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Trump promises to block CBDC

Trump promises to block CBDC

Donald Trump has vowed to prevent the creation of a central bank digital currency if he wins the US presidential election, calling a digital dollar a "dangerous threat to freedom".

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USDC issuer Circle files for IPO

USDC issuer Circle files for IPO

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

Opinions split over SEC approval of bitcoin spot ETFs

Opinions split over SEC approval of bitcoin spot ETFs

SEC X account hacked and used to send bogus bitcoin news

SEC X account hacked and used to send bogus bitcoin news

ECB issues digital euro vendor call

ECB issues digital euro vendor call

Circle scores French regulatory registration

Circle scores French regulatory registration

Finextra's year in review

Finextra's year in review

Nineteen firms apply for admission to Digital Securities Sandbox

Nineteen firms apply for admission to Digital Securities Sandbox

Iosco issues DeFi policy recommendations

Iosco issues DeFi policy recommendations

Fiat Republic raises $7m to bridge gap between Web3 and banking

Fiat Republic raises $7m to bridge gap between Web3 and banking

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The Final Days Before MICA: How Can EU Crypto Projects Maximize Their Current Freedom?

Oleksandr Rudakov

Oleksandr Rudakov - SBSB FinTech Lawyers - Kyiv

 

Crypto ETFs have been approved - a simple guide to what it means for investing in crypto and beyond…

Janine Grainger

Janine Grainger - Easy Crypto - Auckland

Capital Market Technology  

5 Companies to Watch as the U.S. Nears Approval of Its First Crypto ETFs

Linda Meyerson

Linda Meyerson - Independent - Toronto

Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services  

Blockchain Technology: The Future of Finance or a Distant Dream?

David Newns

David Newns - SIX Digital exchange (SDX) - Zürich

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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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Dominique Dierks

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

Dominique Dierks - Content Manager - Finextra
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Blockchain Loyalty Programs - Sizzling Or Fizzling?
Ketharaman Swaminathan

Ketharaman Swaminathan

  Never expected Visa to enter the loyalty management space but here we are: Visa unveils Web3 customer loyalty platform.

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Programmable money startup Pave Bank moves out of stealth
Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

  I think Programmable banking is the future of banking, blend that capability with the rapid developments in AI and you can soon see the end of banks having to provide PSD2/Open Banking type API specifications, simply because integrators can simply program that capability directly into the bank core....There are so many benefits to this over the rather dated approach of APIs and tokens used for granting third party access. Pave also shows that, any form of digital money is programmable, including FIAT. It's not just about programming the asset, its about programming how it is held, and what you want to do with it, including access - thats a programmable personal bank. Massive congratulations to the team, its a fantastic advancement in finance....

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Dimon blasts bitcoin
Alex MacCaskill

Alex MacCaskill

  Dimon is quoted as saying,  “The only true use case for it is criminals, drug traffickers … money laundering, tax avoidance.” Maybe his final four words were excluded, "...and that's our job."

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Dimon blasts bitcoin
A Finextra Member

A Finextra member

  Fortunately Jamie Dimon is not "the government". Fortunately Senator Warren cannot, on her own pass laws and then sign into law the banning of crypto. For that there is a process, like in any normal democracy. And even if a law would be passed and signed into law, that would still not close down crypto. It is sad that Jamie Dimon is not more educated on crypto, I understand Senator Warren is probably too old to get it. But the use case for crypto really is not just criminal, tax avoidance. Just like bans are not only used by criminals. Because if you regulate it in the right way (like in Europe for example and few other countries) you can do the right AML / KYC. Just like in banking where still criminal things happen, in spite of all the controls.

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Finextra's year in review

Finextra's year in review

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

Christine Lagarde's son burned by crypto speculation

Christine Lagarde's son burned by crypto speculation

South Korea preps 100,000 person-strong CBDC pilot

South Korea preps 100,000 person-strong CBDC pilot

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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
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

Are stablecoins the next opportunity in payments?

Níamh Curran - Senior Reporter - Finextra