Ethereum isn’t waiting for quantum computers to become a problem before figuring out how to survive them.

The Ethereum Foundation launched pq.ethereum.org on Wednesday, a dedicated resource hub for the protocol’s post-quantum security effort. The site consolidates a roadmap, open-source repositories, specifications, research papers, EIPs, and a 14-question FAQ written by the EF’s post-quantum team.

More than 10 client teams are already building and shipping devnets weekly through what the foundation calls PQ Interop, the foundation said in an X post earlier Wednesday.

The technical challenge is substantial. Quantum computers are widely believed to will eventually break the public-key cryptography that secures ownership, authentication, and consensus across Ethereum.

The EF’s position is that a cryptographically relevant quantum computer isn’t imminent, but migrating a decentralized global protocol takes years of coordination, engineering, and formal verification.

The migration touches every layer of the protocol.

At the execution layer, post-quantum signature verification through a vector math precompile would let users transition to quantum-safe authentication through account abstraction without a disruptive “flag day” where everyone has to upgrade simultaneously.

At the consensus layer, the current BLS validator signature scheme gets replaced with hash-based signatures called leanXMSS, with a minimal zk-based virtual machine handling aggregation to restore scalability since post-quantum signatures are larger.

At the data layer, post-quantum cryptography extends to blob handling for data availability.

This connects directly to the strawmap piece from earlier this month where Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin called the document “very important” and walked through the finality improvements. The post-quantum push stood out then because it treated quantum threats as a concrete engineering problem with specific fork targets rather than a hypothetical.

While quantum computing represents a threat category that attacks the cryptographic foundations rather than the physical infrastructure, the protocols that prepare earliest will be the most resilient when such a system eventually materializes.

TLDR:

• BitGo extends its Canton Network infrastructure to support CIP-56 token standard assets including USDCx and cBTC.
• The CIP-56 standard offers privacy-preserving transfers and atomic settlement tailored for regulated financial institutions.
• Canton Network now processes over $350 billion in on-chain assets daily, reflecting rapid institutional blockchain adoption.
• BitGo, the largest Bitcoin custodian globally, is expanding qualified custody across Canton’s growing financial ecosystem.

BitGo has announced support for CIP-56 token standard assets on the Canton Network, adding USDCx and cBTC to its qualified custody platform.

This move builds on the company’s October 2025 launch of Canton Coin custody. The Canton Network now processes over $350 billion in on-chain assets daily.

The expansion positions BitGo as a key infrastructure provider for institutions operating within Canton’s growing financial ecosystem.

CIP-56 Brings Institutional-Grade Features to Canton

The CIP-56 token standard functions similarly to ERC-20 on Ethereum, providing a common interface for wallets, custodians, and applications.

However, it includes additional capabilities tailored to regulated financial markets. These features make it more suitable for institutions handling large-scale transactions.

The standard supports privacy-preserving transfers, which protect sensitive trading data during settlement. It also enables atomic Delivery-vs-Payment settlement, reducing counterparty risk across transactions.

Multi-step transfers allow administrators to control asset movement between approved parties. Together, these features create a compliant, composable environment for real-world assets moving on-chain.

Deterministic finality within seconds and predictable transaction costs further support institutional workflows. These qualities are critical for organizations managing large volumes of trades or settlements.

By integrating CIP-56, BitGo can now support any asset issued under this standard across the Canton Network. This reduces friction for institutions seeking custody solutions on the platform.

BitGo has expanded its @CantonNetwork infrastructure to support CIP-56 token standard assets, bringing qualified custody to USDCx, and cBTC.

Chen Fang, Chief Revenue Officer at BitGo, spoke on the growing role of the network. “Canton is rapidly becoming one of the most important networks for institutional digital finance,” Fang said.

“By supporting CIP-56 assets, BitGo provides the custody infrastructure needed for institutions to participate in Canton’s growing ecosystem.” His remarks reflect the company’s broader commitment to expanding institutional blockchain infrastructure.

Melvis Langyintuo, Executive Director and Head of the Canton Foundation, also weighed in on the development. “CIP-56 is the standard that enables interoperability across the Canton ecosystem,” Langyintuo stated.

