CryptoPunks remained the top NFT collection by market capitalization, with a valuation of $1.8 billion, according to NFT Price Floor. Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens (NFT) collections took over the latest seven-day sales rankings, accounting for nine of the top 10 collections by total sales volumes. On Monday, CryptoSlam data showed nine of last week’s top 10 collections by sales volume were Ethereum-based NFTs, including popular collections CryptoPunks, Pudgy Penguins, Moonbirds and Azuki. The only non-Ethereum collection in the top 10 was the Polygon-based Courtyard NFTs. Read more
A veteran hacker warns how quantum computing could quietly dismantle the cryptography securing Bitcoin and blockchains. A hacker-turned-defender warns that most of the industry is asleep on crypto’s existential threat: quantum computing. David Carvalho, CEO of post-quantum infrastructure firm Naoris Protocol, began hacking at the age of 13, experimenting with spam emails to attract job offers and gain attention from employers. Eventually, that curiosity shifted into formal cybersecurity work, where he used the same skills to defend systems instead of probing them. Today, he builds quantum-resilient systems for decentralized networks and claims that the cryptographic foundations of blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum are dangerously outdated. Read more