According to @pedrouid, the Chain Agnostic Standards Alliance (CASA) has started 2026 with a brand-new website and is inviting the community to contribute to CASA standards (source: Pedro Gomes on X, Jan 10, 2026; source: Chain Agnostic Standards Alliance on X). He added that CAIPs are fundamental for a multi-chain world, underscoring the role of shared specifications in cross-chain interoperability (source: Pedro Gomes on X, Jan 10, 2026). Traders focused on interoperability infrastructure can track CASA and CAIPs updates as formal standards progress that guide wallet and dApp integration roadmaps (source: Pedro Gomes on X, Jan 10, 2026).

According to CoinMarketCap, Casa co-founder Jameson Lopp said upgrading the Bitcoin protocol to meet post-quantum security standards may take at least 5–10 years due to the network’s decentralized consensus model, setting a multi-year horizon for any quantum-resistant cryptography transition in BTC’s base layer, source: CoinMarketCap citing Jameson Lopp on X, Dec 22, 2025.