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The G7 is urging organizations to adopt post-quantum security before quantum computers can weaken current encryption and digital signatures. The crypto industry is weighing potential fixes, with the issue relevant to blockchain security and authentication.
CryptoSlate reports that Bitwise’s 10.8 million-XRP custody position is 97.5% offset by futures, with a 14% yield gap. CFTC categories complicate efforts to determine which market participants capture the resulting returns.
Polymarket launched its Perps crypto perpetual futures product, growing from 10 to 67 markets on its first day. Leverage reaches 20x on some markets, but the service is not available to U.S. traders.
Trezor said a third-party shipping partner, ShipMonk, failed to erase customer data, exposing another 67,000 US customers. Bitcoin Magazine reported the disclosure, which makes the breach broader than previously reported.
CryptoSlate reports that a privacy-coin flaw could permit endless token creation. Node operators must upgrade to v0.14.18.0 before block 1,371,000, when multi-input private spending returns and older software becomes incompatible.
Pineapple Financial plans to put $1 billion in mortgage records on Injective and eventually bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, converting thousands of files into blockchain-based records.
The IMF says El Salvador apparently received bitcoin from private donors instead of using public funds. Bitcoin Magazine reported that no details were provided on the donors, amounts, or timing of the transfers.
FinCEN reported that transnational criminal organizations operating from compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents, with the activity linked to about $13 billion in cryptocurrency-related scams.
BONER, a meme coin, has taken roughly half of Hims & Hers Health’s tokenized shares on Robinhood’s new blockchain, Decrypt reports. The pairing has helped launch a fast-spreading trend linking meme assets with tokenized stocks.
Bitcoin faces heightened sensitivity to US inflation and Fed policy expectations. Policymakers will have CPI but not official August PCE, with another market test scheduled for Sept. 30, CryptoSlate reported.
Decrypt reports that lawyers question AMC’s securities-law challenge against Robinhood’s stock tokens, while noting that the products’ branding and marketing could still provide grounds for a dispute.
Michigan has ordered Kalshi to remove sports event contracts and faces the platform with potential daily fines of $500,000. The preliminary injunction remains active until a final order and includes a futures broker notice requirement.
Rising crypto markets are bringing corporate balance-sheet strategies and institutional adoption back into focus, while Bitcoin’s climb has shifted attention away from AI-related themes.
a16z-backed OpenReserve received approval for a full-service national bank charter. The startup chose this route over a trust-bank structure, opening a path to insured deposits and conventional lending alongside stablecoin issuance.
Japan’s bond yield rise to 4% raises the cost threshold for future BitBond issuance, challenging debt-funded corporate Bitcoin buying. Existing fixed-rate debt keeps its original terms, according to CryptoSlate.
QuFi launched a post-quantum cryptography platform for verifying digital asset transactions without changing existing blockchain settlement networks, and demonstrated the system with a proof on the Bitcoin testnet.
