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Blockspace: Google's Quantum Bitcoin, Fold credit card, and Bitcoin Volatility Index

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Google's new quantum paper shakes the blockchain world. We discuss the threat with experts, explore Fold’s new Bitcoin credit card, analyze Nokia’s $166M financial loss, and dive into Bitcoin volatility indices with Volmex Finance. Essential crypto insights for 2026. Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Will Reeves (CEO of Fold), Brian Harrington (Bitcoin expert), and Cole Kenneally (CEO of Volmex Finance) join us to talk about the intersection of quantum computing and blockchain security, the launch of the Fold Bitcoin credit card, and the emergence of institutional-grade volatility indices. We also break down Nokia’s massive $166 million loss in the crypto treasury landscape and how the circular economy is taking root in Orange County. Tune in to stay ahead of the next wave of Bitcoin personal finance and market trends. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Google paper details quantum risk timeline • Bitcoin Volatility Index BVIV. • Will Reeves on Fold’s Bitcoin credit card launch. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:00 Oracle layoffs 06:06 Google quantum threat 15:56 Brian Harrington 27:58 Will Reeves 50:25 Nakamoto 1:00:46 Cole Kennelly 1:15:21 Coinshares listing 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, y'all? Welcome back to Blockspace Live, brought to you by CleanSpark.

0:10.7

Everyone start panicking because Google has a new paper on quantum risks to blockchains out.

0:17.7

And that will be our lead story for today.

0:20.0

We had Alex Pruden on who was cited in that

0:23.2

paper on Wednesday. We're going to have them back on Friday to talk about the quantum threat,

0:26.9

which at least conversation about it, is ramping up. For our interviews today, we have got

0:31.8

Brian Harrington, who is a Bitcoin personal finance expert on to talk about the current state

0:36.3

of the Bitcoin market and also his attempts to build a circular economy in Orange County and how

0:40.9

that has been looped into Bitcoin personal finance for yuppies and other young professionals.

0:46.2

We've also got Will Reeves CEO Fold on to talk about their crypto Bitcoin credit card.

0:52.1

And then we will move into a segment on how NACA posted a $166 million loss for their

0:59.7

2025 financials.

1:01.4

No one saw that coming.

1:02.8

Everyone saw that coming.

1:04.1

And it's not just them.

1:05.0

It's the entire crypto and treasury landscape, by the way.

1:08.3

Then for our final interview, we've got Cole Kennelly,

1:12.5

CEO of the Volmex

1:14.4

finance indices

1:16.4

provider to talk about Bitcoin and

1:18.4

crypto indices for volatility, why

1:20.5

they matter, and why they are seeing increasing

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