The great convergence ‒ the encroachment of DeFi into CeFi
Is adopting DeFi concepts in CeFi systems with central governance going in the right direction?
Is adopting DeFi concepts in CeFi systems with central governance going in the right direction?
The layoffs follow a round of job cuts in August that saw its workforce reduced by 21%.
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The test shows “how digital assets can be issued, distributed and settled within the Eurozone in a single day”.
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The firm is laying off 1,100 employees in order to “adapt to current market conditions”.
The next five to seven years will usher in a completely new era of digital IDs.
Both defendants appeared in court in Tallin and are being held pending extradition to the US.
The deal was signed in June and concluded in July, as part of Circle’s acquisition of CYBAVO earlier this year.
The latest equity round brings total funds raised by ADDX since 2017 to around $140 million.
US banking heavyweights will explore the feasibility of a DLT-powered interoperable digital money platform.
Blockchain tech can power access to alternative assets such as art, real estate and wine.
Ireland has become the EU/EMEA headquarters for many leading firms in the fintech and payments space.
Financial institutions will analyse the technical, operational and business implications of a digital euro.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
TRM will use the cash to invest in product development and new hires to meet growing demand for its services.
In a tweet, Binance says “we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX.com”.
FTX’s CEO wrote on Twitter that a “strategic transaction” has been hashed out with Binance, pending due diligence.
The Series B follows Ramp’s $52.7 million Series A round in December 2021.
The round saw participation from new international investors and 10 existing investors.
Datonomy is a standardised way to help market participants view and analyse the digital assets ecosystem.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
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The DFSA says it is a “progressive regulator” that recognises the growing interest in crypto.
The use case of this pilot is the “settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities”, RBI says.
Users across nearly all US states can now trade and store BTC, ETH and LTC in the MoneyGram app.
UnionDigital Bank will deploy Thought Machine’s Vault Core solution and Callsign’s digital ID platform.
The card is available to US residents and will be rolled out to customers in additional countries starting in 2023.
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Nucoin, Nubank’s very own cryptocurrency, is expected to launch in the first half of 2023.
Named Crypto Source, the new offering is being developed in partnership with Paxos.
We chat with Lynn Ng of ING about whether cross-platform interoperability in trade finance is possible.
BVNK is looking to expand across the European Union and beyond.
The partnership, which had been in the works for “many months”, has four parts to it.
We chat with Wayne Hughes of BNP Paribas Securities Services to discuss the firm’s digital asset strategy.
“We want to be the ecosystem platform provider to power up the Web3 economy,” says HSBC’s Catherine Zhou.
Widespread digitisation has prompted a number of central banks to evaluate issuing CBDCs.
“If you’re going to be in the metaverse, it starts with a purpose,” Accenture’s Michael Abbott explains.
Bianca Lopes makes the case why banks, FIs and regulators should be paying attention to digital identity.
At Sibos 2022, senior bankers discussed the importance of interoperability between payment systems old and new.