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Celsius to exit bankruptcy with $3 billion payout

Celsius to exit bankruptcy with $3 billion payout

Cryptocurrency company Celsius Network has begun a $3 billion payout in an approved plan to exit bankruptcy.

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Ripple co-founder's personal XRP accounts hacked

Ripple co-founder's personal XRP accounts hacked

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

Labour vows to make UK fintech leader

Labour vows to make UK fintech leader

Ex-chancellor Osborne joins Coinbase as advisor

Ex-chancellor Osborne joins Coinbase as advisor

Transak taps Visa Direct for global crypto withdrawals

Transak taps Visa Direct for global crypto withdrawals

US Justice Department uncovers $1.89 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme

US Justice Department uncovers $1.89 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme

PayPal uses stablecoin to invest in Mesh

PayPal uses stablecoin to invest in Mesh

US falling behind peers on CBDC progress, warns think tank

US falling behind peers on CBDC progress, warns think tank

Could CBDCs help prevent fraud?

Could CBDCs help prevent fraud?

Digital pound consultation: User privacy and access to cash key concerns

Digital pound consultation: User privacy and access to cash key concerns

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Dmitry Gooshchin Answers: What to Expect from Bitcoin Halving In Today’s More Mature Crypto Market

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Dmitry Gooshchin - EndoTech - Tel Aviv

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What kind of crypto regulation awaits us in 2025?

Yuliya Barabash

Yuliya Barabash - SBSB Fintech Lawyers - Praha

 

Bitcoin ETFs - buyer beware?

Janine Grainger

Janine Grainger - Easy Crypto - Auckland

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EBA AML/CFT Guidelines to crypto asset service providers (CASPs)

Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer - MIFSA - Maarrssen

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Enabling connectivity across blockchains

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

At Sibos 2023, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink, discusses how institutions are enabling connectivity and interoperability through collaboration across public and private blockchains.
Navigating the DLT and Blockchain Ecosystem

Navigating the DLT and Blockchain Ecosystem

Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets & Currencies, Corporate Bank, DEUTSCHE BANK, speaks at Sibos 2023 about the evolution of DLT and Blockchain within the financial services space, the challenges of implementation, and strategies needed to achieve momentum and scale for the future.
Emerging Trends in Correspondent Banking

Emerging Trends in Correspondent Banking

Timo Florian Zwez, General Manager Germany, Head of IB DACH, Banking Circle, speaks at EBAday 2023 about significant transformations occurring in correspondent banking, the impact of sanctions on this sector, and how evolving business models, Neo-banks, crypto, and Embedded Finance, are influencing correspondent banking today and in the future.
Banking Empowered: Harnessing Crypto, DLT, and CBDC Innovations

Banking Empowered: Harnessing Crypto, DLT, and CBDC Innovations

Speaking at TCF 2023, Jeremy Boot, Product Strategist, Digital Assets & Currencies, Temenos, discusses the innovation happening in crypto, distributed ledger technology, and central bank digital currency, and how banks can leverage these innovations to meet their goals.
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Nell Perks

Crypto disputes on the rise – a 2024 look at litigation, arbitration and regulation

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Transak taps Visa Direct for global crypto withdrawals
Hitesh Thakkar

Hitesh Thakkar

  Web3 cryptocurrencies itself is treacherous - high returns high risk investment option - totally unregulated.

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US falling behind peers on CBDC progress, warns think tank
Arshad Noor

Arshad Noor

  In any country with an authoritarian government/head, there are no protections; so it is futile to discuss this in that context. In democratic countries, where laws can be established apriori, a set of controls can be established to prevent such failures. However, it is important to remember that not all anomalies can be recognized and addressed apriori. Diligent policymakers will continue to reinforce those protections regularly and fill gaps when identified and where necessary. Witness what the EU is doing with its laws: GDPR, PSD, DMA, etc. It still needs to be said, that unless consumers/citizens vote with their wallets/votes, even lawmakers and laws can be subverted. Caveat Emptor!

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BIS and Bank of England seek advisors for financial crime project
Hitesh Thakkar

Hitesh Thakkar

  Dear Neira, will have to wait till Jan 29 to get Expression of Interest for the project - can check the link - https://www.bis.org/about/bisih/topics/fmis/hertha_invit.htm  on or after Jan 29.

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US falling behind peers on CBDC progress, warns think tank
Ketharaman Swaminathan

Ketharaman Swaminathan

  Problem is some of humankind's greatest grifts from Shiny New Toys have also happened within Wannabe Innovators' lifetimes. So it's futile to judge voters and better to leave it to them to worry about their governments. I'd rather focus on the evils / benefits of CBDC for Citizens. For example: Evil for Citizen: Citizens think government will cancel CBDC of dissidents. This can happen in the short or medium or long or any term after CBDC is launched.  What is the benefit of CBDC to Citizen to compensate for this perceived / real evil that can be realized within the same timescale?

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ECB issues digital euro vendor call

ECB issues digital euro vendor call

Circle scores French regulatory registration

Circle scores French regulatory registration

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M&G Investments leads $30 million seed round in crypto startup GFO-X

M&G Investments leads $30 million seed round in crypto startup GFO-X

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Dominique Dierks

When is the next Bitcoin halving? Everything you need to know

Dominique Dierks - Content Manager - Finextra
Elsewhere...

  1. LSE

    What London’s Oyster cards reveal about central bank digital currencies

  2. BBC

    Every Bitcoin payment 'uses a swimming pool of water'

  3. Transparency International

    Exposed: The thriving black market for crypto-to-fiat money mules

  4. Wired

    They cracked the code to a lost USB drive worth $235 million. Then it got weird

  5. The Cobden Centre

    How a CBDC created chaos and poverty in Nigerai

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Níamh Curran

What is an ETF? All you need to know after the US SEC approves Bitcoin spot ETFs

Níamh Curran - Senior Reporter - Finextra