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DLT-Powered Financial Markets Could Save $100B Per Year, TradFi Study Says

The Global Financial Markets Association called for regulators to be more open to the tech underpinning cryptocurrency.

A new study looks at DLT use in financial markets (Lorenzo Cafaro/Pixabay)

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Crypto Derivatives Protocol Vega's Mainnet Goes Live for Futures, Options Trading

On Wednesday, crypto derivatives protocol Vega launched its Alpha mainnet, a blockchain built specifically to handle decentralized derivatives trading of financial products such as futures and options. Vega Protocol co-founder Barney Mannerings joins "First Mover" to discuss what the protocol will offer users and why it aims to make trading as good as TradFi "but entirely decentralized."

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Finanza

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.

(Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Finanza

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)

Finanza

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.

(Shutterstock)

Finanza

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)

Mercati

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)

Finanza

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)

Finanza

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)

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