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TL;DR: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology announced a post-quantum cryptography assessment toolkit on November 2. Post-quantum migration is not the same thing as making every blockchain or bank system instantly quantum-secure. Good security planning is often unglamorous. Discovering where keys are issued, which partners rely on…

TL;DR: The New York Stock Exchange said on November 2 that Broadridge, Computershare, Equiniti and Superstate had joined the network supporting its proposed tokenized securities venue. There is a major distinction between an issuer-sponsored tokenized security and a synthetic token that tracks a stock price without representing an actual company share. Broadridge separately described plans…

TL;DR: BTCPay Server’s 2.4.7 release published in late October includes security fixes following a broad review of reported issues. Disclosure of a serious issue is not proof that it has been exploited in the wild. The appeal of self-hosting is genuine control over funds and infrastructure. The hidden cost is that responsibility cannot be outsourced…

TL;DR: Aave contributors said the protocol had frozen additional tBTC supply and borrowing in its Ethereum Core market after Threshold’s temporary pause of the token’s mint-and-redeem functions. It would be misleading to conclude that tBTC has lost its Bitcoin backing solely because mint and redemption were paused. This case demonstrates why collateral quality is more…

TL;DR: BitMine Immersion Technologies reported holdings of 6,060,506 ETH as of November 1 in a November 2 filing exhibit. Cryptocurrency balance sheets are sensitive to valuation dates. The filing’s detailed token count is valuable precisely because it can be compared with later disclosures. It also exposes a blind spot in quick “ETH treasury” comparisons: two…