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Taiwan has agreed to purchase thirty percent of output from the Alaska LNG pipeline project, according to President Trump. The deal marks a significant commitment to American energy exports and deepens trade ties between Washington and Taipei at a moment when both sides are navigating considerable geopolitical pressure in the Pacific.
Shifting to digital assets, Bitwise's Matt Hougan is calling it a crypto spring, pointing to third quarter data showing nearly every fundamental indicator the firm tracks spiked sharply higher. That kind of broad-based improvement across on-chain activity, institutional flows, and developer engagement suggests this isn't a single-asset story — it's a sector-wide reset.
And on the infrastructure side of crypto, Coinbase has published a detailed framework for Bitcoin's post-quantum migration, flagging flexible signature design as a top priority. The exchange is urging the developer community to begin preparation now, well ahead of any quantum computing threat becoming operational, arguing that fund migration at scale will require years of lead time.
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