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  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Ethereum co-founder says partisanship will block Trump crypto plans

    Charles Hoskinson warns the former president’s proposed new digital assets platform could politicise the industry

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    Lack of clarity in the industry is causing confusion among entrepreneurs

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    Ethereum’s switch to a greener system is seen by crypto enthusiasts as a long-awaited chance to prove critics wrong

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  • Friday, 26 August, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Crypto fallout delivers sharp kick to decentralised finance dreams

    Some networks have reneged on commitments to arms-length management

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  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
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    Why crypto lenders are central to the digital asset market

    Platforms serve as bridge between retail investors and vast universe of DeFi projects

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  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Luna crash sends a chill through decentralised finance market

    Ether has lost a third of its value over the past month as confidence in DeFi hits ‘historically low levels’

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  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
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    Sam Bankman-Fried explains “yield-farming” to Bloomberg.

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
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    Web3 is yet to take off despite the hype

    So far, it’s hard to discern mainstream uses for this technology

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  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    DeFi projects rife with hidden risks, global regulatory body warns

    Iosco report highlights conflicts and other red flags in fast-growing corner of crypto markets

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  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
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    World’s first DeFi ETF to launch in Brazil next month

    Fund will invest in tokens generated by decentralised apps rather than crypto or listed companies

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  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
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    Financial watchdog calls for stricter rules in bond and DeFi markets

    BIS challenges ‘decentralisation illusion’ and suggests changes to bond fund redemptions

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  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
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  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
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    Fred Ehrsam is behind $2.5bn fund Paradigm One, to which investors jockeyed to commit money

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  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Regulators target blockchain-based ‘decentralised finance’

    Task force says services should comply with anti-money laundering rules

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  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
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  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
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  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
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    Beijing’s prohibition on digital currencies pushes traders to DeFi

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  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
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    New Jersey and Texas claim that interest-bearing accounts amount to unregistered securities

  • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
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    South Korea crypto crackdown to wipe $2.6bn from ‘kimchi coins’

    Warnings of ‘situation similar to a bank run’ as regulatory deadline draws near

    A man passes a screen showing prices of bitcoin at a virtual currency exchange office in Seoul
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