Institutional Adoption


Finance

Digital Assets Innovation Needs to Balance Decentralization and Security

The immaturity of security controls in DeFi is a challenge for institutional adoption. Here’s how to address that.

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Markets

Ether Tops Bitcoin as the Largest Crypto Asset for Institutions: Bybit Research

Ether is now the largest single asset held by institutions, with Bybit speculating that this may be because of a potential upward swing from the Dencun upgrade

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Finance

TaxWraps: Unwrap the Financial Gift of Tokenization This Christmas

As tokenization takes hold, we propose a way to defer tax liabilities, bringing the tax efficiencies of ETFs to a wide market.

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Finance

2024 Will Be the Year Tokenization Truly (Finally) Begins

After several years of being the next-big-thing, next year will be when tokenization of real-world assets really takes off, says Colin Butler, Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Labs.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Is Bitcoin for You?

How does bitcoin fit in your portfolio? Zach Pandl from Grayscale takes us through the investment thesis.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Cryptocurrency Transparency Truths vs. Myths

In this week's issue of Crypto for Advisors, Dawood Khan from Alix Partners discusses how on-chain analytics bring transparency to blockchain and cryptocurrency transactions.

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Markets

Navigating the Next Wave of Crypto Institutionalization: A Due Diligence Primer

As FTX showed, operators in digital asset markets need to improve corporate governance standards. Here are the key components as the industry readies for another possible bull run.

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Finance

Asian Banking Giant DBS Is Patiently Wading Into Crypto

“While it’s still winter, we have been swimming … getting our hands dirty for the long run,” said DBS’ head of digital assets, Evy Theunis.

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Markets

A Bitcoin ETF Has Golden Parallels From History

Gold ETFs dramatically shook up markets. A spot bitcoin ETF could do the same.

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CoinDesk Indices

Why Good Indexes Are Vital to Crypto’s Future

U.S. regulatory crackdown is hampering their development

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