“BitGo’s support for CIP-56 assets strengthens the network’s institutional infrastructure and makes it easier for participants to build applications and financial products on Canton.” Both statements point to a shared goal of deepening institutional access to the network.

Three Assets Mark the Start of BitGo’s CIP-56 Rollout

BitGo’s CIP-56 launch covers three assets addressing different institutional needs. USDCx is a USDC-backed stablecoin issued through Circle’s xReserve protocol.

It combines dollar liquidity with Canton’s privacy architecture, making it suitable for on-chain repo settlement and other capital markets workflows. The asset is already being used in live capital markets operations.

cBTC brings Bitcoin liquidity into Canton’s financial infrastructure. The asset is fully backed 1:1 by Bitcoin, allowing institutions to use BTC for collateral, settlement, and trading.

As the largest Bitcoin custodian globally, BitGo is well-positioned to serve institutional cBTC users on the network. This makes the pairing between cBTC and BitGo a natural fit for the market.

USDXLR, issued by Excellar, generates rewards on stablecoin holdings through delta-neutral strategies. It can be used for settlement, liquidity, and collateral workflows while returning yield to holders.

This makes it attractive for institutions seeking returns on stable assets. As a CIP-56 asset, it fits within the broader Canton composable financial infrastructure.

BitGo stated it will continue expanding support for additional Canton assets as more financial institutions and tokenization platforms adopt the network.

TLDR:

• Hyperliquid HIP-3 recorded a $5.4 billion all-time high in perpetual trading volume on March 23, 2025.
  
• Silver led all assets with $1.3 billion in volume, followed by WTI Crude Oil at $1.2 billion on that day.
  
• Brent Crude Oil and gold added $940 million and $558 million, making commodities the dominant trading category.
  
• HIP-3 is establishing product-market fit as an on-chain venue for commodity and macro derivatives trading.

Hyperliquid HIP-3 recorded an all-time high in perpetual trading volume on March 23. Total volume reached $5.4 billion in a single day, based on Artemis data.

The milestone marks a notable shift in how traders are using the protocol. Commodities and macro assets drove the bulk of that activity. Silver, crude oil, and gold led the volume charts on that day.

Commodities Dominate HIP-3 Trading Volume

Silver topped the leaderboard with $1.3 billion in volume on March 23. WTI Crude Oil followed closely, recording $1.2 billion in trades on the same day.

Brent crude oil came in third with $940 million in total activity. Gold also posted $558 million, adding to the commodity-heavy trading picture on HIP-3.

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 contributed $370 million and $271 million, respectively, to the overall total. Together, these macro instruments accounted for a large share of the day’s recorded volume.

The data shows traders are actively using HIP-3 to access traditional financial market exposure. This range of assets reflects the growing breadth of the platform’s appeal.

Artemis data confirmed the record was achieved in a single trading session on March 23. The performance points to rising demand for commodity and macro derivatives on-chain.

HIP-3 is emerging as a preferred venue for traders reacting to real-world asset price movements.

HIP-3 Finds Product-Market Fit in Macro Trading

The record volume follows a pattern of macro news events driving activity on Hyperliquid HIP-3. Traders appear to use the platform to quickly respond to commodity price changes. This behavior mirrors how professional macro traders typically operate in traditional financial markets.

The trading breakdown shows a clear preference for assets tied to global economic developments. Silver and crude oil alone accounted for over $3.4 billion of the total recorded volume.

That concentration around commodity assets points to a specific trader behavior forming on the platform.

Artemis data supports the view that trading patterns are closely tied to macro news cycles. The platform is gaining traction among traders who monitor global economic developments closely. As macro activity grows, HIP-3 is positioning itself as a key on-chain venue for commodity derivatives.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has hired a new head of design with deep roots in crypto product development, as the platform continues to expand into payments and financial services.

Benji Taylor said in Wednesday post that he now leads design for X under its ties to xAI and SpaceX.

Taylor founded Los Feliz Engineering, the team behind self-custody crypto wallet Family. Aave Labs, the development firm behind $42 billion decentralized lender Aave, acquired the company in 2023, after which Taylor served as chief product officer until October 2025. Most recently, he was head of design at Base, the Ethereum-based blockchain network built by crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN).

