Crypto
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A Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transaction Just Confirmed on Mainnet
No fork required. It also cost up to $200 and had to be handed directly to a miner.
The SHRINCS Proposal Would Make Bitcoin Quantum-Secure. It Has a Catch.
Blockstream has published a BIP for a post-quantum signature scheme already running in production on Liquid.
You Can Now Pledge Bitcoin for a Mortgage Down Payment
Better and Coinbase pair a Fannie Mae-backed loan with a second loan secured by BTC. Borrowers must pledge 250% of the amount.
Galaxy Opens Crypto-Backed Credit Lines to Retail Clients
Borrow against Bitcoin, Ethereum and staked Solana at 8.99% without selling. The collateral is not rehypothecated.
Thirty-Nine State Banking Groups Are Building Their Own Blockchain
The BankChain Alliance wants tokenized deposits and programmable payments for community banks by 2027 — with no technology partner named yet.
Six Wallets Dormant Since 2011 Moved $40m in a Single Week
553.59 BTC that had not moved in over a decade. One holder's coins cost about $14 each — a 461,981% gain.
A Solana Treasury Company Wants You to Look Past the Price of SOL
DeFi Development Corp has launched a free public dashboard of network, staking and ecosystem metrics. It also holds a lot of SOL.
$457bn in Taxable Crypto Activity, and the Rules Cover 14% of It
Chainalysis says the OECD's reporting framework misses most on-chain flows, because it was built for exchanges.
FATF Says Crypto Laws Are Being Passed and Not Enforced
83% of jurisdictions now have Travel Rule legislation. Only around 40% of them have taken any supervisory or enforcement action — and organised crime is working the gap.