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A 2029 Quantum Deadline for Crypto, a $285M Preventable Hack, and Is Ethereum About to Lose Its Soul? - This Week on Unchained

A 2029 Quantum Deadline for Crypto, a $285M Preventable Hack, and Is Ethereum About to Lose Its Soul? - This Week on Unchained

Two of crypto's biggest threats make waves.

April 05, 2026

Good Sunday and Happy Easter!

Crypto had a rough week, and not just because of prices.

This week, Solana's biggest perp DEX lost $285 million in what is the biggest hack of 2026. One of the most calculated and methodical attacks in DeFi history, and Laura's conversation with Chaos Labs founder Omer Goldberg gets into exactly how it happened and why every dollar of it was preventable.

How Solana's Largest Perp DEX Was Exploited for $285 Million

Chaos Labs' Omer Goldberg unpacks the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit. Did the perp DEX fail to implement best practices?

Google also published research suggesting that quantum computers could break Bitcoin's encryption by 2029, with 6.7 million BTC already sitting in vulnerable addresses. Due to its complexity, Ethereum is also vulnerable on multiple fronts. Laura sat down with Alex Pruden and Dolev Bluvstein to unpack what that timeline really means and whether the industry can move fast enough to get ahead of it.

Quantum Computing Got 20x Closer. It Threatens A Third of All Bitcoin

Google just set a deadline. Quantum computers could break Bitcoin's encryption by 2029. Are blockchains ready?

Here’s more on what we unpacked this week on Unchained:

🏦 Is Institutional DeFi About to Break Ethereum for Good?
Why rising oil prices and bond market tightening are forcing a reckoning, and whether Canton quietly wins the race before Ethereum even sees it coming.
⚖️ The CFTC Is All Bark and Ryne Miller Just Called It Out
Former FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller reveals whether the agency has the staff, the budget, and the legal teeth to back up its most aggressive agenda yet.
🔥 Ethereum Wants to Stay Punk, But Can It Afford To?
Wintermute's Evgeny Gaevoy joins The Chopping Block to fight over Canton, Ethereum's soul, AI-powered hacks, and the exploit that just killed Drift.
📊 Bitcoin Is Not a Safe Haven, But It Is a Hedge Against Monetary Debasement
Charles Schwab's crypto strategist makes the case for why TradFi valuation models finally work on crypto, and why Ethereum's tokenization lead may already be impossible to close.

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