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A heated confrontation is continuing around Bitcoin, specifically Satoshi’s coins and the quantum threat looming over them. A new round of this confrontation unfolded between Charles Hoskinson and Bitcoin ideologues. The trigger was the discussion of BIP-361, a radical new proposal for protecting the network from quantum computers which, according to Hoskinson, turns Bitcoin into “shitcoin land.” Advertisement Presented earlier this week by Jameson Lopp and a group of researchers, BIP-361 implies strict timelines for abandoning old types of addresses vulnerable to quantum attacks: in three years, any incoming transactions to old addresses are banned, and five years after the proposal’s adoption, old digital signatures are made invalid.Why Hoskinson thinks Bitcoin's quantum soft fork is legalized theftHoskinson, in his latest public airing on X, predictably lashed out at this decision with criticism. Despite Lopp’s thesis that a recovery mechanism and support for frozen wallets are provided, and the fact that if Satoshi himself does not move his coins, they are already effectively dead, Hoskinson believes that even with these reservations, 1.7 million BTC remain at risk. HOT Stories Hayes Questions If Bitcoin Bottom Is In Bitcoin's Failed $75,000 Entry: What's Next? XRP's Silent Uptrend Originates, Zcash (ZEC) Adds 166% in Key Flow Metric: Crypto Market Review He emphasized that forced invalidation of old signatures is a direct violation of the principles on which Bitcoin was built and sarcastically wished "good luck" in stealing Satoshi's coins to BIP-361 supporters.  Advertisement I did mention that. At least 1.7 million Bitcoin will be rendered unrecoverable with your design. Have fun stealing Satoshi's coins.— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) April 16, 2026 You Might Also Like Thu, 04/16/2026 - 05:45 Hayes Questions If Bitcoin Bottom Is In ByAlex Dovbn

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Anthropic’s secretive Mythos AI can hunt crypto smart contract flaws at machine speed, and billions in DeFi could vanish fast
Security leaders warn AI driven exploits could jump from “bug” to irreversible on-chain loss before humans even spot the trail.
Anthropic's Mythos threat to the crypto industry can trigger hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in sudden, irreversible losses.

That is the stark reality facing digital asset markets following Anthropic’s quiet unveiling of Claude Mythos Preview, a vulnerability-seeking AI model the San Francisco startup admits is simply too dangerous to release to the public.

Deddy David, chief executive of blockchain security firm Cyvers, told CryptoSlate about the catastrophic scale of the problem, noting that the financial exposure of AI-driven exploits in crypto ranges from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars.

If those estimates are correct, the scope of potential damage is staggering.

Moreover, the scale of this new threat isn’t just about bad actors writing slightly better phishing emails or generating malicious code snippets.

Instead, it is about an autonomous system capable of finding deep, emergent logic flaws across smart contracts, wallets, and cross-chain bridges before human auditors even know where to look.

For years, crypto founders and security researchers have obsessed over “Q-Day,” the theoretical future date when a quantum computer becomes powerful enough to shatter blockchain cryptography.

But Mythos recent launch is forcing a pivot. Security experts have noted that the most immediate threat to digital assets is no longer a future attack on cryptography. It is an AI system that can already uncover exploitable flaws in the very software layer the industry depends on.




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Charles Hoskinson Says 34% of Bitcoin Could Be Stolen by Quantum Computers in 2030s


Charles Hoskinson used a lengthy video address this week to deliver what he described as a long overdue reckoning for Bitcoin maximalists, centred on a quantum computing threat he says is no longer theoretical and a proposed fix he says does not actually work.

As of March 1, 2026, over 34% of all Bitcoin has had its public key exposed on-chain, either through address reuse or legacy pay-to-public-key-hash formats. That represents approximately 8 million Bitcoin that could be stolen by an attacker with a sufficiently powerful quantum computer. Based on current research timelines, Hoskinson places that threat arriving in the 2030s.