X product lead Nikita Bier said he had tracked Taylor’s work for years and pushed to bring him on, calling one of his past products among the best designed he had seen.

The hire adds a designer with hands-on crypto experience at a time when X telegraphed its plans to roll out features to support payments and broader financial features on the platform.

Earlier this month, Musk said that X Money is set to launch in April, offering peer-to-peer transactions, bank deposits, a debit card and cashback rewards in more than 40 U.S. states. It was also proposed to pay a 6% yield on balances.

However, there wasn’t any mention of blockchain or crypto element in X Money at the time.

TLDR:

• Utila now supports native TRX staking, wallet delegation, and energy rental within a single enterprise platform.
  
• TRON processes over $20 billion in daily transfers, making cost-efficient resource management critical for operators.
  
• Energy rental through JustLend and TronScan providers can cut single USDT transfer costs by up to 80%.
  
• The integration eliminates third-party signing systems, keeping compliance, visibility, and policy controls fully intact.

Utila, an institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure platform, has launched native TRON resource management capabilities.

The new integration allows users to stake TRX, delegate resources across wallets, and rent energy programmatically.

It targets fintechs, payment companies, and exchanges on the TRON network. The solution reduces transaction costs while keeping security, policy controls, and transaction visibility intact.

Streamlining TRON Resource Management for Enterprise Operations

TRON serves as the dominant settlement layer for USDT, with a circulating supply of roughly $85 billion. Daily transfer volumes on the network regularly exceed $20 billion.

For businesses where TRC-20 USDT forms a core payment flow, managing network resources efficiently is a direct operational priority.

Every TRC-20 transfer on TRON requires energy and bandwidth to process. At high volumes, the cost of acquiring and allocating these resources adds up quickly. Utila’s new capabilities bring staking, delegation, and energy rental into one unified platform.

Previously, managing these resources at scale often meant routing transactions through third-party signing systems.

Those systems frequently sat outside existing wallet infrastructure, policy controls, and audit processes. Utila’s integration removes that gap entirely.

Bentzi Rabi, Co-Founder and CEO at Utila, spoke to the core problem the integration solves. “The scale of TRON’s blockchain infrastructure as the backbone of global stablecoin payments creates a clear need for enterprise-grade tooling that reduces costs without introducing operational risk,” he said.

He added that organizations can now optimize transaction economics directly within their existing infrastructure, with no external providers, no separate signing flows, and no compliance gaps.

Multiple Resource Mechanisms Available for High-Volume Operators

Teams using Utila can stake TRX to a super representative of their choice. This generates energy and bandwidth that cover transaction fees while also earning staking rewards through delegated voting rights. Once a wallet’s transactions are fully covered by staked energy, no TRX is burned on those transactions.

After obtaining resources through protocol staking, teams can delegate them across wallets within their organization via the API.

This gives operators flexible control over how resources are distributed without relying on external processes. The approach suits payment aggregators, remittance services, and payout platforms operating at scale.

For teams that prefer not to commit capital to long-term staking, Utila also supports energy rental. Platforms such as JustLend and TronScan-integrated providers are supported for this purpose.

This rental approach can reduce the cost of a single USDT transfer by up to 80%, depending on baseline fees.

Sam Elfarra, Community Spokesperson for TRON DAO, pointed to the broader need for this kind of tooling. “As a leading settlement layer for stablecoin transactions, the efficient management of TRON’s resource model, alongside strong security and compliance standards, is essential,” he said.

Elfarra noted that Utila’s native integration consolidates these capabilities into a single platform, giving payment companies and fintechs the tools needed to scale with greater efficiency and confidence.

Crypto markets drifted sideways on Wednesday as spot ETF flows whipsawed between inflows and outflows, and lawmakers grilled witnesses at a hearing on tokenized securities.

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at around $71,000, up 2% over the past 24 hours. ETH and SOL gained 3% to $2,175 and $91.5, respectively. Meanwhile, Ripple (XRP) climbed 1.5%.

Total crypto market capitalization incresed 2% to $2.51 trillion, according to Coingecko.

ETF Flows Flip Negative

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $74.5 million on March 24, with Fidelity’s FBTC leading the selling at $45.3 million, followed by Bitwise’s BITB at $16.6 million. The reversal came just one day after the products attracted $167 million in net inflows, led by IBIT’s $160.8 million contribution, according to SoSoValue.

