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Bitcoin Quantum-Proofing Push Could Open New Attack Risks, Mow Warns
Post-quantum cryptography could make Bitcoin’s signature sizes balloon by as much as 125 times — a technical reality now fueling a sharp debate over how fast the network should act.
Mow Calls Out The RushSamson Mow, founder of Bitcoin firm Jan3, went public over the weekend with a pointed warning: moving too fast on quantum security could leave Bitcoin more exposed, not less.
His comments came after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and the company’s chief security officer, Philip Martin, called on the industry to start acting now against quantum computing threats.
Mow pushed back hard. A rushed transition to post-quantum cryptography, he said, risks opening up fresh vulnerabilities — including compatibility breakdowns and a sharp drop in how many transactions the network can handle at once.
“Simply put: make Bitcoin safe against quantum computers just to get pwned by normal computers,” Mow wrote on X.
It’s been almost 10 years since the Blocksize Wars ended and Brian hasn’t changed at all.
He still carries the exact same complete lack of humility and understanding. Brian forms the opinion first, along with a prescribed course of action and timeframe, instead of starting by… https://t.co/Ti7QV63e7P
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) April 4, 2026
A Ghost From Bitcoin’s PastAt the center of his concern is block size — the cap on how much transaction data fits inside a single Bitcoin block. Larger post-quantum signatures mean more data per transaction, which means fewer transactions per block, which means a slower and more congested network.
Former Bitcoin developer Jonas Schnelli put numbers to it, and Mow cited them directly. The implications go beyond speed. Block size has been a flashpoint before.
Between 2015 and 2017, a bitter community dispute over whether to expand Bitcoin’s block size tore the ecosystem apart and ultimately led to a chain split.
That fight raised deep questions about decentralization, network security, and who really gets to decide Bitcoin’s direction. Mow is warning the same battle could be coming back — what he’s calling “Blocksize Wars 2.0.”
Where Mow Draws The LineMow isn’t saying quantum threats should be ignored. His argument is about timing, not priority. Research on potential solutions is already underway, he said, and that work should continue.
But quantum computers capable of cracking Bitcoin’s encryption, he argued, are still a decade or two away at minimum. Rushing a fix for a threat that doesn’t yet exist, he said, creates real risks today in exchange for protection against something hypothetical tomorrow.
The debate is gaining urgency as new research from Google and the California Institute of Technology has stoked fresh concern about how quickly quantum computing may develop.
Armstrong and Martin flagged those findings as reason enough to move the timeline up. Mow’s position: the cure could be worse than the disease, at least for now.
Featured image from Trade Brains, chart from TradingView
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What To Expect For The Solana Price In April As Metrics Line Up Again
After an explosive two years between 2023 and 2024, the Solana price began to retrace, and that retracement has lasted into the year 2026. For the first time in more than a year, the Solana price has been consistently trading below the $100 mark as sell-offs ravage the cryptocurrency. However, with the new month, there might be some light at the end of the tunnel for SOL investors if April plays out as expected.
April Could Be A Green Month For The Solana PriceThe prediction algorithm on the CoinCodex website has gone bullish in favor of the Solana price as the market ushered in the new month. Instead of following the set trend over the last few months and continuing to decline, it seems the Solana price might be headed for some respite.
The algorithm takes into account various indicators for a digital asset and uses that to predict a likely outcome for the asset. For Solana, the verdict is that the cryptocurrency might end up seeing a double-digit rally that would put it above the $100 level again.
In total, it predicts that the Solana price will rise by 30% to reach $103.76 by the time the month is over. On the medium-term (3-month timeframe), the algorithm predicts that the Solana price will rise by 63% to reach $130. This would mean that the third quarter is expected to be bullish for the price.
April Is An Historically Bullish MonthLooking at historical performance, the month of April has turned out to be more bullish than not for the Solana price. In cases where the month has ended in the red, the gains from the green months have outpaced those dominated by losses.
According to data from the CryptoRank website, in the last five years, Solana has ended a total of three months of April in the green, with the lowest return of these being +23.2% and the highest at +60.8%. Meanwhile for the years that the month ended in the red, the highest losses has been -15.7% and the lowest at -3.25%.
