Dunamu, operator of the Upbit digital asset exchange, has been selected as the final bidder for the National Police Agency’s project to store and manage seized virtual assets, it said on Thursday. The procurement was conducted through an open competitive bidding process to securely hold digital assets seized during investigations and establish a management system. Dunamu’s contract term is 1 year, and the assets will be managed through its Upbit Custody service.

Near-term security risks to bitcoin are closer to weaknesses in custody structures involving wallets, firmware and recovery procedures than to quantum computing decryption, the article said. It cited cases involving seed generation methods, malicious software distribution and limits of air-gapped use. Research also showed potential hardware-focused attacks. The article said recovery services can add new dependencies. AI was cited as a factor that could accelerate vulnerability discovery, though its effectiveness remains uncertain.