Security
Aptos Is Not a Security: Anchorage General Counsel
Aptos token on the blockchain built by ex-Facebook staff as a continuation of Libra surged 36% over the weekend. Georgia Quinn of Anchorage Digital, the institutional custodian for Aptos Labs, discusses whether the token is a security.
Telegram Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each Other via Wallet Bot: Report
Telegram’s Wallet Bot, which allows users to buy crypto by bank card and exchange and transfer to other wallets, now supports peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions. “The Hash” panel discusses the implications for security and mainstream adoption.
Bitstamp CEO on Regulatory Implications of Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Transition
“We feel that the marketplace is quite comfortable with the currency treatment of ETH as not a security,” Bitstamp USA CEO Bobby Zagotta says. He adds that staking shouldn’t affect that equation.
Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities
Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has been fielding questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the firm’s "securities law analysis" of tokens in some of its less-popular crypto trusts. For the first time, Grayscale acknowledged that ZEC, ZEN and XLM “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today.”
Investor Town Hall: Security, Reputation, ESG and Other Barriers to Institutional Adoption
Katherine Molnar, CIO at Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System, Matt Halstead, Director at Teacher Retirement System of Texas, David Cooper, Chief Investment Officer at Purdue Research Foundation, and Joe Marenda, Global Head of Digital Assets Investing at Cambridge Associates join Temasek Director Antony Lewis at Consensus 2022 to discuss the challenges of crypto's institutional adoption in terms of security, reputation and ESG issues. Moderator: Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk