BIP-361 would block sends to quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin addresses, sunset legacy signatures, and put early BTC wallets at risk of being frozen if holders do not migrate in time.
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says the stablecoin-yield compromise is holding, Senate talks restarted on April 14, and Polymarket still fell to 54%.
Reuters documents how the Trump family pulled in more than $1 billion from World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP memecoin, and related ventures, while the White House rewrote crypto rules, sold political access, and funneled foreign money straight into Trump-controlled entities.
The CLARITY Act is moving back toward a Senate vote after its 294-134 House win, fresh stablecoin compromises, and a new Treasury push, while Polymarket remains stuck in the mid-60s.
Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun and StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy unveiled new Bitcoin quantum wallet prototypes as BTC held near 72,255 and the Satoshi market stayed at 9%.
Banks and crypto firms have reached a stablecoin rewards compromise that could restart the CLARITY Act, while Polymarket held passage odds at 62% and attention shifted back to Coinbase.
X is auto-locking first-time crypto posters for verification as traders price April X Money launch odds at 51%, fueling talk that the platform is clearing scams out before payments go wider.
Coinbase said it won conditional approval for a U.S. national trust company charter as CLARITY Act odds rebounded on hopes a stablecoin-yield deal could emerge within 48 hours.
Google Quantum AI said future machines could break Bitcoin's secp256k1 cryptography with far fewer resources, reviving focus on Satoshi Nakamoto's 1 million BTC as Polymarket kept pricing a higher risk premium.
The Mined in America Act is being pitched as a bitcoin mining bill that tackles Chinese hardware dependence, grid flexibility, methane capture, and the U.S. reserve.