Coinone said on April 14 it will support promotions to expand access to USDC. The decision followed a management meeting between Coinone and Circle. The two companies met at Coinone’s headquarters in Yeouido and discussed cooperation measures to develop South Korea’s digital asset ecosystem, as well as the role of stablecoin infrastructure with reliability and transparency. Coinone plans to roll out campaigns and promotional programs, including airdrop events, for USDC traders and holders.

Bernstein said the bitcoin market has already priced in a range of risks, including quantum-security worries, pointing to a roughly 50 percent fall from its October 2025 record high. The view follows recent Google research suggesting future quantum computers could break elliptic-curve cryptography in some blockchain designs. Bernstein said Bitcoin Core developers still have time to choose a post-quantum upgrade path. Others said the main challenge is social adoption, including moving users to new standards.