Former EF developer Dankrad Feist suggests $1 billion raise to form new Ethereum advocacy group

AmericanFortress unveiled a patent-pending post-quantum signature scheme to protect crypto assets, including Satoshi's 1.1 million Bitcoin and dormant wallets worth $400 billion, from future quantum attacks. The backward-compatible soft fork uses zero-knowledge proofs to freeze vulnerable addresses without mass migrations. Backed by $8 million funding, the approach applies to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron with minimal performance impact.

Mark Cuban has sold most of his Bitcoin holdings after concluding it failed to act as a hedge during geopolitical turmoil and dollar weakness. Gold surged while Bitcoin dropped during the Iran conflict, contradicting Cuban's earlier thesis. He now favors Ethereum over Bitcoin and dismisses most other cryptocurrencies as "garbage," reflecting broader debate over Bitcoin's role as digital gold versus high-risk tech asset.

What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential, according to some community members....