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Dallas Fed economists said faster, programmable deposits could make bank funding less stable, potentially pushing lenders toward more expensive funding. Tokenized deposits could make bank funding less stable and raise credit costs for US households and businesses, according to an analysis by two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.  Economists Rosie Levy and Srini Ramaswamy said instant settlement could allow depositors seeking higher yields to switch banks more quickly. They said programmable deposit tokens and agentic artificial intelligence could automate the transfers, shortening the time that deposits remain at individual banks and making them more sensitive to interest rates. The economists estimated that if deposits became 10% more sensitive to interest rates, banks’ capacity to hold long-term loans and other assets could fall by about $700 billion. In a separate scenario, deposits remaining at banks for 10% less time could reduce that capacity by about $580 billion. Both figures are expre...

Here's how Mastercard has extended its relationship with Ripple and what are the ETF changes.

EURR will be issued by Stripe-owned Bridge under the EU’s MiCA framework, and it's getting ready for a wider European rollout.

Yi, who is now the co-CEO of Binance alongside its other chief Richard Teng, still uses the name Marge in meetings and chats.

A sensitivity case shows how faster, programmable switching could reduce banks’ interest-rate capacity in 10-year equivalents, not loan balances. The post Smart AI deposits could soon force banks to raise loan rates for everyday borrowers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Every major token except solana and BNB is flat or lower over 24 hours, with bitcoin holding a 14% weekly gain and XRP 28%.

StarkWare said the experimental transaction demonstrated quantum-resistant Bitcoin spending without a fork, but it cost up to $200 and required direct miner submission. StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy has tested an experimental quantum-resistant transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet, in what the company described as the first transaction of its kind.  According to StarkWare, the transaction was confirmed Wednesday in Bitcoin block 964,199. Onchain data shows that it spent a 10,000-satoshi output protected by Levy’s Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, with MARA Pool mining the block after receiving the transaction through its Slipstream service.  Levy’s paper and code repository said QSB combines hash-based one-time signatures with computational searches that bind an authorization to a specific transaction. The construction is intended to prevent forgery even if a quantum computer breaks the elliptic-curve cryptography Bitcoin uses. Read more

An indicator fundamental to understanding whether capital consistently moved in size to push prices higher is flashing green.

XRP whales made an unusually large move off Binance as accumulation accelerated alongside the token's powerful weekly rally above 40%.

Cardano’s DReps and SPOs are below threshold, while Solana’s validator defaults, staker overrides and conflicting pass rules complicate what low turnout means. The post Cardano and Solana just exposed crypto governance’s biggest weakness appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Epoch 1021 averaged 365.4ms spacing with a 0.077% skip rate, while the 300ms stage remained pending. The post Solana takes its first step toward sub-second speed by cutting block confirmation times across the network appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for the SHRINCS signature scheme has just been published to upgrade Bitcoin to quantum secure. Here’s everything you need to know. Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back has a reputation as a quantum computer skeptic who believes the technology is so immature the threat won’t materialize for decades. Which makes it all the more fascinating that his company is one of the leaders in researching practical solutions to the issue. Back told Cointelegraph earlier this year “the safe thing” is to prepare for the threat well in advance. Blockstream has already proven its experimental post-quantum signature scheme called SHRINCS works in production on its Liquid sidechain and a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for SHRINCS was published earlier today. Blockstream Research’s Jonas Nick called it “the first concrete proposal for a post-quantum signature scheme designed specifically for Bitcoin.” But he added that “SHRINCS is not intended to be Bitcoin’s ‘final’ signature scheme, and it is...

Deribit’s expiry concentrates reported call exposure at $75,000 and $80,000, where dealer hedging can pin or amplify a move. The post Bitcoin is trapped between $75,000 and $80,000 ahead of a massive Friday derivatives settlement appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The authorization targets a stated market disconnect while the June 30 token treasury shows why earnings remain exposed. The post Avalanche Treasury doubles down on its strategy to build shareholder value after a $44 million hit appeared first on CryptoSlate.

In 2023, the regulator tried to narrowly restrict the places investment advisers could park clients' crypto assets, but the new approach is still shrouded in secrecy.

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media.

Gates is calling for AI tokens and robots to be taxed so firms think twice before swapping out workers, plus a bracket of "human reserved" roles that stay off-limits to automation.

The developments are scheduled for August 27 and September 3.

The proposal starts with Bitcoin and Ethereum, SET-only trading and primarily Thai-regulated custody, with comments due Sept. 20. The post Thailand is rewriting its stock exchange rules to trap billions in Bitcoin ETF wealth strictly inside its own borders appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The chipmaker doubled quarterly revenue while disclosing $366 billion in future commitments and up to $108.5 billion in guarantee exposure.