Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says

The Bitcoin developer community should stop waiting for a quantum computing timeline to be confirmed and focus on putting post-quantum signature schemes into production, Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden said Wednesday at the CoinDesk Miami Consensus Conference. Pruden said the asymmetry between acting now and waiting favors action. “We’ve added some new cryptography, we’ve built…

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Cornish Pirates secure ‘landmark’ US investment

Championship club Cornish Pirates have announced a new “landmark” investment from US company Stonewood Capital Management Inc. The deal is backed by Pittsburgh investment groups J. Kenneth (‘Kenn’) Moritz and John H. Tippins. advertise The new investment comes less than a week after businessman Richard Wastnage joined the club’s board after offering fresh financial investment….

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Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, industry leaders say

What was once considered a speculative fringe movement is quickly becoming part of the world’s financial pipeline, executives from Binance, Revolut and Circle (CRCL) said Wednesday at the Consensus Conference in Miami. “We’re in the age of Prohibition,” said Rachel Conlan, Binance’s chief marketing officer. “Now we’re in the infrastructure phase.” Cryptocurrencies are evolving from…

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‘Muslim only’ event at Texas water park canceled after Abbott threatens to pull $530K in state grants

Taxpayer-funded “Muslims Only” campaign Texas The water park has been canceled after Gov. Greg Abbott criticized and threatened to revoke public safety funding. A local Islamic group has rented out Grand Prairie’s Epic Waters indoor water park for its annual Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) “Epic Eid” celebration on June 1. Representatives for the water park and…

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DTCC, Wall Street’s clearinghouse, works with blockchains to tokenize corporate actions

Wall Street Clearing House is working with blockchain developers to bring one of the most obscure but operationally complex functions of capital markets on-chain: corporate conduct. The market infrastructure giant is working with multiple layer 1 (L1) blockchain networks to improve the way dividend payments, tender offers and other post-trade events are handled in tokenized…

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Szczesny talks Barcelona future, Lamine, Flick, Lewandowski, UCL elimination: ‘I still want to play’

Wojciech Szczesny’s future at Barcelona has been the subject of growing interest in recent months, especially given that the veteran goalkeeper has retired from professional football before returning to action. Despite the uncertainty, Szczesny has now made his intentions very clear ahead of next season. advertise The Polish goalkeeper has one year left on his…

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Nasdaq’s president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets ‘build’ again

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Nasdaq President Tal Cohen said changes to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approach to cryptocurrency regulation give market operators more room to experiment with blockchain-based infrastructure and tokenized assets. Cohen told the Consensus conference in Miami on Wednesday that the industry now feels like it can “build” again after…

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