During a week that featured a dramatic battle over crypto taxation in the U.S. Senate, a major recovery in the price of bitcoin and ether, and the most bizarre crypto hack and recovery ever, the steady interest in decentralized finance by institutional investors continued. The evidence: a steady stream of comprehensive DeFi research for institutional investors. The … [Read more...] about Institutional DeFi 101
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CFTC Commissioner Urges Caution for DeFi Investors
DeFi – short for Decentralized Finance – continues to be a hot topic on the cutting edge of financial trading. The appeal of somehow cutting away from intermediaries to a pure peer-to-peer trading and lending experience has a strong allure for a lot of technologically inclined investors, and as investments in the space grow, the market potential seems huge. But, like … [Read more...] about CFTC Commissioner Urges Caution for DeFi Investors
Five Basic Digital Asset Questions this Week
The financial media took a more basic view this week, covering some of the basic questions on digital assets and payments after nearly six months of major interest and investment. The end of privacy? The Financial Times reports on the plans of central banks to launch digital coins. The article emphasizes their reluctance to give up monetary control while giving them the … [Read more...] about Five Basic Digital Asset Questions this Week
Navigating a Path to Digital Assets
It’s been a theme throughout the year: digital assets like Bitcoin are breaking into mainstream financial services. The expectation is that technology can bring its services to the consumer on a pre-dawn Sunday when they want to make an impulse buy – and that’s exactly what digital assets enable. They let financial institutions put a disposable asset in the hands of a … [Read more...] about Navigating a Path to Digital Assets
Banking on Crypto
THE WEEK IN FINTECH 05-01-2021 This column continues to follow the money into crypto, as large U.S. financial institutions made more product announcements and investments in cyptocurrency investment and custody services. It also follows the larger trend of banks increasing their strategic investments in FinTech. Enterprise banks ramped up their interest in digital assets … [Read more...] about Banking on Crypto
Banks Increasingly Need Crypto Literacy
As bitcoin prices have exploded upward throughout the beginning of this year, many traditional financial institutions have been forced to one conclusion: cryptocurrency is here to stay. Even if your institution doesn’t plan to deal directly in the space, the need to be knowledgeable about it is becoming an increasing imperative. But it’s a complicated subject – a crowded … [Read more...] about Banks Increasingly Need Crypto Literacy