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According to the official press release, Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy, and Strategy, nine leading financial institutions and Bitcoin companies, jointly announced the establishment of the Bitcoin Security Consortium on July 23, 2026. The members independently committed to contributing a total of $15 million over the next three years to support long-term security research for the Bitcoin network, with a focus on development work in the field of post-quantum cryptography. The consortium's daily affairs are coordinated on a voluntary basis by Brink Executive Director Mike Schmidt; it will not intervene in protocol development or specific change decisions and will regularly release Bitcoin security status reports to investors and the public.
According to CoinDesk, Fidelity Digital Assets released its “Q2 Signals Report 2026” on April 28, noting that although the crypto market as a whole remained in consolidation during early Q2, several underlying metrics have already shown signs of stabilization. The report states that Bitcoin’s dominance continues to rise, capital is flowing steadily into the most liquid assets, and both the unrealized profit level and momentum indicators align with characteristics typical of a correction phase—potentially laying the groundwork for a more stable market structure going forward. Meanwhile, network usage for Ethereum and Solana has diverged from their respective price trends, suggesting robust demand at the protocol layer. The report also notes that Bitcoin futures continue to exhibit negative funding rates; research firm 10x interprets this as reflecting institutional structural hedging behavior—not a broad bearish signal.