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“# Thai bank’s venture arm invests in institutional crypto custodian Anchorage ” Just last month, SCB 10X — the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank — had announced its new $50 million fund dedicated to investments in global blockchain, decentralized finance and digital asset startups. The banking institution is Thailand’s oldest bank, established by royal charter…
“# FCA releases detailed 5-point plan to make UK a fintech powerhouse ” Upon the announcement of the United Kingdom budget for 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak commissioned Ron Kalifa to conduct an independent review of the U.K. fintech sector. On Friday, eight months later, the FCA published the 108-page report, and it contains multiple clear…
“# Hundreds of thousands watch as AOC takes on Robinhood on Twitch ” Hundreds of thousands tuned in to a Twitch stream today as U.S. congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez discussed Robinhood’s controversial decision to suspend trading in GameStop after the short squeeze engineered by r/WallStreetBets. Hours earlier, Ocasio-Cortez, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee,…
“# Blockchain tech may have arrived too soon, but now, it’s ready ” It is a useful exercise for those of us working in tech to cast our minds back to the dot-com boom and bust of the late 1990s. There is a lot that can be learned from that time. The period was crucial…
“# Blockchain companies can’t afford to stay on the patent sidelines ” Twitter plays defense with its patents, Square has launched a consortium — which includes Coinbase — to pool crypto patents and Alibaba is well on its way with its mission to overtake IBM in the blockchain patent wars. Many startups don’t take the…
“# Circle enables seamless USDC-USD transfers, providing a bridge from banks to DeFi ” Circle, the company behind the second most popular stablecoin USD Coin, has rolled out a new API that will allow for the seamless transfer of USDC to USD via automated clearinghouse (ACH) systems. The first exchange to adopt the new API…
“# Digital ruble could be still vulnerable to fraud, Russian banks warn ” Russia’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, could contain a number of risks related to cybersecurity and fraud, according to several local financial institutions. The Association of Russian Banks, or ARB, has released its official feedback on Russia’s digital ruble project on Jan….
“# Crypto custody firm graduates Singapore Monetary Authority’s regulatory sandbox ” Crypto-custody provider and securities firm, Propine, has graduated from the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s fintech regulatory sandbox program, emerging with a Capital Markets Services License, and the green-light to commence full operations. The Singapore-based securities services firm for institutional clients was admitted entry to…
“# Visa-backed Bitcoin startup to launch Lightning-based global payments app ” Zap, a Lightning Network payments startup backed by Visa through its Fintech Fast Track program, announced on Jan. 6 the rollout of Strike Global, a payments and remittances app using the Bitcoin (BTC) layer-two technology. An announcement by CEO Jack Mallers goes in-depth into…
“# Was 2020 a ‘DeFi year,’ and what is expected from the sector in 2021? Experts answer ” Figuring out the point at which decentralized finance began almost always ends up in a rhetorical debate. Some argue that Bitcoin’s (BTC) invention a decade ago marked the start of it, as the major cryptocurrency was the…