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Jul 23, 2026

Major Financial Institutions Launch Bitcoin Security Consortium with $15 Million to Address Quantum Computing Threats

BlackRock, Fidelity Digital Assets, Coinbase, Strategy, and other leading firms formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging $15 million over three years to fund Bitcoin security research, including post-quantum cryptography. The initiative follows Galaxy Digital's separate $5 million quantum readiness fund announced days earlier.

Jul 23, 2026·9 sources
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Apr 3, 2026

EDX Markets Applies for OCC National Trust Charter for Institutional Crypto Custody

EDX Markets, backed by Citadel and Charles Schwab, applied for a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on April 1, 2026, to offer regulated custody and asset services separate from its trading operations. EDX joins at least eight other crypto firms pursuing similar federal banking charters.

Apr 3, 2026·3 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Upgrading Bitcoin's cryptography to post-quantum standards is expected to take years of coordination across core developers, wallet providers, exchanges, and users.
  • ▪Approximately 6.9 million Bitcoin, representing about one-third of all mined Bitcoin, have exposed public keys on-chain and are potentially vulnerable to quantum computing attacks.
  • ▪The Bitcoin Security Consortium will not develop or direct Bitcoin's protocol, takes no position on protocol changes, and does not speak for Bitcoin developers.

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