“Not hypothetically one magical day in the future when unicorns fart rainbows,” he said. “In the 2030s. Right in front of your face.”

The Proposal That Does Not Solve the Problem

A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal currently circulating, BIP-361, attempts to address the vulnerability by freezing quantum-vulnerable funds and forcing a migration to post-quantum addresses. Hoskinson spent considerable time dissecting why he believes it fails on its own terms.

The proposal claims to be a soft fork. Hoskinson says it is not. It would require a hard fork, something Bitcoin has never done and, by the religion of its maximalist community, never will.

More critically, the proposed zero-knowledge proof recovery system only works for wallets built on the BIP-39 seed phrase standard, which was not introduced until 2013. Approximately 1.7 million Bitcoin, including an estimated 1.1 million belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, exist in legacy wallet formats that predate this standard. There is no zero-knowledge proof that can recover those coins.

“1.7 million coins cannot be saved even under the steal your coins proposal,” Hoskinson said bluntly.

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HIP-3 open interest tops $2 billion as demand for 24/7 tokenized equity exposure surges

On Hyperliquid, just three of the top 10 markets by volume are crypto pairs, while the rest are tokenized equity or commodity futures.

The following is excerpted from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

Open interest (OI) on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets hit a record high of $2.38 billion last week. As of Wednesday, OI sits at slightly under $2.1 billion, still near its highs despite a 12% pullback likely tied to broader risk-off moves.

HIP-3's growth trajectory has been staggering, from just around $280 million in OI at the beginning of the year to crossing $1 billion less than a month later and $2 billion by the end of the quarter. Year-to-date, HIP-3 OI is up approximately 580%. TradeXYZ alone accounts for over 90% of all HIP-3 OI.

On the Hyperliquid platform itself, only three of the top 10 markets by volume are crypto pairs. The rest are tokenized equity and commodity futures such as Nasdaq proxies, oil, gold, silver, and the S&P 500.

Traders are increasingly seeking exposure to equities and commodities outside traditional market hours, and HIP-3 provides that without intermediaries and with crypto-native settlement.

Existing tradfi incumbents such as CME, ICE, and Eurex don't offer 24/7 equity futures, while Robinhood and Interactive Brokers don't settle on-chain.

The $5 billion OI mark is where things get interesting for HIP-3. At that level, HIP-3 starts generating enough volume and liquidity to attract market makers who currently operate on CME and CBOE.



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Bitcoin hits ‘near-term selling pressure’ after rally to $76K: CryptoQuant


Bitcoin deposits to crypto exchanges surged on Tuesday as it rallied above $76,000, suggesting it is hitting “near-term selling pressure” as investors move their coins into a position for sale, according to CryptoQuant.

In a report on Wednesday, CryptoQuant said the size and rate of Bitcoin ($BTC) inflows to exchanges have increased since the rally, with hourly inflows spiking to 11,000 $BTC, the highest since December.

CryptoQuant said it is a “historically reliable warning signal of near-term selling pressure, as holders move coins to exchanges in preparation for potential distribution at key resistance zones.”

It added that the average deposit size also increased to 2.25 $BTC, the highest since July 2024, and similar to January, when average deposits peaked at 2 $BTC before the price nearly halved from $100,000 to $60,000.

Crypto investors have been hoping for a Bitcoin rally as the war in Iran appears to be de-escalating. However, a large shift of Bitcoin into crypto exchanges could suggest any rally would be short-lived.

TradingView shows Bitcoin hit $76,052 on Coinbase on Tuesday, securing its highest price since early February.

However, CryptoQuant said that as Bitcoin nears its $76,800 realized price, it will act “as a ceiling for relief rallies,” and traders who are nearing breakeven on their holdings will be “incentivized to sell, capping further upside.”

It added that Bitcoin’s rally in January was capped as it hit its realized price at the time, which caused prices to reverse, and “the same dynamic may repeat if selling pressure builds from current levels.”

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