Also: North Korea’s 6-month plot with Drift, Solana Foundation’s new ad and Alchemy AI.

What to know:
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.
In this issue:
- Quantum threat to Bitcoin is real, but manageable, according to Wall Street broker Bernstein
- How North Korea’s 6-month long secret espionage program has crypto community rethinking security
- ‘Don’t waste time with crypto’: Here is what Solana Foundation’s cryptic message really means
- Crypto’s ‘AWS’ Alchemy unveils tool to make AI payment systems talk to each other
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Regulatory and Policy
Calendar
- Apr.15-16, 2026: Paris Blockchain Week, Paris
- May 5-7, 2026: Consensus, Miami
- Sept. 29-Oct.1, 2026: Korea Blockchain Week, Seoul
- Oct. 7-8, 2026: Token2049, Singapore
- Nov. 3-6, 2026: Devcon, Mumbai
- Nov. 15-17, 2026: Solana Breakpoint, London