This brings the overall average for the month well into the positive, with the website’s data showing an average return of +18.7& and a median return of +10.8%. However, the second quarter of the year remains a mixed bag with as many red closes as there are green closes. So, it remains to be seen how the Solana price will perform in Q2.
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Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Tops $58 Billion After Latest 4,871 BTC Purchase
Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy has resumed its buying spree after a two-week gap with a new $329.9 million acquisition of the cryptocurrency.
Strategy Has Added 4,871 Tokens To Its Bitcoin TreasuryIn a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor has shared details related to the company’s latest Bitcoin acquisition. In total, the firm has added 4,871 BTC for $329.9 million or $67,718 per token with this purchase.
Strategy has had a consistent routine of announcing acquisitions on Monday, but the firm had a rare skip last week. Saylor’s post from Sunday foreshadowed the return to buying ways this week, as the chairman shared the company’s BTC portfolio tracker with the caption: “₿ack to Work.”
According to the filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Strategy bought its latest tokens between April 1st and 5th. The firm funded the purchase using sales of its STRC and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings.
In the past, Strategy has often shown a tendency to buy local price tops, with its tokens already dipping into losses by the time it reveals the purchase. This time around, however, the latest Bitcoin spot price is still trading above the buy’s cost basis, meaning that the tokens are in the green.
Though, the firm’s holdings as a whole have continued to be underwater recently. Following the new purchase, Strategy’s cost basis is sitting at $75,644, putting its Bitcoin reserves in a loss of about 8.1% at the current spot price. The company first fell underwater with the price crash at the start of February and with the market staying down since then amid uncertainty like the Iran war, BTC hasn’t been able to reclaim its break-even level.
A milestone that Strategy has cleared with the latest acquisition is that its total investment into the asset has broken past the $58 billion mark. With a total of 766,970 tokens in its wallets, Saylor’s firm occupies a network supply share of 3.83%, by far the highest among corporate treasury holders of Bitcoin.
Just like how Strategy regularly announces purchases on Monday, Ethereum’s largest treasury company, Bitmine, has made a habit of doing the same. This Monday has been no different, with Bitmine’s regular press release going up with information related to the firm’s latest ETH accumulation.
Over the past week, Bitmine added 71,252 ETH to its wallets, the largest weekly buying spree since December 2025. Thomas “Tom” Lee, the company’s chariman, said:
Bitmine has maintained the increased pace of ETH buys in each of the past four weeks, as our base case ETH is in the final stages of the ‘mini-crypto winter.’
The Ethereum treasury firm now holds a total of 4,803,334 ETH, equivalent to 3.98% of the cryptocurrency’s total supply in circulation.
BTC PriceAt the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $69,200, up 3.5% over the last 24 hours.
The Crypto Market Is Building Leverage On A Weak Foundation – Discover Which Way It Breaks
The crypto market is trying to hold above current price levels. Bitcoin and Ethereum are facing volatility. And beneath the price action, four separate data points are pulling in four separate directions — which is precisely why this moment is more complicated than it looks.
A CryptoQuant report has identified a market structure that defies simple characterization. Exchange netflows have turned positive for two consecutive days — shifting from -1,275 BTC to +682 BTC and then +428 BTC — meaning short-term sell-side supply is returning to exchanges after a period of net outflows. Simultaneously, open interest has climbed from $21.22 billion to $22.60 billion across three sessions, confirming that derivatives traders are rebuilding positions at scale.
Both of those developments would normally signal growing bullish conviction. The funding rate data refuses that interpretation. Funding has flipped from positive to negative and held there for two days — meaning the derivatives market is not overheated with aggressive longs but is instead reflecting cautious, two-sided positioning. Traders are opening positions without committing to a direction.
The market is not confused. It is hedged. That distinction matters because a hedged market does not move on sentiment alone — it moves when one side of the hedge is forced to cover. The data does not yet indicate which side breaks first.
