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The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts | Stay Ahead of Blockchain Research📍Cornell Tech, NYC

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Are stablecoins just crypto trading chips, or are they evolving into everyday digital cash?

In Ep. 5 of Proof of Research, @gordonliao, Chief Economist & Head of Research at @circle, discusses key findings from his "Five Facts About Stablecoins" paper. We cover:

- Stablecoin volumes decoupling from crypto market volatility
- A new Bayesian methodology that highlights the global footprint of stablecoin activity
- Historical banking crises and programmable smart contracts eliminating discretionary banking risk

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"Five Facts About Stablecoins" is a new research paper by @gordonliao, IC3's @WillCong2 (Nanyang Technological University) and @EswarSPrasad (@Cornell), and Tony Zhang (@ASU)

Head to https://t.co/n3rbALDnxJ to learn more:

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"If [stablecoins were] just for digital asset trading, I wouldn't be sitting here today."

@Circle Chief Economist & former Fed economist @gordonliao breaks down how stablecoin usage has quietly decoupled from market speculation, shifting into everyday payments and behaving more like physical cash.

EP 5 of Proof of Research drops 10.15.26 👇

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François-Xavier Wicht explains how transaction tracing can expand into mass surveillance and why his team set out to limit its reach

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Thanks to @btschiller and @0xMiden for having us on! 🫡

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How can you balance user privacy and regulatory compliance? Ephemeral Coin Tracing might be the answer.

Catch the latest Privacy Podcast episode featuring IC3's François-Xavier Wicht:

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Can regulators trace suspicious transactions without creating permanent financial surveillance?

@btschiller speaks with François-Xavier Wicht, a PhD researcher at the University of Bern, about a newly released paper proposing ephemeral coin tracing, a cryptographic approach designed to limit how far transaction tracing can extend.

https://t.co/fxtTa5vvbY

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Get to know the researchers behind the papers:

@danivilardell77 is a PhD student at @Cornell_Tech and a key member of IC3.

In a new @CornellGrad Student Spotlight, Dani shares his research interests, hobbies, and one of his latest projects—investigating “unstoppable” AI agents.

Read the full interview here: https://t.co/o4uzdgeILI

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@danivilardell77, who recently received an Ethereum Foundation PhD fellowship, was featured in the Cornell Graduate School Student Spotlight. Dani's a dynamo and a delight to work with, qualities that come across clearly in this short article.

https://t.co/8Wi21sW2fi

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The latest episode of Proof of Research is live! 🎙️

IC3's @sjbreck & @danivilardell77 join @mrrongxin to discuss their recent paper, πCreds, and how TEEs + LLMs are expanding the possibilities for privacy-preserving credentials.

Traditional zero-knowledge circuits are great for simple checks (like proving age > 18), but struggle with broader semantic reasoning.

By using LLMs and Trusted Execution Environments, πCreds allows users to prove complex claims without exposing their underlying data.

🎧 Catch the full conversation:

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Access the πCreds paper: https://t.co/EViMiEOJP7

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The latest episode of Proof of Research is live! 🎙️

IC3's @sjbreck & @danivilardell77 join @mrrongxin to discuss their recent paper, πCreds, and how TEEs + LLMs are expanding the possibilities for privacy-preserving credentials.

Traditional zero-knowledge circuits are great for simple checks (like proving age > 18), but struggle with broader semantic reasoning.

By using LLMs and Trusted Execution Environments, πCreds allows users to prove complex claims without exposing their underlying data.

🎧 Catch the full conversation:

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AI credentials are becoming an important part of global commerce and user verification. But what if the outputs aren’t always accurate?

It could mean the difference between getting a loan or being rejected. Stress-testing how easily AI systems can be manipulated is how you build reliable technology.

On Thursday’s episode of Proof of Research, IC3’s @danivilardell77 & @sjbreck talk about their work, πCreds, and why adversarial data attacks are an important thing to think about for LLM applications moving forward.

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Will financial innovation dethrone the dollar, or make it stronger?

In a new @FT op-ed based on his Jackson Hole paper, IC3 faculty @EswarSPrasad breaks down how stablecoins and blockchain tech could entrench USD dominance rather than dismantle it:

https://t.co/Uz9j50L0Pm

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Incredible chance to interview Dani and Sam on their work with @AriJuels and thank you @initc3org!

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Access the πCreds paper: https://t.co/D50NT2aV31

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How do you audit proprietary AI code without giving away your secret sauce?

By combining TEEs with LLM agents, you can cryptographically verify closed-source code for backdoors, vulnerabilities, and GDPR compliance — without ever making it public.

In EP4 of Proof of Research, IC3's @danivilardell77 & @sjbreck unpack how their research, πCreds, solves the private software trust problem.

Full episode drops 09.24.26 🎙️👇

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6/ The Shape Rotator Accelerator was a collaboration between IC3, Flashbots, @theBBFund, and The Convent.

Shape Rotator was designed as a cohort, not just a competition. To every builder, mentor, judge, reviewer, and contributor: thank you.

The teams shipped in public, changed course when the evidence demanded it, shared tools, and overall made one another’s work better.

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1/ After 10 weeks of building, testing, and shape rotating, we’re thrilled to announce the Shape Rotator Accelerator award recipients.

Over $250K was awarded to teams that demonstrated standout product strength, contributed to public goods, and productionized IC3 research.

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5/ Finally, a shoutout to the teams that incorporated IC3 research into their projects:

🔬 https://t.co/UnBIFkcfFo TEE-based AI agent negotiation protocol
🔬 https://t.co/D6BHUhuv2V: Run confidential AI and private inference in confidential VMs
🔬 Infinite Drip: CPU-friendly PoW faucet humans and agents can use to obtain cryptocurrency (IC3 Blockchain Camp hackathon winner)
🔬 https://t.co/uFBTkXAzdT: Post-quantum identity
🔬 https://t.co/P5AneuiI1j: Verifiable confidential boundaries for prompts, models, databases, and agent state
🔬 Periscope: Private search
🔬 https://t.co/6q7a61Lb6D: Attested markets for private intelligence