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• Bitcoin Faces Long Road to Quantum Safety

• MoMA Adds CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles NFTs to Permanent Collection Following Coordinated Donation

• Tether-Backed Northern Data Sold Mining Firm to Tether Execs: FT

• Congress Floats Tax-Free Stablecoin Spending and Delayed Taxes on Staking Rewards

⌛️ Bitcoin Faces Long Road to Quantum Safety

Bitcoin’s quantum computing debate is heating up again, but leading developers say the real challenge isn’t an imminent threat.

• The debate over quantum computing and Bitcoin has resurfaced, centering on how urgently the network needs to prepare for post-quantum cryptography and whether markets should already be pricing in that long-term risk.

• Bitcoin Core developer Jameson Lopp said quantum computers pose no immediate threat, but warned that upgrading Bitcoin and coordinating a network-wide migration would be a complex process likely taking five to ten years.

• Adam Back, Pierre Rochard, and Samson Mow downplayed near-term concerns, arguing that any viable quantum attack would be extraordinarily expensive, technically difficult, and likely require state-level resources.

🖼️ MoMA Adds CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles NFTs to Permanent Collection Following Coordinated Donation

MoMA added 16 on-chain artworks, including CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles, to its permanent collection.

• The Museum of Modern Art added eight CryptoPunks and eight Chromie Squiggles to its permanent collection.

• All 16 works were donated by collectors and community members rather than purchased, and will be housed in MoMA’s Media and Performance department alongside video, experimental technology, and other new media art.

• The CryptoPunks donations came from a mix of founders, collectors, and well known NFT figures, while the Chromie Squiggles were contributed by SquiggleDAO members and other collectors.

🤝 Tether-Backed Northern Data Sold Mining Firm to Tether Execs: FT

Northern Data has reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining arm to companies linked to Tether executives.

• Northern Data reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining unit, Peak Mining, for up to $200 million to three companies linked to senior executives at Tether, including entities connected to co-founder Giancarlo Devasini and CEO Paolo Ardoino.

• Filings show that Devasini and Ardoino are directors of Highland Group Mining, while Devasini solely controls the Alberta-based buyer, with the ownership of Appalachian Energy remaining unclear. Northern Data did not disclose the buyers when it announced the divestment in November due to German regulatory rules.

• The transaction comes amid heightened scrutiny of Northern Data, which is under investigation by European prosecutors for suspected tax fraud, and just ahead of a deal in which video platform Rumble—partly owned by Tether—agreed to acquire the company.

🗯️ Congress Floats Tax-Free Stablecoin Spending and Delayed Taxes on Staking Rewards

A new US discussion draft proposes $200 de minimis tax relief for stablecoin payments and clearer rules for staking and mining rewards.

• US lawmakers Max Miller and Steven Horsford released a discussion draft proposing changes to crypto tax rules that would ease reporting requirements for everyday stablecoin payments and provide new clarity on how staking and mining rewards are taxed.

• The draft introduces a de minimis exemption for small stablecoin transactions, with a proposed $200 per-transaction threshold that would remove the need to calculate capital gains or losses on routine purchases.

• The exemption would apply only to regulated payment stablecoins, defined as US dollar-pegged tokens that meet federal standards and have traded within 1% of $1 for at least 95% of the prior 12 months.

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