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Prepping for 'Quantum Day'

Ethereum is hard at work preparing for Quantum Day, and Justin Drake is on Bankless to shed some light on the battle ahead.
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Mar 19, 20263 min read
Prepping for Quantum Day
Published on Mar 19, 2026
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Daily Market Snapshot: The Iran War continues to bog down markets as attacks move to oil refinery plants across the region. Crypto has all but erased its gains this week after the sudden reversal in perception.
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DeFi’s Sleeper Yield Opportunity
Bankless Analyst: Jack Inabinet

Convex was once DeFi’s ultimate power broker.

At its peak in early 2022, this DeFi protocol controlled more than $20B in user deposits and used its immense governance control over the adjacent Curve ecosystem to mold crypto’s liquidity landscape.

While Convex remains firmly embedded in the onchain economy – still fulfilling its role as a battle-tested bastion for yield and ranking among the largest protocols in its category – this former giant stands diminished, with total value locked down 97% after having failed to reclaim its DeFi dominance in recent years.

Today, we’re exploring how Convex is continuing to produce leading crypto market yield for DeFi's capital allocators despite its more modest scale in 2026.


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Ethereum’s Quantum Strategy

Quantum used to be crypto’s distant sci-fi problem.

Justin Drake says it now has a clock. In this episode, we unpack what “Q-Day” actually means, why Justin thinks 2032 is the date the entire industry should be planning around, and why Ethereum is targeting 2029 to get post-quantum ready.

Tune into the full episode 👇

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