Crypto Leverage Is BackThe report’s most consequential finding is the one that prevents a bullish reading of the open interest rebound. The 60-day USDT market cap change remains below zero — meaning that the stablecoin liquidity that fuels sustained price trends has not returned to the market in any meaningful quantity. Derivatives positioning is increasing. Spot demand is not confirming it. That divergence is the defining condition of the current environment.
The practical consequence is direct. When leverage rebuilds without liquidity support, price recoveries tend to be shallow and volatile rather than sustained and directional. The fuel for a trend continuation — fresh capital entering through stablecoins, new spot demand absorbing sell-side supply — is absent. What exists instead is a derivatives market rebuilding positions on top of a spot market that has not yet decided to participate.
The report translates this into a probability framework that deserves to be taken seriously rather than dismissed as false precision. Forty percent range-bound or neutral. Thirty-five percent short-term upside attempt. Twenty-five percent downside pressure. That distribution is not a forecast — it is a structured representation of what the four competing signals currently support.
The resolution conditions are equally specific. Upside confirmation requires exchange inflows to slow or reverse alongside a recovery in funding rates toward neutral. Downside risk escalates if inflows continue expanding while open interest rises and volatility increases. Neither condition has been met. The market is coiled between them — and this is not the moment to assume which way it uncoils.
Total Crypto Market Cap Stabilizes Between Key AveragesThe total crypto market cap is showing early signs of stabilization, but the weekly structure still reflects a market that has lost momentum after a strong expansion phase. Price is currently holding near $2.3 trillion, sitting between the 100-week and 200-week moving averages — a zone that often acts as a transitional range rather than a clear trend environment.
The rejection from the $3.8–$4.0 trillion region marked a decisive lower high, breaking the prior bullish sequence. Since then, the market has retraced sharply, losing the 50-week moving average and briefly testing the 200-week average before bouncing. That reaction confirms the 200-week as structural support, at least for now.
However, the recovery lacks conviction. The crypto market has not been able to reclaim the 100-week moving average decisively, and the 50-week average is beginning to slope downward, signaling weakening trend strength. Volume patterns reinforce this interpretation — large spikes during sell-offs, followed by relatively muted participation on rebounds.
This creates a fragile equilibrium. If the market cap reclaims the $2.6–$2.8 trillion region, it would signal renewed strength and open the path toward previous highs. Failure to do so keeps the structure range-bound, with downside risk toward the $2.0 trillion level if the 200-week support fails to hold.
Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin’s Sideways Price Persists – See How Retail And Whale Investors Have Reacted
After multiple attempts over the past few days, the price of Bitcoin has failed to reclaim and break past the $70,000 mark as volatility continues to overshadow the market. Since the waning price action, the activity of retail BTC holders and whale investors across the market seems to have been slowly diverging.
BTC Whales And Retailers Activity DivergeWith ongoing volatility, Bitcoin has remained compressed within the $65,000 and $70,000 range, and investors are starting to demonstrate their reaction. A notable shift is unfolding in the structure of BTC as large holders or whales and retail holders are moving in a different direction.
According to CW, a crypto market expert and investor, retail holders have been leaving the market, possibly linked to the ongoing sideways price action of BTC. Meanwhile, whale investors are entering the market, allowing them to take full control of the market and capitalize on its future moves.
Following his analysis of the Bitcoin Whale Exchange Ratio, the expert highlighted that the key metric has surpassed 60%, which shows that the market is sitting comfortably in the hands of high-net-worth players. It is worth noting that this figure marks its highest level in the past 10 years.
This transition is changing market dynamics to a period where BTC’s price performance is becoming more influenced by the choices of a small group of players. When this divergence occurs, it is considered a key indicator in determining volatility, liquidity, and Bitcoin’s next major move.
CW stated that retail investors left the market swiftly after the Bitcoin price fell to the $60,000 level. This level holds historical and psychological importance in the BTC market. As seen in the chart, this point at which the exchange whale ratio reached its peak is the starting point of every bullish rally in the past decade.
