🧬 Scientists grew living human skin on a robot
A robotic finger just got something incredibly human — living skin.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo grew skin from human cells directly on a working robotic finger. The cells formed layers similar to real human skin, including a dermis and an outer epidermis.
As the robot moved, the skin stretched and bent with it. Even more fascinating, it developed natural-looking wrinkles around the joints.
Then came the real surprise. Researchers made a small cut in the artificial skin, and with the help of a collagen bandage, the living cells gradually repaired the wound in about a week.
The technology still has a major challenge: the living skin must stay moist to keep the cells alive.
But this could be an early step toward robots with more realistic skin, smarter prosthetics, and machines that interact with humans in surprisingly lifelike ways.
The future of robotics may not just be made of metal. It may be partly alive.
Source: Kawai, Y., et al. Living skin on a robot. Matter, 5(7), 2190–2208.
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SWIFT "GIANT" Partner, ACI [9% of the world’s traffic] has chosen @Ripple as its PREFERRED settlement route.
They will utilize #XRP as a settlement mechanism to transfer TRILLIONS of DOLLARS cross-border from Bank A to Bank B.
IT'S HAPPENING!🔥
⚡️NEW: FedNow, the Fed’s instant payment service for U.S. financial institutions, is going CROSS-BORDER, but it is NOT using stablecoins.
FedNow will handle the U.S. leg of international payments in DOLLARS, while correspondent banks handle the overseas leg.
That puts stablecoins in direct competition, as banks gain a 24/7 regulated alternative for faster cross-border payments.
RT2, the Bank of England's renewed #RTGS core ledger and settlement engine, lets funds be earmarked and released only once every party's terms are met, closing the settlement gap between transaction legs.
Our Lead Solutions Architect, Alex Chiriac, walks through Quant's #SynchronisationLab contribution: multi-bank #treasury rebalancing via #QuantFlow.
Watch the video here: https://t.co/7pSf54RBu7
Is the era of MASS TOKENIZATION finally here?
In just 10 days, regulators and banks across the US, Europe, the UK and Canada all moved to bring finance onchain.
Here's the recap:
1. The SEC approved an "Innovation Exemption" letting certain onchain venues trade tokenized US stocks for up to 5 years.
2. DTCC, which holds $114 TRILLION in US securities, is on track to launch its tokenization service in Q4 2026.
3. The European Central Bank launched Pontes, letting banks settle tokenized assets directly in central bank money.
4. The NYSE signed a deal to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs to Blockchain dot com's 44 MILLION accounts, pending regulatory approval.
5. The CFTC now lets US brokers invest customer funds in tokenized assets and keep records on-chain.
6. Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays completed what UK Finance calls the world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits.
7. Canada's six biggest banks are jointly exploring tokenized Canadian dollar deposits.
8. IBM connected its platform to Swift's blockchain ledger in beta, letting banks move tokenized deposits 24/7.
9. Ondo launched three tokenized portfolios built on BlackRock-developed strategies for non-US investors.
10. Non-US users can now borrow USDC on Aave against seven Coinbase tokenized stocks, including Apple and Nvidia.
11. Cathie Wood's ARK is tokenizing its venture fund, which holds OpenAI and Anthropic, with a $500 minimum.
Stocks, funds, bank deposits and collateral are starting to move onchain, and it's happening through the biggest names in finance.
Timeline of events since Congress failed to pass the Crypto Clarity Act
September 17:
• SEC allows limited on-chain trading of tokenized US stocks.
• CFTC allows developers to build passive derivatives software without registering as brokers, including for crypto markets.
• SEC Chair Atkins says tokenization rules are moving toward a longer-term framework.
September 18:
• CFTC files new crypto market rules, moving them into White House review.
September 23:
• CFTC Chair Selig says the agency is establishing clear crypto market structure rules.
• CFTC outlines plans for 24/7 on-chain, tokenized financial markets.
• Trump administration considers promoting dollar-backed stablecoins internationally.
September 24:
• CFTC issues updated guidance on tokenized assets and blockchain recordkeeping.
• Federal Reserve proposes rules for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.
September 25:
• SEC staff releases new guidance on how securities laws apply to crypto.
• SEC Commissioner calls to end mass collection of sensitive KYC data.
Big news: Quant is partnering with @TCHtweets to bring on-chain, #programmablemoney to the US.
We will provide the interoperability layer that lets #tokeniseddeposits move freely within the regulated banking system.
This builds on our work in the UK, Europe and beyond.
Read the press release here: https://t.co/OQJXzfN3lr or the blog here: https://t.co/Y39YiIAZD6
#OnChainMoneyInitiative
@guvreal@Lloyd_I@GOPIsrael Remember him, in Serbia we have one of the largest synagogues in Europe, and many Jews are present in our ministries and regional councils, including in the media. But I don't see any in Croatia or Bosnia because Jews were killed all ! He cries because facts are there ? 😂
@Lloyd_I@GOPIsrael An estimatation of 700-1.2M Serbs killed in the NDH. Nearly the entire Jewish population of Serbia and the majority of Jews in the NDH were murdered. These crimes form one of the most brutal episodes of genocide and mass murder in wartime Europe outside the core Nazi camp system.
@Lloyd_I@GOPIsrael In addition, all these camps are in Croatia. Not a single ethnic Croate was in any camp. It says a LOT. Also , Wehrmacht and NDH Ustashi did major massacres against serbs: Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Draginac, Macva, Garavice, Drakulic, Sargovac, Motike, Lika.