decentralized finance

Is DeFi Infrastructure ‘Tailor-Made’ for Managing Crypto Risks?

Is DeFi Infrastructure ‘Tailor-Made’ for Managing Crypto Risks?
Is DeFi Infrastructure ‘Tailor-Made’ for Managing Crypto Risks?
May 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

While crypto’s future in the U.S. remains as shrouded as ever, it’s a different story elsewhere. “The world is truly fragmented now, you hear a different story [everywhere],” Dr....

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Visa’s ‘Ambitious Crypto Roadmap’ Includes Stablecoin Payments
Visa’s ‘Ambitious Crypto Roadmap’ Includes Stablecoin Payments
April 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa has begun hiring for what one executive calls the company’s “ambitious crypto product roadmap.” Cuy Sheffield, who oversees the payments giant’s cryptocurrency operations, said...

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Pelago Co-founder Sees DeFi Crypto Shining in Today’s Complicated World
Pelago Co-founder Sees DeFi Crypto Shining in Today’s Complicated World
April 13, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The black swan collapse of FTX in November 2022 severely rattled global confidence in crypto. It also increased the scrutiny of U.S. regulators, though no...

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Treasury Department Says DeFi Services Must Improve AML/CFT Controls
Treasury Department Says DeFi Services Must Improve AML/CFT Controls
April 06, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) are enabling criminals to transfer and launder illicit proceeds. Both providers of DeFi services and the United States government can...

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FSB to Enhance Monitoring of DeFi-Specific Vulnerability Indicators 
FSB to Enhance Monitoring of DeFi-Specific Vulnerability Indicators 
December 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is stepping up its monitoring of crypto-assets and decentralized finance (DeFi).  During its Monday and Tuesday (Dec. 5 and 6) meeting in...

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Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
November 17, 2022  |  Blockchain

The collapse of FTX raises some existential questions: Not just about that company, not just about cryptocurrencies, but of decentralized finance (DeFi) as well. At...

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$2 Billion Self-Hack Highlights DeFi’s Slow Crisis Reaction Problem
$2 Billion Self-Hack Highlights DeFi’s Slow Crisis Reaction Problem
November 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Decentralized finance has a control problem it must solve if it is to become the economic force supporters believe — and opponents fear — that...

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Crypto and the Circle of Disintermediation
Crypto and the Circle of Disintermediation
November 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Banks have been getting louder and louder about their opposition to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like the digital dollar over the course of 2022,...

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