Are Large Holders Positioning For A Bitcoin Rally?Despite the bearish price action, large investors’ sentiment is becoming evidently strong and is currently expanding. In another post on the X platform, CW shared that BTC whales are steadily increasing their balances at a tremendous rate at current price levels.
When large investors accumulate at such a pace, it often points to robust conviction in the coin in spite of broader market uncertainty. In some cases, this powerful buying spree transitions into a period of sustained upward pressure, which raises the speculation of whether BTC could be set to surge again.
This ongoing accumulation is not just extremely fast, it is also unprecedented in the history of BTC. Whale investors are pushing the pace to its maximum, while BTC retail holders have exited the market as the asset continues to consolidate. These holders are unfazed by BTC’s current price trend as they scooped up massive amounts of BTC without experiencing any decrease.
Expert Explains What Strategy’s 89,599 BTC Buy In Q1 Means For The Bitcoin Price
Strategy purchased about 89,599 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2026, its second-largest quarterly accumulation on record, doing so while Bitcoin traded in a downtrend and sentiment across the crypto market was pessimistic.
According to crypto expert Adam Livingston, the market still is not fully valuing what that pace of accumulation could mean over time.
Q1 2026 Changed How The Market Reads WeaknessAccording to numbers from its Bitcoin purchases page, Strategy bought a total of 89,599 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, taking its total holdings to 762,099 BTC. This was the second-largest accumulation range period, and only the fourth quarter of 2024 was larger.
According to Livingston, if Strategy were to sustain Q1’s acquisition pace for three consecutive years, its holdings would reach 1.84 million Bitcoin by April 2029, equivalent to roughly 2.4 times its current holdings of 762,099 BTC. That projection, he notes, assumes no improvement in capital market conditions and no expansion in demand for STRC, Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock. It is, in other words, a floor estimate built on the worst-case scenario.
The chart that accompanied Livingston’s post shows Strategy bought 340,983 BTC in regimes above $90,000, compared with 161,326 BTC in sub-$50,000 regimes, a high-to-low accumulation ratio of 2.11x.
The largest single band on the chart is the $90,000 to $110,000 range, where disclosed purchases totaled 297,102 BTC across 30 events, accounting for 39.0% of all buys. The $70,000 to $90,000 band comes next with 162,805 BTC, then the sub-$30,000 band with 99,030 BTC.
These buying bands show something important: Strategy has not been most extreme in its buys when Bitcoin looked cheap. It has been at its most extreme when Bitcoin was already expensive and still rising.
Bitcoin Itself Is Still UndervaluedLivingston ties the Q1 accumulation story to a much larger Bitcoin thesis and how it relates to Strategy’s accumulations. Even if Strategy were to trade at a flat 1.0 multiple to net asset value, generating zero BTC yield premium, Livingston calculates the company’s 1x mNAV price at $288 per share by that point. The actual outcome, however, will be considerably higher because the model assumes a static Bitcoin price.
If Bitcoin simply reverts to its long-term power law trend, which places the leading cryptocurrency’s price at a target range near $360,000 by the end of 2028, then the entire crypto industry is badly underestimating both Strategy’s future balance sheet and the knock-on effect on Bitcoin’s own valuation.
A company that can accumulate nearly 90,000 BTC in a single difficult quarter and that is incentivized to buy harder as prices rise is a huge demand force. If such large-scale corporate accumulation continues even in weak quarters and even increases when prices recover, then the supply available to the broader market may keep reducing at a faster pace than many traders are modeling.
Metaplanet Just Bought 5,000 More Bitcoin. Here Is What It Is Planning Next
Bitcoin is trying to reclaim $70,000. The market is preparing for a decisive move. And a publicly listed company just removed another 5,075 Bitcoin from the available supply — without announcing a ceiling on how many more it intends to buy.
Top analyst Maartunn has highlighted a corporate treasury move that deserves more attention than a standard acquisition announcement typically receives: Metaplanet has purchased an additional 5,075 BTC, adding to a position that now places the company among the largest Bitcoin-holding publicly listed entities in the world. The transaction was not a one-time allocation. It is the latest step in a deliberate, escalating accumulation strategy that has been building for months.
