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A widely used method that crypto exchanges rely on to generate deposit addresses while keeping private keys offline could break if blockchains migrate to post-quantum cryptography, according to new research. Exchanges such as Coinbase and Binance currently rely on hierarchical deterministic wallets, a system standardized under Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 32, or BIP32. The design allows operators to generate fresh deposit addresses from a public key stored on a server while the private signing...