Author: Marc Sparrow
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A View From BIS On Benefits & Risks of Stablecoins
Patrick McConnell, Author and Consultant, comments on the recent speech by the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements [BIS], Dr Pablo Hernández…
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Systematic Stress Caused By DeFi Borrows
Cyrille de Lange, Growth & BD at BloFin, succinctly breaks down the liquidity challenge for stablecoins on AAVE after the rsETH exploit led ETH…
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The $400T Future of Tokenised Assets
Amir Hajian, Researcher at Keyrock, published a report, produced along with Securitize, that explores what is necessary for tokenized assets to continue their upward…
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Altcoin Market Structure Consideration for Investors
Frederik Lund, Chief Legal and Capital Officer at 4+Ventures, brings us back to fundamental mathematics by noting that a token that drops in price…
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SWIFT Explained: How Money Moves Across Borders
Sivasubramanian Ramanathan, previously a Product Owner at the BIS Innovation Hub in Singapore, provides an example and simplified model for the movement of payments…
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Vaults in DeFi can have wildly different risk profiles
Anis Akl, Founder of Kappa Lab (previously Cryppro), details the yield generation of Hyperliquid Vault, describing how these sophisticated wrappers can have widely differing…
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GØLDCHAIN: Towards Blockchain Nirvana
Dispelling common myths about DLT & Co in global capital markets How did we end up with technologies that have become the standards in…
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A Lesson From History: Liberty Reserve
Martin Walker, Product Manager Senior Lead at FIS, considers the case of Liberty Financial, an early digital currency that could be transferred almost instantly…
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“The real work is governance, compliance, and enforceable ownership”
Nicki Sanders, previously Engineering Lead for Anchorage Digital, discusses the non-technical challenges associated with linking tokens to rights and real ownership.
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Blockchain Functionality: Signature to Receive
Institutional blockchain continues to be challenging for many reasons but the one that seems least discussed is missing functionality. While it’s possible to utilise…
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Crypto Infrastructure Requirements for Institutions
Oliver Yates, CEO of Aplo, considers the ‘boring’ requirements of institutional crypto where transparency and accountability are paramount.
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Privacy for Blockchains is Essential
Mike McCoy, previously Head of Ecosystem Growth at Ava Labs, highlights the necessity of a privacy model for blockchain to support real financial use…