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A Future of Finance webinar with regulators, lawyers, cryptocurrency players, exchanges, banks, digital asset players and technology companies Thursday July 14 at 2pm UK time The peer-to-peer system of cash outlined by Satoshi Nakamoto in his famous paper of October 2008 did not mention regulators or regulations. But its ambition of dispensing with trusted thirdContinue reading “Why the case for regulating cryptocurrencies is becoming unanswerable (14 July 2022)”
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Hex Trust sees ample opportunities for growth at home and abroad
Hex Trust sees ample opportunities for growth at home and abroad Growing institutional interest in crypto-currencies, not least as a hedge against rising inflation, has spawned a range of custodial services to safeguard the private keys without which nobody can access the digital wallet that contains the assets. Hex Trust, the Hong Kong based providerContinue reading “Hex Trust sees ample opportunities for growth at home and abroad”
Algorand pioneer Yieldly is building bridges to the future of DeFi
Algorand pioneer Yieldly is building bridges to the future of DeFi The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) markets are synonymous with the Ethereum blockchain protocol. So it is quite an event when an ambitious DeFi application chooses to launch its offering on another one. That is exactly what Yieldly, the provider of staking contracts and a noContinue reading “Algorand pioneer Yieldly is building bridges to the future of DeFi”
Rising institutional interest in cryptocurrencies could herald the greatest change in financial markets for centuries
There are many reasons why established financial institutions are starting to trade and invest in cryptocurrencies but their interest is certainly driving the development of services which match what they expect to find in the traditional foreign exchange (FX) and securities markets.
How to Do Prime Brokerage Without Prime Brokers
As investment banks shrink the balance sheet available to buy-side firms that like to trade on credit, the need for an alternative has become urgent. To fill the gap, San Francisco-based Bosonic has adapted the tokenisation and atomic settlement techniques pioneered by the crypto-currency markets.
Summary and Highlights: Rising institutional interest in crypto-currencies could herald the greatest change in financial markets for centuries webinar
There are many reasons why established financial institutions are starting to trade and invest in crypto-currencies but their interest is certainly driving the development of services which match what they expect to find in the traditional foreign exchange (FX) and securities markets. Substitutes for the traditional means by which counterparty credit and settlement risk are mitigated are already in use.
Corporate treasurers are venturing into the crypto-currency markets
The investments in Bitcoin by Ruffer and MassMutual may have caught the headlines, but crypto-currencies are becoming a tool for corporate treasurers to manage their liabilities as well as a source of capital growth for asset managers.
INSTITUTIONAL ADOPTION IN CRYPTO MARKETS (24th March 2021)
INSTITUTIONAL ADOPTION IN CRYPTO MARKETS (24th March 2021) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH DIGITAL ASSET INVESTORS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPERTS, BANKS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES Wednesday March 24 2021, 16.00 – 17.00 UK time With all the excitement being generated by institutional investment in crypto markets, it is easy to forget that a strong business case hasContinue reading “INSTITUTIONAL ADOPTION IN CRYPTO MARKETS (24th March 2021)”