the sharks and whales. These groups cover the 100 to 1,000 BTC and 1,000 to 10,000 BTC ranges, respectively. As such, the only investors who would qualify for the sharks and whales would be the big-money hands. Recently, the market as a whole has seen some pain as bearish momentum has dominated the sector, leading to loss-taking selloffs among investors. The sharks and whales haven&#8217;t been any different in behavior, as the chart for their Realized Loss shows. As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin sharks and whales have observed the 7-day simple moving average (SMA) of their combined Realized Loss sit at significant levels recently. From the chart, it&#8217;s visible that the loss realization spiked to particularly high levels following the price crashes in November and February, indicating a pronounced degree of market pain surrounding the events. Today, the 7-day SMA of the Bitcoin Realized Loss for the sharks and whales has a value greater than $200 million per day. &#8220;Typical capitulation behaviour from larger entities,&#8221; noted the analytics firm. Historically, major capitulation phases have tended to pave the way for bottoms as coins tend to transfer from weak hands to more resolute entities during such events. It now remains to be seen whether the loss taking from big-money investors has been extreme enough for a bottom yet. In some other news, Bitcoin has nearly arrived at the halfway point to the next Halving, as Glassnode has highlighted in another X post. Halvings are events that permanently slash in half BTC&#8217;s block subsidy, the compensation that miners receive for adding the next block to the chain. Related Reading: Dogecoin Bollinger Bands Tighten—Big Move Brewing? Halvings occur about every four years, with the next such event currently estimated to occur in April 2028. Bitcoin will reach the halfway point to this event at block 945,000. At the moment, the chain is at block 943,495. How BTC&#8217;s block height has grown over its history | Source: Glassnode on X BTC Price Bitcoin has continued to consolidate recently as its price is trading around $67,000. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

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