The timing is not incidental. Bitcoin attempting to reclaim $70,000 while a major corporate holder continues to absorb supply at scale is not the same market as Bitcoin attempting $70,000 without that demand. Every BTC that enters Metaplanet’s treasury is a BTC that leaves the liquid float — unavailable for immediate sale, removed from the overhead supply that has been capping recoveries.
The price is trying to break higher. The corporate buyers are not waiting for it to succeed before they act. That sequence — institutional accumulation preceding price confirmation — is worth paying attention to.
Third in the World. And Still BuyingMaartunn’s data places Metaplanet’s current position in the corporate Bitcoin hierarchy with precision. At 40,177 BTC, the company now ranks third among publicly listed Bitcoin holders globally — behind only Strategy, whose 762,099 BTC position remains the dominant benchmark by an enormous margin, and Twenty One Capital, which holds 43,514 BTC and sits just ahead of Metaplanet in the rankings. The gap between the second and the third is narrow. The gap between first and everyone else is a different conversation entirely.
What makes the ranking less important than the trajectory is Metaplanet’s stated long-term target: 210,000 Bitcoin. That figure is not an aspirational range or a soft commitment. It represents approximately 1% of the total Bitcoin supply that will ever exist — a fixed, finite number that every purchase brings closer to being concentrated in a single corporate treasury.
To put that ambition in context: Metaplanet currently holds 40,177 BTC. Its target is 210,000. It has acquired roughly 19% of its goal. The remaining 81% represents a sustained, structural source of demand that does not respond to short-term price movements, does not pause during corrections, and does not reduce its target because the market is uncertain.
At $70,000, Bitcoin is trying to break higher. Metaplanet is trying to own 1% of it. Both things are happening simultaneously — and one of them is not waiting for the other to resolve first.
Bitcoin Presses $70K Resistance as Downtrend Structure HoldsBitcoin is attempting to reclaim the $70,000 level, but the daily structure still reflects a market in recovery rather than trend continuation. Price is currently trading just below that threshold after bouncing from the February capitulation low near $60,000. That rebound established a short-term range between roughly $65,000 and $72,000, where the price has been compressing for several weeks.
The broader context remains bearish. Bitcoin is still trading below the 50, 100, and 200-day moving averages, all of which are sloping downward and stacked above price. This alignment confirms that sellers continue to control the higher timeframe trend, and each rally into these averages has been rejected.
What has changed is volatility. The sharp sell-off in February was accompanied by a clear spike in volume, signaling forced liquidation and aggressive selling. Since then, volume has normalized, and price action has become more orderly. That typically marks a transition phase — not a reversal, but a pause where the market rebuilds positioning.
The key level remains $70,000. A clean break above it, followed by acceptance, would shift short-term momentum and open the path toward $75,000–$78,000. Failure to reclaim it keeps Bitcoin range-bound, with $65,000 acting as the lower boundary and a critical level to monitor for renewed downside pressure.
Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Ethereum Futures Activity Running 7 Times Faster Than Spot – What It Means For The Market
Ethereum’s price being positioned above the $2,000 level now may be heavily attributed to the massive activity on the Futures market front. While the spot market has slowed down, the futures market is growing at an extremely high rate compared to spot, reshaping the market dynamics of ETH.
Futures Lead The Way In The Ethereum MarketAs the week begins, Ethereum, the leading altcoin, is exhibiting a key development in its market dynamics. Even with broader market volatility, the derivatives activity of ETH is at the top of its game, snatching volumes at a notable rate.
Darkfost, an author at CryptoQuant and market expert, has outlined a strong divergence between BTC futures and the spot market. Looking at both markets, ETH futures volumes are running higher than those of spot markets. With traders primarily relying on leveraged positions rather than outright asset ownership, this imbalance suggests that the market is becoming more dominated by speculation.
The expert shared that the spot-to-futures volume ratio on Binance has recently dropped to the 0.13 level, marking the lowest annual level ever recorded for Ethereum. From a practical standpoint, this pattern implies that future volumes are 7 times larger than spot volumes. To put another way, almost $7 passes through futures contracts for every $1 traded on the spot market.
