Yearly archives: 2026

Circle president Heath Tarbert told Congress on Sept. 2 that placing digital-dollar infrastructure under US rules could reinforce the network effects that support the currency’s global role. The testimony framed stablecoin and digital asset legislation as a tool of dollar statecraft. US rules can strengthen private dollar-token rails, while official reserve share remains a separate …

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Silicon Network is shutting down with nearly $10 million still on-chain, giving users until year-end to exit. The Ethereum layer 2 stopped accepting new bridge deposits and ended its network on Sept. 2, starting a withdrawal period that runs through Dec. 31. Silicon said its explorer and network will shut down afterward, leaving assets that …

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XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlate’s 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th percentile, nearly 59% above its  $1.35 reference close. The median forecast is far lower at $1.47, leaving the headline target in the optimistic part of …

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has narrowly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch despite subjecting investors to a drawdown nearly three times as deep. The iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, returned 67.74% from its Jan. 11, 2024 debut through Aug. 31, compared with 66.14% for Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF, or VOO, on a total-return basis …

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Circle issued a warning that the quantum circuits needed to attack widely used blockchain signatures are becoming leaner, citing a low-width record of 813 logical qubits. For the USDC quantum migration, the immediate consequence is a dependency problem across every host chain, wallet, custodian, bridge and user account that must eventually accept a safer way …

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World integrated 128-bit post-quantum security using the WHIR hash-based scheme to prevent future-proof forgery and align with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines.   Proactive Post-Quantum Adoption World recently unveiled an open-source and production-ready zero-knowledge (ZK) proving toolkit designed to enable individuals to generate cryptographic proofs directly on smartphones and web browsers. Already integrated …

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G20 finance leaders endorsed clear regulatory pathways for digital asset innovation while pairing growth with financial stability safeguards. The statement also advances work on global stablecoins, cross-border payments, and tougher enforcement of virtual asset standards. G20 Places Digital Assets Within Its Global Growth Agenda Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 …

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Fidelity Digital Assets says future quantum computers could derive Bitcoin private keys from exposed public keys, threatening funds. A proposed hash-based signature system could strengthen security, although larger signatures would reduce transaction throughput and complicate wallet recovery. Fidelity Examines Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability Bitcoin’s private-key protections may eventually require replacement or supplementation, according to the Fidelity …

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