Proposal Could Freeze Bitcoin Holdings Vulnerable to Quantum Attacks

Bitcoin's developer community has proposed a new protocol that could protect the network from future quantum computer attacks, but at a potential cost to some users. The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)-361 aims to migrate coins to quantum-resistant addresses, with those who don't comply facing the possibility of having their coins frozen. This comes as a recent Google report warned that a powerful quantum machine could compromise the Bitcoin blockchain more easily than previously thought. Meanwhile, research has highlighted the potential security risks of AI agents handling crypto payments, with 'LLM routers' posing a significant attack vector for malicious actors. In other news, CoW Swap has halted its services after detecting a DNS hijacking incident, and the XRP Ledger has integrated zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on the public blockchain.