Counterparty Novice

TL;DR The Web3 ecosystem recorded over $3 billion in losses from hacks and failures last year alone. 50% of organizations cite a lack of regulatory clarity, and 90% cite counterparty risk as major concerns. Bitcoin ETFs offer a safe entry, but the...

On December 4, 2024, American traders gained access to leveraged spot cryptocurrency trading on federally regulated exchanges, marking a significant milestone for the US crypto industry. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission confirmed that spot...

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is considering a pivot that would fundamentally alter the risk profile of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. For a decade, the company sold Wall Street on a singular thesis: it was a digital...

Standard Chartered has started using CLSNet, joining the top dozen global banks on the foreign exchange (FX) payment netting platform as Asian financial institutions increasingly look to cut settlement risk in emerging market currencies.StanChart...

The International Monetary Fund released an explanatory video on its X handle today examining tokenized markets. The video outlined potential advantages, while also warning about risks.Crypto tokens linked to traditional financial assets may bring...

The siren song of Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWA) has become the dominant melody across the financial landscape. It represents the ultimate fusion of Wall Street’s capital and Silicon Valley’s cryptographic innovation, promising to unlock...

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has partnered with global financial services firm Marex to launch regulated perpetual futures for Bitcoin and Ethereum, aiming to capture a portion of the large offshore crypto derivatives market and shift some of that...

As policymakers continue to shape their stablecoin plans, Finance Magnates London Summit panellists give a preview of their discussion on financial services use cases and outline some of the challenges to broader retail adoption.The panel on...

Circle is seeking to improve FX market infrastructure by offering institutions deeper global liquidity access with fewer intermediaries and reduced counterparty risk.

Circle is seeking to improve FX market infrastructure by offering institutions deeper global liquidity access with fewer intermediaries and reduced counterparty risk.