TradFi


Finance

OpenTrade Raises Over $1.5M for Building Crypto Structured Financial Products

The platform will offer liquidity pools for U.S. Treasury bills, later this year.

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Finance

Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross-Border Transfers

The set of verification standards uses technology from CipherTrace, the well-known blockchain analytics platform Mastercard agreed to acquire in late 2021.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization Is 'Killer App' for TradFi: JPMorgan

Tyrone Lobban, head of the bank's Onyx digital-assets platform, said JPMorgan is moving forward with tokenization in spite of the downturn in the crypto market.

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Finance

Ex-a16z Engineering and Security Heavyweights to Start Crypto Custody Firm: Source

A16z’s former CTO, Riyaz Faizullabhoy, and former CISO Nassim Eddequiouaq have the blessing and seed backing of the venture-capital giant, a person familiar with the plans said.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Markets

TradFi Sees Opportunity in Crypto Despite ‘Red Wedding,’ Burning Buildings

Asset managers see decline in crypto valuations as a chance to increase exposure.

Dawn Harflinger, CEO of Lili’uokalani Trust (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

A $1.4T Financial Giant Expands Its Money Market Fund on Polygon

Franklin Templeton says its fund is the first U.S. registered mutual fund run on blockchain technology.

(Polygon Labs)

Finance

Bitpanda and Raiffeisen Unit Agree to Offer Crypto for Banking Customers

EU banks’ forays into crypto have been meek so far, but new laws are on the way.

Vienna, Austria

Consensus Magazine

What to Expect at Consensus 2023

From Solana phones to the future of U.S. crypto policy, here’s what to look out for at crypto’s Big Tent event – Consensus.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto’s Path to Wall Street Could Get Easier With New Plumbing

The FIX Protocol has added support for the Digital Token Identifier (DTI) to simplify and standardize communication for trading digital assets.

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Opinion

The Most Intense Consensus Ever Seeks Everyone’s Voice

This year’s CoinDesk Consensus event, which will bring key policy and technical debates to the forefront, is especially important. While the withdrawal of a handful of previously agreed-upon speaking assignments undermines full representation on both sides of the issues, non-U.S. jurisdiction involvement will make 2023's Consensus one to remember, writes CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey.

(Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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