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2025-01-17 · EU

EU financial-sector firms must demonstrate operational resilience (incl. ICT third-party risk) — including cryptographic posture.

2025-12-31 · US-NSA

NSA target for new National Security Systems software & firmware to start adopting CNSA 2.0 (Kyber, Dilithium, SHA-2) algorithms.

2026-06-30 · DE-BSI

Annual BSI cryptographic-recommendation refresh — flagged deadline for hybrid (classical + PQC) roll-out in regulated DE.

2027-12-31 · US-NSA

Networking, VPN, and key-management products on NSS networks should fully support CNSA 2.0 algorithms.

2030-12-31 · US-NIST

NIST recommended sunset for classical public-key crypto in federal systems — full PQC migration target.

2033-12-31 · US-NSA

All NSS systems must be using CNSA 2.0 PQC algorithms exclusively.

@CISAgov

Reminder: NSA's CNSA 2.0 timeline is in effect. New software for NSS should now be adopting Kyber, Dilithium, and SHA-2.

@NIST

FIPS 203 (ML-KEM), 204 (ML-DSA) and 205 (SLH-DSA) are now the standards. Migration windows are short for high-value targets.

@matthew_d_green

Harvest-now-decrypt-later isn't a scenario, it's an active intelligence program. The ECDSA signatures you commit today are tomorrow's plaintext.

@hashedout

Bitcoin's quantum exposure isn't a 2040 problem. ~25% of circulating supply sits in P2PKH addresses with exposed pubkeys. Q-Day day-one targets.

@SchneierBlog

If your security architecture cannot survive the public release of CRYSTALS-Kyber breaks, you needed PQC yesterday.

@a16zcrypto

Wallet providers shipping PQC migration paths in 2026 will own the institutional custody narrative for the next decade.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes with Wall Street shut

A 10-minute flush hit round-the-clock chip-stock contracts while U.S. markets were shut, leaving traders with no real share price to lean on.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Tether backs AIsa as strategic investor, completing seed extension round

The round brings AIsa’s total funding to more than $9 million.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut

Coinbase, Circle’s largest USDC partner, also backs Open USD, a rival network that passes reserve income to partners after a management fee.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

French Assembly Backs Tax on Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps by One Vote

The 2027 budget amendment would end tax deferral for swaps into single-currency stablecoins from January 1, but it is not yet law.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Injective Activates Fixed Gas Costs for Exchange Transactions

Traders and app developers can use published gas budgets for orders, cancellations, deposits and withdrawals instead of simulating each transaction.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Pours Millions More Into Defeating Sherrod Brown

An FEC filing shows the Fairshake affiliate Defend American Jobs disclosed roughly $7 million more in ads against the Ohio Democrat, pushing its total past $46 million—days after the PAC expanded its map to 32 House races.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as a growth play, not a threat

The largest banks in the world are eyeing new trading opportunities, speeding up payments and a role for advisers as tokenization takes root in Wall Street.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed

The nine-member group, modeled on the Internet Engineering Task Force, aims to set open standards for testing quantum-resistance claims as forecasts place the first practical attack in the late 2020s.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Chinese Startup StepFun Launches a Phone Built Around an AI Agent, Not Apps

StepFun's STEPX Neo opened for pre-orders in China on Oct. 13 at 3,999 yuan, with an AI agent built into the operating system instead of bolted on as an app.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits

The influential research firm says real-world assets could finally give blockchains a clear role in finance. For investors, the next challenge is figuring out which companies, networks and protocols capture the revenue.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe

CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment intermediaries.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

TokenMaxxing: How to Get the Most Out of Your AI Models

AI companies charge by the token, and most people burn them on jobs a cheap model could do. Here's how to spend less and get better results, from your first prompt to your first agent.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Solana shows resilience, but some areas need continued observation, Fidelity says

Solana has had no reported mainnet outages in two years, but concentrations in stake, hosting and client software should be monitored, according to a report.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds

A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%.

NEWS_THEHACKERNEWS · INFO

MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." It has been downloade

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel

Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets. The post Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel appeared first on SecurityWeek .

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Circle’s Allaire says stablecoin issuer looking to enter 40 developing markets: Report

Markets in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East see increasing demand for stablecoins.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Lagarde says euro-area economy is resilient, digital euro imminent

“The digital euro will further stimulate innovation and competition in retail payments,” according to the ECB president.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Strive Prices $630 Million SATS Preferred Offering at $90

The $100 dividend base implies a 16.7% simple annual yield at the offer price, above SATA's initial 15%.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Ether ETFs Lose $320 Million, Overtaking Bitcoin's Weekly Outflows

Five crypto ETF groups tracked by Farside lost $610.7 million during Oct. 12–16, while bitcoin withdrawals slowed 66% from the preceding week.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Strategy Slides 9.6% After MSCI Decision, Outpacing Bitcoin’s Drop

The company’s disclosed bitcoin holdings remained about $5.1 billion above cost. MSCI’s final affected-company list is due Nov. 11.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

DTCC Outlines 25-Security Tokenization Rollout on Canton and Besu

Tokens will be backed 1:1 by securities held at DTC, with Stellar and Circle’s Arc anticipated in 2027.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Bitget to discontinue services for some users in one-off exercise

Bitget says user funds are safe and exchange will continue to operate during the change.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.

NEWS_THEHACKERNEWS · INFO

Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise Cl

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Celestia’s TIA Jumps 23% in a Day, Extending Four-Week Rally

Daily transaction fees rose to $158, but data posted to Celestia slipped on the latest complete day.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Bitget to End Services for Some Users, With Account-Specific Deadlines

The exchange's terms list Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan as prohibited jurisdictions, while an affected user reports an Oct. 21 deadline.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough

Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin wallets.

NEWS_CYBERSCOOP_ME · INFO

Federal agencies recommend cyber controls, independent testing for frontier AI systems

While voluntary, the document marks the federal government’s most detailed cybersecurity guidance for securing sandbox environments during AI model tests. The post Federal agencies recommend cyber controls, independent testing for frontier AI systems appeared first on CyberScoop .