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What is interesting is the “anti-China” approach the tech firms have taken as they attempt to resist calls for more stringent regulation. Silicon Valley firms are arguing that this could lead to “Chinese tech giants getting more powerful.” Why?

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Forget assets on Earth, Space Assets are coming

February 10, 2022

Space might better resemble the decentralized nature of the cryptocurrency ecosystem now. And the Moon will be the stage for one of the first real use cases for space ‘asset-ization’, as Grant calls it.

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Myanmar military government bans crypto in crackdown on human rights

February 4, 2022

The military government in Myanmar has announced heavy criminal sanctions for citizens found to be using crypto or virtual private networks (VPNs).

Blockchain Digital Assets News

Russian money laundering threatens Ukraine, props up London property

February 2, 2022

Former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev, whose son owns The Independent and The Evening Standard in the UK, has advanced the claim that money laundering has economic benefits.

Blockchain Digital Assets News

Using NFTs for social good, with Maxity

February 2, 2022

To discuss how NFTs can potentially make a positive contribution to the charity sector, we spoke to Justin Kairys, Maxity’s Head of Development.

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer From Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part Three)

January 27, 2022

To my mind remarkably, Binance seemed to find my minimal regulatory knowledge sufficient to believe I was indeed an expert of ten years’ experience, and duly offered me the role of Senior Regulatory Advisor.

Blockchain Digital Assets

Institutional Crypto with Gold-i

January 25, 2022

Since 2017, Gold-i have offered their “Crypto Switch™” product, which has been used by FX brokers wishing to open up cryptos as an additional asset class for their clients. Now Gold-i is seeking to establish itself within the fund management sector and become the “technology of choice” for financial institutions launching crypto funds.

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer From Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part Two)

January 20, 2022

Is Binance serious about becoming “even more compliant?” Or are they simply seeking to hire a couple of people who appear to be experts, just so they can say to the regulators that they have? The company might make grand announcements about doubling its number of compliance staff, but that does not mean much if this is how they are going about their recruitment.

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer from Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part One)

January 13, 2022

I was keen to investigate how serious Binance really was about cleaning up their act, and how robust the compliance recruitment processes of the world’s biggest cryptoexchange are. So I decided to apply for the role under a fake name and with false credentials.

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Paving the way to payments modernization with a Shared Hierarchical Ledger System

January 10, 2022

What’s so great about digital currency? What will it allow us to do that we can’t already do within our current two-tier monetary system?

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Brazilians see crypto as tool to diversify risks of local stocks, cash

November 24, 2021

Brazilians were the biggest supporters of crypto-recognition, with 56% supporting El Salvador’s move, and 48% saying they want Brazil to follow suit and adopt Bitcoin. Only 4% of Brazilians said that there is no future for crypto currencies in their country.

Blockchain Digital Assets

Privacy-preserving credit checks may drive growth in uncollaterised DeFi

November 22, 2021

Over-collateralisation can be problematic for the borrower and, by tying up more capital in an unproductive way, it’s certainly less efficient. Thus, the growing usage of uncollateralised loans, mostly through the Ethereum protocol.

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Onyx, driving digital transformation at JPMorgan

November 18, 2021

In a panel discussion titled "Web 3.0 in Corporate Banking," Umar Farooq, CEO of Onyx by JPMorgan, shared his insights on how one of the preeminent corporate and investment banks approaches digital transformation, the more widespread use of blockchain technology, and the question of regulation.

Blockchain Digital Assets Technology

Institutional Investors in DeFi

November 5, 2021

Konstantin Anissimov, CEO of CEX.IO, shared his thoughts with us on why and how institutional investors have become more involved in decentralised finance.

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From the CFTC to ‘CryptoDad’

October 28, 2021

‘CryptoDad’ was discussed in an interview between Scott O’Mallia, Chief Executive Officer of the International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA) and J. Christopher Giancarlo, Senior Counsel, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and former Commodity Futures Trade Commission (CFTC) Chairman. The conference forms part of the ISDA Regional Events program.

Blockchain Digital Assets

From CypherPunks to DeFi

June 10, 2021

Since around 2018, we have seen the emerging cryptocurrency trend morph into a broader decentralised finance (DeFi) movement.

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