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LayerZero unveils Aerie with 0.65-second quantum-safe signature benchmark

LayerZero Labs has introduced Aerie, a research system that its developers say can aggregate 32,768 quantum-resistant Falcon signatures in 0.65 seconds on an Apple laptop without GPU acceleration. Summary 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures were aggregated in 0.65 seconds using 16 worker threads. Aerie’s standard aggregate includes retained signature data, with a smaller shared-salt version requiring extra…

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Circle’s USDC Becomes EU’s First Significant E-Money Token Under MiCA

Circle’s USDC has become the first e-money token to receive “significant” status under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), bringing the dollar-backed stablecoin under direct European Banking Authority (EBA) supervision for key financial safeguards from November 12, 2026. The EBA announced the decision on October 14 following an assessment of USDC against MiCA’s…

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