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Trump is now part of the biggest crypto regulatory reset in years. In this special episode of The Control Loop, Dariia Porechna is joined by Mansi Birla and Paarrthhh Birla of EternaX Labs to break down the claimed SEC-CFTC shift that could reprice up to $2.8 trillion across crypto markets.f this framework holds, it changes how the market thinks about XRP, Solana, Cardano, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Avalanche, Polkadot, Chainlink, Dogecoin, Hedera, Aptos, Algorand, staking, wrapped assets, DeFi, perpetu...
Dariia and Parthh debunk the misconception that hidden transactions in privacy chains equate to perpetual safety, revealing that protocols like Zcash and Monero are vulnerable to future quantum attacks that could expose historical data and enable fund theft. They explain the "harvest now, decrypt later" threat model and argue that true privacy must be built from day one with post-quantum safety. The discussion extends to the systemic risks for tokenized assets and introduces EternaX's solution for durable, auditable, and market-speed post-quantum privacy.
The OCC GENIUS Act proposed rule just changed the stablecoin game. But here is the real shock: even if stablecoin yield survives, most new issuers still cannot beat USDT or USDC. 00:00 The OCC stablecoin rule changes everything 00:38 The real thesis: stablecoins can grow, but lazy distribution is over 01:12 What the OCC actually proposed 02:20 The yield line: what the OCC is trying to stop 03:35 Affiliate and third-party workarounds 04:28 Why this became a banking and political fight 05:40 The s...
Post-quantum cryptography is necessary. It is not sufficient. Dariia explains why the real migration is bigger than ECC to PQC. The next threat is also AI-accelerated mathematical discovery. This episode breaks down: Why ECC is not a permanent foundation Why Dilithium and Falcon are important PQ steps, but still structured computational assumptions Why SPHINCS+ is more conservative, but still not assumption-free Why the quantum cost curve against ECC is moving in the wrong direction Why signatur...
Quantum risk is not a date. It is a cost curve. 20M to 1M to 100K qubits. Ethereum targets 2029. IonQ targets 200K qubits by 2029. Bitcoin migration may take years. In this episode, we break down why post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is now a real market infrastructure issue for Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, RWAs, custody, and exchanges. We cover the full chain of evidence: RSA-2048 resource estimate compression from ~20M to1M to 100K (under stated assumptions) Why qLDPC and the Pinnacle Archite...
“Migrate later” is not a stablecoin plan. It is a liquidity fracture event. This episode explains why post-quantum (PQ) is a coordination race, why Ethereum targets PQ upgrades by 2029 (as stated in the transcript you shared), and why stablecoins must be PQ-native day one to avoid a forced perimeter migration under stress. Dariia answers issuer-grade questions from Parthh. The episode is grounded in the transcript you provided featuring Justin Drake and Chris Peikert (hosted by Laura Shin), incl...
Post-quantum security is no longer a theory. It is becoming a forced migration problem for over $3 trillion in crypto assets. In this episode, we break down why post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is not a drop-in upgrade, and how signature size and verification cost quietly destroy TPS, liquidity, and decentralization when implemented incorrectly. Most “just upgrade signatures” narratives ignore the core constraint: PQC imposes a throughput tax. At scale, this shows up as: Slower execution Higher v...
Guest Mansi Birla: Legal and regulatory expert who converts Senate bill language into concrete compliance outcomes, risk boundaries, and what teams must change in architecture and go-to-market. If you hold stablecoins, trade DeFi, or care about tokenized stocks, this is the highest-stakes U.S. crypto fight of 2026. Coinbase pulled support. Banks show 3,200+ signatures to ban rewards. A “day-one commodity” clause could split crypto into two tiers overnight. In this 20-minute, crypto-wide legal br...
Minting new dollars onchain is now a post-quantum decision. If you mint on legacy signatures, you are not minting an asset. You are minting a liability with embedded cryptographic debt. Because once that dollar is widely distributed across exchanges, wallets, custody, and DeFi, there is no clean “exit” from a forced, ecosystem-wide migration later. This is not a theory shift. It is a posture shift. In the last 6 months: The G7 published a coordinated post-quantum cryptography roadmap for the fin...
Feb 04, 2026•26 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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