The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

The SEC’s Crypto Assets Task Force is reviewing a roadmap to protect Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets from future quantum computing threats. A proposal submitted to the US Securities and ...

For years, the approval of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been one of the most contested battles in financial regulation. The first applications for a Bitcoin (BTC) ETF date back more than a ...

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Fighting financial crime doesn’t have to come at the cost of privacy Legend has it that gangster Al Capone hid the illicit origins of his wealth by using laundromats as a front. Ever since, ...

An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. A condition of publication in a Nature Portfolio journal is that authors ...

Cryptocurrency relies on blockchain to verify transactions without central banks. Thousands of cryptocurrencies exist, evolving constantly with new applications. Investing in cryptocurrency could ...