we were proud to sign this @bitcoinpolicy letter calling for broader access to frontier models for cyber defenders americans should not have to rely on chinese AI to defend themselves, their projects, companies, or clients from cyber attacks RED TEAM NEEDS THE MODELS 🦍

live on @Unchained_pod with @ramahluwalia @austincampbell and @perkinscr97 to discuss AI and then the Coldcard hack.. coldcard discussion should start in about 20 mins will share my latest details from the investigation then

been reading politico playbook for like 20 years but first time seeing my name printed in “talk of the town” 👀 that was fun last night! thanks to everyone in DC who joined us at Pubkey pass the bill!

👇Another reason why CLARITY is a strong bill and a major improvement over the status quo. It confirms that self-custodied digital assets cannot be treated as abandoned. CLARITY establishes that: (i) inactivity does NOT equal abandonment; (ii) no one can just seize / escheat self-custodied crypto; and (iii) owners don't have to take periodic actions just to keep their own coins. States and custodians are still permitted to apply normal unclaimed-property rules to custodial holdings (e.g., on an exchange). This also guards against dusting schemes targeting self-custodied assets like BTC. Time is NOW to pass CLARITY. 🇺🇸

JUST IN: CLARITY ACT BILL ENDS "LOST" BITCOIN LAWSUITS. 👀 Proposed bill prohibits claims or forfeiture due to on-chain inactivity. No more 'Noah Doe' cases trying to forfeit dormant BTC. 😎 🫡@intangiblecoins

many have missed this great section added to CLARITY protection for self custody coins from being deemed “lost” under abandoned property laws due to onchain inactivity or dormancy, with federal preemption over state laws as well ‘noah doe’ wouldn’t like to see this 👀

Nic Carter on where AI, quantum, and Bitcoin collide. This week's Galaxy Brains: @intangiblecoins talks with @nic_carter of Castle Island Ventures on AGI, cybersecurity, and the quantum threat to Bitcoin. Plus Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) on the latest in markets.

lowering my odds that CLARITY becomes law in 2026 to 30% hope i’m wrong. it’s a strong bill that improves regulation, protects investors, promotes innovation, grows USA the time for incremental negotiations is over. we need a last-ditch effort. we need leadership! pass the bill

Today nine institutions including BlackRock, Fidelity, Coinbase, and Strategy announced the Bitcoin Security Consortium (@BTCconsortium), pledging $15M toward Bitcoin security work over the next three years. I've agreed to help coordinate the group's work as a volunteer. I said yes because supporting Bitcoin's developers and helping people understand their work are the two things I've spent my time in Bitcoin on, through Brink and Optech. This group wants to do both: fund the people already securing Bitcoin, and bring accurate information about that work to audiences it doesn't currently reach. The group's first focus is quantum computing, a potential long-term threat that's reasonable to prepare for. Its true that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer would break Bitcoin's current signatures. What's usually wrong are the loudest "imminent doom" voices. The development community is already working on this. These institutions want to help. I know exactly how "nine giant institutions form a group to 'help' Bitcoin" sounds, I had the same reaction. So before accepting, I spoke one-on-one with each company about their values and priorities, to judge whether this would actually be a productive initiative for Bitcoin. Two things mattered most to me, and I found the members already aligned on both: - No pooled funding. Each member company funds who they choose, independently. The Consortium doesn't hold funds or pick recipients. - No Consortium positions on protocol changes. Members speak for themselves. I'm a volunteer, receiving no compensation from the Consortium. I continue to run Brink, independent of any Consortium member. I've committed to a year in this role, maybe I'd do two, but ultimately I see it as a seat that should rotate to other participants over time. My commitment is to Bitcoin, and that doesn't change. My hope is that this effort results in more funding reaching more developers/researchers, on their own terms, and a measured counterweight to quantum panic, in both directions (no doomerism, but also no dismissal). Quantum is the first focus, but if this group works the way I think it can, there's room to support other security efforts down the road too. More about the Consortium: I expect plenty of skepticism. Ask me anything.

CLARITY act is a good bill the admin and many on capitol hill have worked very hard for years it provides substantial new regulation and investor protections it also encourages innovation and puts USA at the center of the digital assets capital markets pass it!

we are pledging up to $5m in grants to open source developers building post-quantum cryptography for bitcoin, post-quantum signature schema for bitcoin, reviewing code, doing security audits, and more if you are working on this and need funding, email: quantum at galaxy dot com

zero chance this was lionel messi’s last world cup. he like tom brady (and he probably trains with tom). he’s a crazy person. 39 yo today? yes. but just 43 next WC? yes. doable this is a world pushing the limits, and i bet messi will be back to push those limits again in 4 years