"Google’s latest quantum research reopens quantum crypto debate" Apr 01, 2026

Today's blockchain and crypto news Bitcoin is up slightly at $68,687 Ethereum is up slightly at $2,134 And Binance Coin is up slightly at $614 Google’s latest quantum research reopens quantum crypto debate Australia passes major crypto regulation bill Crypto hacks and exploits hit $52 million in March Uniswap Foundation had about $86 million in total assets EOY 2025. Franklin Templeton, expands crypto business with acquisition of 250 Digital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  Well, it's 8 a.m. Eastern, April 1st, and this is your daily crypto report. Bitcoin is up slightly at $68,687. Ethereum is up slightly at $2,134. And Binance Coin is up slightly at $614.

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  Well, Google's latest quantum research has reopened the debate over Bitcoin's long-term security by showing a much more efficient version of Shor's algorithm, which could eventually break the elliptic curve cryptography used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Google is now targeting 2029 for its own migration to post-quantum cryptography. Some crypto figures say this makes the threat feel far more urgent, with leaders saying that Google's 2029 timeline should be a wake-up call, especially with the risk of harvest now decrypt later attacks and large amounts of Bitcoin sitting in wallet types that may be vulnerable. Others struck a more measured tone. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake called the paper a major development, but said real-world attack timelines are still uncertain, depending on hardware and trade-offs between speed and kubet efficiency.

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  The broader takeaway is that post-quantum upgrades are possible but messy, since decentralized networks cannot move quickly and any transition would likely require years of coordination, technical redesign, user migration, and possibly forks. Coinbase has already formed a quantum advisory board, and the Ethereum Foundation had created a post-quantum security team in January. Well, the Uniswap Foundation said it had about $86 million in total assets at the end of 2025, including $50 million in cash and stable coins, and it expects that treasury to fund operations through January 2027. In its unaudited financial summary, the Foundation said roughly $106 million is allocated to grants and incentives, and another $26 million is set aside for operating costs and employee token awards, though that runway could change depending on governance updates tied to

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  the recently approved unification proposal. Uniswap remains one of the largest decentralized exchanges and stayed near the top of DeFi fee generation in 2025. Well, crypto hacks and exploits caused $52 million in losses across 20 major incidents in March, according to Pec Shield, up 90. From February's $27 million. While Australia has passed the Corporations Amendment Bill 2025, a major crypto regulation bill that cleared both Houses of Parliament after being introduced by the Treasury in November 2025. The law requires crypto exchanges, digital asset platforms, and tokenized custody platforms to hold an Australian financial services license, bringing them under the country's existing financial services regime. Under the framework, firms must act efficiently, honestly, and fairly,

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  clearly explain how customer assets are stored, and maintain strong governance and risk controls. While the bill does not formally define digital assets, the explanatory memo says they fall under the same broad legal treatment as other assets, including property, consumer insolvency, criminal family, and tax law. The rules are expected to start 12 months after royal assent, with a transition period for businesses to comply. And finally, Franklin Templeton, which manages more than $1.7 trillion, has agreed to buy 250 Digital Coin Fund spinoff to expand its crypto investment business and launch a new institutional-focused arm called Franklin Crypto. The deal brings over 250 Digital's investment team and liquid crypto strategies with former Coin Fund executives

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  set to co-lead the new unit alongside Franklin Digital Assets' veteran team. The company said the business will target pensions, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors, and it will also invest in the strategies itself, though financial terms were not disclosed. The move builds on Franklin's existing crypto footprint, which dates back to 2018 and already includes a roughly 50-person Digital Assets team. That's all for us today. Visit us at dailycryptoreport.io and listen to us everywhere else you podcast under Daily Crypto Report.

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