Tag: XRPUSD

TL;DR: Coinbase published an engineering account of its move toward multi-user infrastructure on October 29, describing how one account or organisation can involve several people with different privileges. A blog describing architecture cannot prove that every application and endpoint is free of bugs. Account controls rarely make headlines until something fails. But the ability to…

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…