Quantum Threat: Your Crypto Might Be in Jeopardy!

While not an immediate threat, it is believed that once quantum computers are powerful enough, Elliptic Curve Cryptography could be broken, meaning private keys could be computed from exposed public keys. Because nothing says “I’m safe” like having your secrets publicly available, just waiting for a quantum computer to say, “Hey, I’m bored. Let’s crack this.”

Bitcoin’s Apparent Demand Is Growing Again – Will It Last?

In a recent post on X (formerly known as Twitter, because who wouldn’t want to add an extra letter to make things confusing?), the head of research at CryptoQuant, Julio Moreno, discussed the latest trend in Bitcoin’s Apparent Demand. This metric, as cryptic as it sounds, attempts to estimate the current spot demand for Bitcoin based on a comparison of two obscure metrics: mining issuance and the change in the 1-year inactive supply. A real page-turner, isn’t it?