Empire
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SEC has “less to look at” in considering spot ether ETFs given their similarities to the approved BTC funds, according to 21Shares’ Ophelia Snyder
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We can’t all have impeccable taste in music — some of us need to spend the next 2 weeks diversifying our listening experience
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The “root lesson to be learned,” Ahluwalia says, is “not to borrow from Genesis to go levered long on your own product”
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The Van Eck CEO says conditions are leading to a “close to perfect setup” for crypto
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FinCEN’s broad definition of “convertible virtual currency” mixing includes “basically anything in DeFi,” Variant’s Jake Chervinsky says
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According to Forman, 500 to 1000 different RWA pilots are set to launch in the next couple years
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“A lot of teams come to me and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to raise another five, 10 million because we want to hire a head of marketing,’ and I’m like…you don’t even have a product,” Santos says
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“If you have a lot of employees in the reserves,” Yanowitz says, “that means half your staff is gone and not working”
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The key barrier to more stablecoin adoption is the user interface, not the value proposition, says Carrica
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Reporter Wagner sat just a few rows behind Sam Bankman-Fried over the past few days in court
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DeFi innovations are aimed straight at the juggernauts, Blockchain Capital’s Larsen says
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Industry leaders need to be “more discerning when it comes to talking about real-world assets,” Santos says
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The numbers may be relatively small for now, but the “proof point is real,” says Lobban
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While optimistic rollups rely on “socioeconomic games,” Nailwal says, zero knowledge proofs instead rely on mathematics
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An ETF offers tax advantages and investment opportunities like Roth IRAs, Santos says
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Should crypto developers be held liable if their tech is used for criminal behavior?
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Ansem warns that betting on Friend.tech shares is highly speculative: “If it goes up too fast, it’s going to come down”
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Framework Ventures’ Michael Anderson expects “catalyzing events” to “make all these things real”
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Taking away complexity from the user experience is the “north star” that the Coinbase team is following
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