2. Strategic planning: cryptographic agility, phased migration, and hybrid models
3. Pragmatism: focus on existing solutions rather than hypothetical ones, as well as, on implementation complexities and infrastructure challenges.

#CyberSecurity #FinancialServices #QuantumSafe
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Danica Marsden, Sarah McCarthy and Andras Valko sets out a framework for the transition to quantum-safe cryptography, emphasizing:

1. Immediate action: awareness and cryptographic inventory
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... #TVL can be inflated due to double-counting and reliance on off-chain data. We hence introduce Verifiable TVL, a more transparent and reproducible approach to measuring DeFi’s scale:

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This is joint w Pietro Saggese, Stefan Kitzler, Michael F., Bernhard Haslhofer.

Bitcoin and Ether remain predominantly speculative, influenced by global market volatility.

analyze a novel and extensive crypto transaction dataset across 184 countries and the four major crypto assets (USDT, USDC, #Ether, and #Bitcoin). We uncover substantial volumes but distinct roles: stablecoins serve transactional needs like remittances, while...