The Crypto Company announced on September 30, 2026, that it has opened its Frame testnet to private beta participants. Frame is a quantum-resistant Layer 1 blockchain that the company says enables people, businesses and AI agents to build, bridge and trade across chains.

By the time of the release, the testnet had already processed more than 7 million quantum-resistant test transactions, according to The Crypto Company, which trades over the counter under the ticker symbol CRCW.

Connecting Separate Blockchain Economies

According to the company, each blockchain today operates as its own economy. Moving value between chains still requires trusting a bridge, developers must commit to building on a specific network, traders face liquidity split across ecosystems.

Frame is designed to link those separate ecosystems into a single interoperable network, with the stated goal of making business across chains feel like business on just one. Per the announcement, a single signature is designed to move value from one chain to another, with settlement handled by Frame's own validators rather than a third-party bridge holding the assets. The network is designed for settlement in under two seconds, and transactions are designed not to wait in a public queue, which the company says closes the opening for front-running. How value is held in transit matters to that picture: exploits of major cross-chain bridges have been among the industry's costliest security failures in recent years, making bridge custody and settlement models a recurring point of scrutiny.

The announcement also points to a broader industry shift, noting that major financial institutions have been moving core operations onto blockchain networks.

Post-Quantum Signatures From Genesis

The Crypto Company says Frame is quantum-resistant from genesis. Transactions on the Frame testnet are signed using ML-DSA-87, the highest security level of NIST's post-quantum digital signature standard, FIPS 204, which is based on CRYSTALS-Dilithium. NIST finalized FIPS 204 in 2024 as part of its first set of post-quantum cryptography standards, the outcome of a multi-year public evaluation.

Because of this design, the company says Frame wallets should not need to be migrated. By contrast, it notes that chains built before these standards may have to move users to new wallets if quantum computers begin to threaten today's signatures. The same concern is already shaping planning elsewhere in crypto, where Bitcoin security strategy is shifting to post-quantum cryptography.

What Executives Said

"Frame's testnet going live is a real milestone, and I am excited about how far the team has come and what Frame is going to be," said Ron Levy, Chief Executive Officer of The Crypto Company. "It is amazing to watch transactions flowing on-chain and see people lighting up when they experience for themselves what this platform really unlocks."

Sean Docherty, Chief Blockchain Officer, described the technical goal: "We set out to build a Layer 1 that is quantum-resistant from genesis, and now we have one, designed for settlement in under two seconds. That combination lets people and agents move across chains without waiting, and without worrying about tomorrow's threats."

Roadmap and Availability

The private testnet phase includes post-quantum transactions, Frame Wallet, Frame Names and a decentralized exchange. Later phases on the roadmap include a mainnet launch, cross-chain unified liquidity and tools that let individuals and businesses build their own applications on Frame.

Builders and traders can join a waitlist on the recently updated Frame site to receive a testnet invitation as invitations become available, and the Frame community is also active on Telegram and Discord. Interest in shared settlement layers is also growing among fintech firms embedding blockchain rails into payment networks.

The company's forward-looking statements note several risks. Testnet results may not reflect mainnet performance, and the company may not launch a mainnet on the expected timeline or at all. The statements also cite adoption, regulation, competition and the company's ability to raise additional capital and continue as a going concern.

The Crypto Company, with operating history dating back to 2017, says it is completing the buildout of Frame as a Layer 1 blockchain designed to connect blockchain ecosystems.