Ethereum ETFs continued to underperform, recording net outflows of $40.8 million on March 24, led by BlackRock’s ETHA with $25 million.

Despite the daily volatility, Bitcoin ETFs have logged roughly $2.5 billion in gross inflows in March, translating to about $1.6 billion in net flows, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.

House Holds Tokenization Hearing

The House Financial Services Committee convened on Wednesday to examine how tokenization is reshaping capital markets. Lawmakers broadly agreed that tokenized securities need the same regulatory guardrails as traditional instruments, though committee Democrats raised concerns about anonymous wallets masking foreign ownership and the “gamification” of trading, according to CoinDesk.

Big Movers

Nearly all of the Top 100 digital assets posted gains over the last 24 hours.

Today’s top gainers are SIREN and MemeCore (M), which surged 114% and 40%, respectively.

Monero (XMR) and Near Protocol (NEAR) are the biggest losers.

Around 81,000 leveraged traders were liquidated for $222 million in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass. Bitcoin accounted for $73 million, while ETH made up $63 million.

Friday’s PCE inflation reading is the next major macro catalyst — a print above 3% could pressure Bitcoin as rate-cut expectations evaporate, while a reading below 2.8% could spark a rally.

Franklin Templeton and Ondo are launching tokenized ETFs that trade 24/7 directly in crypto wallets, giving non-U.S. investors round-the-clock access to U.S. stocks, bonds and gold.

Franklin Templeton is partnering with Ondo Finance to offer tokenized versions of its ETFs tradeable 24/7 directly from crypto wallets, the firm announced on Wednesday in a move that sidesteps the brokerage accounts and fixed trading hours that have defined fund investing for decades. According to Bloomberg, the products span U.S. equities, fixed income, and gold, with an initial rollout targeted at investors in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Franklin Templeton, which manages more than $1.6 trillion in assets, said the U.S. market launch will depend on further regulatory clarity around how third parties can distribute registered funds on-chain. The asset manager has been steadily building its on-chain infrastructure since 2021, when it launched the world’s first blockchain-integrated U.S.-registered mutual fund, and has since expanded to networks including Stellar, Polygon, and Arbitrum. In a previous crypto.news story, Sandy Kaul, Head of Innovation at Franklin Templeton, stated that tokenized digital wallets will eventually hold the “totality” of an individual’s financial life — a thesis this latest product launch moves materially closer to reality.

Ondo Finance, for its part, brings a distribution network that has scaled rapidly. The platform crossed $2.5 billion in total value locked and surpassed $12 billion in cumulative trading volume since launching in September 2025, listing more than 250 tokenized stocks and ETFs across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. A previous crypto.news story detailed how Ondo’s Nexus initiative already expanded tokenized Treasury backing to include Franklin Templeton alongside BlackRock and PayPal.

The choice to prioritize non-U.S. markets first reflects both the regulatory landscape and existing infrastructure. Ondo secured regulatory passporting from Liechtenstein authorities, giving it access to over 30 European Economic Area countries. That framework is already active — in February 2026, Ondo partnered with Blockchain.com to make 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs available via the Blockchain.com DeFi wallet to eligible EEA users. Binance and MetaMask have also integrated Ondo’s tokenized offerings, with Binance reviving tokenized stock trading through its Alpha program and MetaMask enabling eligible non-U.S. users to access Ondo assets from mobile wallets.

Franklin Templeton’s latest move lands against a backdrop of accelerating institutional tokenization. The tokenized real-world asset market has exceeded $22 billion globally, with tokenized Treasuries alone surpassing $3 billion in total value locked by 2024. CEO Jenny Johnson has stated that 2026 would see increased institutional investment flowing into tokenized vehicles beyond simple Bitcoin holdings.

The products are designed to give investors outside traditional brokerage ecosystems — particularly in emerging markets — fractional, around-the-clock access to U.S. asset classes that have historically required intermediaries and banking infrastructure. In a previous crypto.news story, Franklin Templeton’s on-chain money market fund on Arbitrum was already laying the groundwork for this kind of multi-chain distribution. Wednesday’s announcement represents the clearest step yet toward making that vision a commercial reality.