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NYDFS Chief Harris to Leave New York Regulator Next Month
Adrienne Harris, who took office in 2021, will leave the New York Department of Financial Services on Oct. 17.
Merz and Macron Are Right. The Internet of Value Needs Global Stablecoin Alignment
Stablecoins, the fastest-growing part of digital finance and crypto, will only fully succeed if regulators match their borderless design with cross-border collaboration, argues Patrick Hansen, the Senior Director of Strategy & Policy at Circle.
Wall Street Wants in on DeFi. Here’s How to Make It Happen
Programmable yield, automated compliance, and access to FedNow could bring decentralized finance, or “DeFi,” into the financial mainstream.
OranjeBTC to Become Brazil’s Largest Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Treasury Firm With B3 Listing
OranjeBTC, which holds 3,650 BTC, also plans to launch a financial education platform focused on bitcoin and crypto, in addition to its public listing.
Tokenization Is Finance’s Next ETF Moment, And Wall Street Isn’t Ready
Tokenization of real world assets (RWA) on blockchain rails is not a futuristic thought experiment, argues Nick Cherney, head of innovation at Janus Henderson Investors. It is happening right now.
'Am I Too Late to Invest' in Crypto? Here's What TradFi Is Asking Wall Street Analysts
Jefferies says most institutional investors remain on the sidelines despite growing token infrastructure, but that's changing, and it's a good thing for the industry.
PayPal's $1.3B Stablecoin Expands to 9 New Blockchains With LayerZero Integration
The interoperability protocol is introducing a permissionless version of the token to Aptos, Avalanche, Tron and several other chains.
DeFi TVL Rebounds to $170B, Erasing Terra-Era Bear Market Losses
After three years of rebuilding, decentralized finance has returned to pre-Terra levels with more measured growth and rising institutional adoption.
The GENIUS Act is already law, and banks shouldn't try to rewrite it now
Legacy financial firms should embrace competition, not try to kneecap emerging players through anti-innovation regulations, Blockchain Association CEO Summer K. Mersinger argues.
