Banks keep picking Hedera
@hedera is run by a council of companies, not a foundation or an open validator set. Google, IBM, Deutsche Telekom and FedEx all operate nodes.
Taurus finished an 18-month integration on August 5, putting $HBAR custody, staking and tokenization in front of 40+ banks, per @The_Hashgraph. Deutsche Bank and State Street are on the list.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 White House Official Patrick Witt says Democrats blocked a vote on the Crypto Clarity Act before summer recess.
"If they can't get there by September 15, they never will."
🚨JUST IN: Google says 500,000 qubits could crack a crypto key in 9 minutes.
#Ripple's answer: the $XRP Ledger goes fully post-quantum by 2028. The first major blockchain with an actual deadline.
The part nobody noticed:
→ Only 0.03% of $XRP supply is exposed to quantum attack
→ Bitcoin: 35%
→ The NSA wants US systems quantum-safe by 2027. XRPL beats the federal government to it.
Q-Day contingency already live.
NIST algorithms already testing on AlphaNet.
While other chains debate it, #XRPL put a date on it.
THIS WEEK: 📊 Bitcoin pushed through $65,000 after weak US jobs data led to decreasing chances of a Fed rate hike in September. Will rising ETF and CEX flows sustain the current bullish momentum?
With the CPI print coming this week, what should we expect from the crypto market? Read on to find out. 👇
https://t.co/ZcgjwxNGzt
.@mert explains how Helius Rings will bring privacy to Solana
“Helius Rings are a two-fold solution to privacy”
“There's a public ring that anybody can use where everything is anonymous except for the to and from. This will have all sorts of DeFi integrations, from staking to trading, borrow and lend”
“Trading means no MEV trading because you don't know the amounts”
“There will also be customizable rings where institutions or neobanks can hide the to and from, make it fully anonymous and add any other requirement they want”
BREAKING: Senator Cynthia Lummis says she will keep working to get the CLARITY Act done after the Senate left for recess without a vote.
"You all know me and how long and hard I've fought for this bill, so you can imagine how frustrated I am."
🚨 CLARITY ACT ALERT 🔔
Senate negotiators are meeting TODAY to finalize the U.S. Crypto Clarity Act ‼️
✅ Key Democrats on board
✅ Final ethics amendments being locked in
We could be looking at a major turning point for U.S. crypto regulation💪
Pass the CLARITY Act 🇺🇸 💪