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Regulators at the Ready

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Time Stamp: December 16, 2022 2:32 PM - Modified On: December 16, 2022 - Published By:
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Just as bull markets have narratives, so do bear markets, and the overriding narrative of this year has been regulation. Time and again the media has conflated a lack of regulation in crypto with the failures we’ve seen. It’s easy for people to conclude that as soon as regulation comes to crypto, investors will have confidence and flood back into the market. If that was true you would expect to see the stock market flooded with liquidity, but tech stocks are experiencing similar conditions to crypto. Not only is there

China’s Walled Garden

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Time Stamp: December 14, 2022 3:14 AM - Modified On: December 14, 2022 - Published By:
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Continuing our theme of speaking with people in the world of finance and technology we asked insiders at ByteDance in Shanghai their views about blockchain technology. The results give some useful insight into one of the likely narratives of the next bull run. In previous cycles narratives have ranged from Bitcoin being digital gold to NFTs being the cutting edge of the art scene. These topics pull new users into the space and with their added liquidity the value of the market begins to rise. The present decline in value

Passport of the Future

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Time Stamp: November 18, 2022 4:20 AM - Modified On: November 18, 2022 - Published By:
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A few years ago if you were to talk about governments being able to control your money and impose travel restrictions on their citizens most people would roll their eyes and ask where your tin foil hat was. These days however the dystopian future dreamt of by science fiction authors is rapidly becoming a reality. When it comes to dystopian visions of society and governmental overreach, most people’s first thoughts turn to China. Although they may be ahead of the curve at the moment, their path to a digital future

NTT DOCOMO and Accenture Collaborate to Accelerate Adoption of Web3

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Time Stamp: November 8, 2022 7:45 AM - Modified On: November 8, 2022 - Published By:
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Companies will address technology challenges and train talent to apply Web3 to solve social issues TOKYO, Nov 8, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are collaborating to accelerate the adoption and application of Web3 for addressing social issues. Web3 is a new iteration of the web driven by blockchain technology. It has the potential to form a new digital economy with a greater social impact than conventional economies, providing clearly defined benefits and secure environments for success. Together, NTT DOCOMO and Accenture will: Promote ESG

Organized Chaos

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Time Stamp: November 5, 2022 11:01 AM - Modified On: November 5, 2022 - Published By:
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This week saw another round of interest rates hikes by central banks to try and control inflation. With all the talk of a potential pivot in monetary policy, interest rates continued their parabolic rise by 75 basis points in the UK, and the US. Initially the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a 0.75% interest rate increase caused markets to jump because this was the rise they’d been expecting and had already priced in. However, in the subsequent press conference the tone was more hawkish which caused the markets to drop a

Paribus Network Update

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Time Stamp: October 28, 2022 6:28 PM - Modified On: October 28, 2022 - Published By:
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For the past few weeks our MVP has been live on the public testnet and just two weeks ago we launched our bug bounty program. Already we’ve had some amazing feedback which has helped us tweak the platform ahead of its mainnet launch. While everyone usually hates bear markets because of the devastation they inflict on portfolios, as a project the additional time and space they give has proved invaluable. Not only have we been able to continue our development in a robust, methodical way, we’ve also had the time

Drawing Parallels

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Time Stamp: October 26, 2022 5:36 AM - Modified On: October 26, 2022 - Published By:
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For many people in crypto, the way that regulators are approaching the industry is unique and can at times seem unnecessarily adversarial. For those with prior experience in nascent industries, it bears remarkable similarities to how other technologies have seen regulations imposed on them. For many people in crypto, the way that regulators are approaching the industry is unique and can at times seem unnecessarily adversarial. For those with prior experience in nascent industries, it bears remarkable similarities to how other technologies have seen regulations imposed on them. Five years

Bugging Out

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2022 3:31 AM - Modified On: October 15, 2022 - Published By:
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We’re pleased to announce that from today, October 13th 2022, Paribus will be launching our bug bounty program on ImmuneFi. The program will apply to our MVP even while it’s on the public testnet and should help to provide additional confidence when we’re ready to launch on the mainnet. Bug bounty programs are a crucial aspect of the ongoing maintenance and security of DeFi protocols. There are two main types of program, formal and informal. An example of an informal bug bounty program is the identification of several security vulnerabilities

Bonds, Bitcoin Bonds

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Time Stamp: October 12, 2022 2:00 AM - Modified On: October 12, 2022 - Published By:
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Just over a year ago El Salvador made history by becoming the first, and only country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. Much to the anger of the international community of central bankers, they pushed ahead with their plans, doubling down by planning a $1 billion bond release to build Bitcoin City. According to the mainstream media, El Salvador’s experiment with cryptocurrency has been an unmitigated disaster. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy, there hasn’t been widespread adoption of crypto, and the president is a ruthless

ING spins out Pyctor digital assets technology to GMEX Group

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Time Stamp: July 11, 2022 4:20 PM - Modified On: July 11, 2022 - Published By:
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Leading fintech provides regulatory compliant digital assets network & custody technologyStrengthens GMEX’s MultiHub platform, integrating traditional and decentralized finance London and Amsterdam, 11 July 2022 - ING announced today that it has spun out Pyctor to GMEX Group (‘GMEX’), a leader in digital business and technology solutions for exchanges and post-trade market infrastructure. Pyctor’s digital post-trade market infrastructure technology is designed for firms operating in regulated environments. It provides highly secure digital custody and transactional network services for a broad range of digital assets, as well as delivering interoperability between