Without strategic investments in technologies like ZK-proofs, the US risks losing its edge in national security, economic stability and technological dominance.
Opinion by: Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh, co-founder and CEO of Lagrange
Trade wars and proxy wars are underway in the current geopolitical power realignment, but the next phase won’t be fought with tariffs or drones. It will be decided by who leads in cryptography.
Just as past industrial and technological revolutions in its private sector yielded the US an edge in global power, the ability to secure and verify information through cryptographic breakthroughs, especially in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, will determine the balance of power in the digital age.