This dynamic implies that Ethereum price changes are currently being driven by speculation. While this pattern remains difficult to interpret, it is generally not a good sign for markets. Excessive leverage can increase volatility through position changes or liquidation events and does not offer a solid structural foundation.
At the same time, current uncertainty, both geopolitical and economic, is powering a large share of investors to remain cautious. However, another key portion of this trend is that it does not appear to apply to the most speculative participants.
The derivatives market on ETH remains highly active, with Open Interest gradually demonstrating signs of a rebound since reaching 5 million ETH. However, on-chain data shows that the open interest is now sitting at 6.4 million ETH, which is not far away from its previous all-time high of 7.8 million ETH, achieved in July 2025.
Binance is at the forefront of this rising open interest, solely accounting for 2.3 million ETH, representing roughly 36% dominance in the ETH derivatives market.
ETH Withdrawal From Crypto Exchanges ExpandsEthereum’s exchange outflows do not seem to slow down. According to Nexo, ETH on crypto exchanges has declined to its lowest level since 2016, and it’s not coming back quickly.
During this massive exchange withdrawal, staking queues were backed up for nearly 50 days, while the exit queue has almost finished. Next, it is noted that supply is locked in by design. At this point, the price is particularly vulnerable to any significant increase in demand when there is less ETH available on exchanges.
The ‘Anti-Christ Block’? Bitcoin’s 666,666 Block Carries This Powerful Message
The Bitcoin (BTC) history is filled with strange milestones, and the latest appears to be a single block mined in 2021. Crypto enthusiasts have uncovered surprising details about the 666,666th block, which contains a powerful biblical message that has sparked widespread attention for its unusual mix of superstition and religious symbolism. The news comes as the market celebrates Easter, creating an even more ominous coincidence, which many crypto users are already circulating online.
Bitcoin 666,666th Block Sparks Widespread CuriosityWhile Bitcoin has captured global attention through its innovative technology and surging price, the cryptocurrency’s blockchain continues to reveal intriguing details that fuel speculation among users and analysts. On January 18, 2021, Bitcoin’s 666,666th block was successfully mined by BTC.com, a mining pool responsible for validating transactions and adding new blocks to the chain.
The block’s number alone was enough to send corners of the internet into frenzy, with many pouting to the figure’s association with the biblical “number of the beast.” However, even more intriguing, a short, clear message was permanently recorded within the block. It reads, “Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good,” followed by a reference to the Bible verse Roman 12:21.
In Christian tradition, the number 666 is widely regarded as the mark of the “Antichrist,” drawn from the Book of Revelations. The number’s repetition within the single block also appears to deepen the symbolism, catching the attention of many crypto community members. As for the embedded message, Romans 12:21 is widely interpreted as a call to resist evil and corruption while triumphing against darkness through virtue.
Whatever the hidden meaning, the block’s message is circulating all over X and other social media. The text can still be viewed on-chain today through public explorers, where the record remains fixed as part of the block’s data. It was added through a Bitcoin feature called OP_Return, which allows users to attach small pieces of text directly onto the blockchain, making them permanent and unchangeable once confirmed. The block’s miner reportedly paid over five times the normal fees to add the message, with the transaction linked to wallets named “God” and “Bible.”
Origin Of BTC’s 666,666th BlockAs news about the 666,666th block spreads, some crypto members have begun questioning the timing and source of the message. One user even speculated whether it might be linked to Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder and creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Even more interestingly, the widespread attention and discussion came a day after Nakamoto’s birthday, April 5.
However, reports indicate that the message was never part of Bitcoin’s original design and was not placed there by Nakamoto. The Bitcoin creator stepped away from the project in 2011, years before block 666,666 was ever mined. Additionally, the Romans 12:21 inscription was also added by an anonymous Bitcoin founder over a decade after Nakamoto’s disappearance. Since the text was an external addition, its placement has no direct connection to Bitcoin’s core history or its mysterious founder.
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