Key events of the night: Core Lightning developers raise the alarm over vulnerabilities found by AI, StarkWare conducts the first quantum-resistant transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet, and Unstoppable Domains abandons plans to integrate with the traditional DNS system. Meanwhile, the market shows mixed dynamics.
What's happening with market cap leaders
As of 09:00 Moscow time, bitcoin (BTC) held near the $78,806 mark. Over the day, the price fluctuated in the range of $77,650 – $79,200, with a final decline of 0.46%. Ether (ETH) showed more confident dynamics: a rise of 1.06% to $2,493, with quotes climbing from $2,435 to $2,507 overnight.
In the top 25 by market cap, mixed movement is observed. The growth leaders were Solana (SOL) with a gain of 4.59%, Chainlink (LINK) — 1.74%, and BNB — 1.18%. Among the laggards are XRP (-2.70%), Canton (CC) (-2.10%), and Gram (GRAM) (-1.85%).
Among the top 100 assets, SPX6900 (SPX) stands out, having risen by 17.11%. VeChain (VET) (+13.49%) and Venice Token (VVV) (+4.73%) also saw notable gains. The largest decline was recorded for Polygon (POL) — down 13.42%, followed by Pyth Network (PYTH) (-10.13%) and Stacks (STX) (-8.89%).
ETFs, liquidations, and institutional interest
Spot crypto ETFs continue to attract capital. Over the day, bitcoin funds saw inflows of $232.12 million, Ethereum — $192.35 million, XRP — $28.14 million, Hyperliquid — $14.71 million, and Solana — $9.14 million. This indicates sustained institutional demand despite volatility.
Over the past 24 hours, positions of 89,812 traders were liquidated for a total of $258.53 million. Losses were distributed almost evenly: $130.51 million in short positions versus $128 million in long positions. The largest liquidation order was executed on Binance for the ETHUSDT pair — $9.74 million.
Security and innovation
Core Lightning developers strongly recommend that node operators install the upcoming security update or take nodes offline. The team is analyzing several vulnerability reports generated by AI over the past weeks. Details of the fixes will not be disclosed for approximately two weeks, including the CVE identifier and a description of the issue.
StarkWare researcher Avihu Levi conducted the first confirmed Quantum-Safe Bitcoin transaction on the mainnet. The technology shifts security from elliptic curve cryptography to hash functions, protecting against attacks using Shor's algorithm. However, the method requires $75–150 in off-chain GPU computations for each transaction, making it experimental for now.
Unstoppable Domains, led by Matthew Gould, announced the withdrawal of its application to ICANN for registering Web3 domains in the new 2026 round. This concerns the .crypto, .wallet, .NFT, .Bitcoin, .DAO, and .ZIL zones. The company will refund customers who pre-ordered domains, as the costs of legal requirements and potential auctions exceeded expected revenue. Gould called the Web3 domain market "small and narrow."
My comment: Unstoppable Domains' decision is a pragmatic step acknowledging market reality. Integrating Web3 domains into DNS turned out to be economically unfeasible, which calls into question the future of the entire niche. As for quantum protection for bitcoin — it's an important step, but mass adoption is years away. However, holding BTC on the same addresses is becoming increasingly risky in the long term.