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Coverage and analysis at the intersection of crypto, AI, and payments — through the lens of institutional custody.
Aave Reportedly Explores Tokenized U.S. Equity Collateral Lending on Base
Aave is reportedly exploring a Base-based lending model in which tokenized U.S. equities can be used as collateral for USDC borrowing. The initiative could bring real-world assets closer to on-chain credit, while raising significant questions around custody, eligibility, liquidity, valuation and regulation.
Aave Reportedly Explores Tokenized U.S. Equity Collateral Lending on Base
Aave is reportedly exploring a Base-based lending model in which tokenized U.S. equities can be used as collateral for USDC borrowing. The initiative could bring real-world assets closer to on-chain credit, while raising significant questions around custody, eligibility, liquidity, valuation and regulation.
Papertrade Attack Exposes Risks in High-Leverage Pool and Revenue-Sharing Model
A single wallet reportedly extracted about $1.28 million from Papertrade less than a day after launch by exploiting the relationship between external pricing and extreme leverage. The incident has also raised questions about a token model whose revenue is largely generated by trader losses and distributed through PAPER staking.
Quantum Advances Push Crypto Industry to Build Post-Quantum Infrastructure
Progress in Google’s Willow quantum chip has renewed attention on the long-term vulnerability of early Bitcoin holdings, while a new industry group is seeking common standards for post-quantum cryptography, wallet migration and cross-chain security.
Polygon Completes Coinme Acquisition to Enter the Stablecoin Payments Market
Polygon Labs has completed its acquisition of U.S.-regulated crypto payments provider Coinme, seeking to build a broader payments-processing business around stablecoins, fiat conversion and cash on- and off-ramps. The move places Polygon in direct competition with established payment platforms such as Visa and Stripe while its unified payments platform remains in technical preview.
MSCI Tightens Review of Bitcoin Treasury Companies, While Strategy Remains in Indexes
MSCI has approved rules that could make companies dominated by investment holdings ineligible for its global equity indexes, putting Strategy, Metaplanet and similar bitcoin treasury firms under closer review. Strategy has not been removed so far, with the affected-company list and final implementation still pending.
XDC Adds Concordium Identity Verification for AI Agents
XDC Network is integrating Concordium as the identity verification provider for XDC AI, allowing agents to prove that they are backed by a verified individual or business without publicly exposing the owner’s identity. The move addresses accountability as autonomous agents gain access to wallets and payment functions.
Latest from Cobo
Cobo Launches Agentic Wallet: Three Industry Firsts Redefining How AI Agents Interact On-Chain
Cobo launches Cobo Agentic Wallet (CAW), the world's first MPC-secured wallet purpose-built for AI agents, featuring a human-agent authorization protocol and modular skill framework that enables autonomous on-chain execution within user-defined boundaries.
Cobo Agentic Wallet: A New Paradigm for Autonomous AI Agent Transactions and Payments
Cobo launches Cobo Agentic Wallet (CAW), an MPC-based wallet infrastructure designed to enable AI Agents to perform autonomous on-chain transactions with institutional-grade security and human-enforced authorization controls.
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