Circle’s tokenized market cap on the $BNB Chain has grown by $27.9 million in the past 30 days. This increase, highlighted by crypto commentator @tokenterminal, suggests a shift in trader interest towards emerging platforms. The implications for market dynamics could be significant, as newer chains like $BNB gain traction and challenge established assets. The Story
Franklin Templeton and Animoca Brands have announced a collaboration to bring tokenized real-world assets from a broader group of issuers to NUVA, extending the vault marketplace beyond its existing Provenance blockchain-based offerings. The announcement, dated Oct. 9, targets institutional access through NUVA, the Animoca Brands-backed vault marketplace that Animoca co-incubated with Nuva Labs. It does
Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer believes that AI can uncover new security holes in $XRP Ledger that we never knew about before. As Sirer explained, AI attacks on blockchain software are the current threat that we should be more concerned with than the fall of existing cryptographic systems. Sirer said that the crypto industry is
Dragonfly’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, called Ethereum researcher Justin Drake’s “bunker mode” warning “cryptographic doomerism,” and said migrating tokens to fresh addresses was not a real solution against the threat of artificial intelligence breaking cryptographic signatures. “Bunker mode” would only protect investors’ coins as long as they weren’t moved from the fresh address, wrote Qureshi
British banking giant HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies have tested a system that lets AI agents access digital services and make micropayments using tokenized bank deposits, with transactions settled in real time on a blockchain testnet. According to Friday’s announcement, the test combined HSBC’s Tokenised Deposit Service with Ant Digital’s Anvita Flow network, which enables
Robinhood Chain, the popular Layer-2 blockchain tailor-made for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would allow users to pay a fee to prioritize certain trades, according to a person familiar with the matter. The technology is being developed by Arbitrum, which provides the infrastructure behind Robinhood Chain. The system, which isn’t
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) wants evidence that clearinghouses can access tokenized collateral and turn it into cash if markets come under stress. ESMA published a call for evidence Friday to seek industry feedback on the implications of tokenized collateral. “We must create the conditions for tokenized markets to operate safely and at
Vitalik Buterin wants crypto to prepare for a threat that does not exist yet. Charles Hoskinson says that preparation could do more harm than the threat itself. On October 8, the Ethereum co-founder warned that AI-accelerated mathematics could break lattice-based cryptography, the backbone of the new post-quantum security standards. Within hours, the Cardano founder called
Abstract’s native-bridge $ETH exits remain dependent on permissioned operators ahead of its Dec. 15 shutdown, according to L2BEAT’s assessment. About $17.1 million in canonically bridged $ETH remained on the Ethereum Layer 2 in an Oct. 8 L2BEAT data reading. Abstract’s Oct. 6 announcement directs users to its Migration Hub or native bridge and warns that
Chainlink has launched LinkLab, an initiative designed to help developers build faster and more secure cross-chain applications using its CCIP 2.0 technology. This masterclass will focus on the new capabilities of CCIP 2.0, highlighting improved control over speed, security, and compliance. As developers engage with these enhanced features, we can expect to see a robust