Wall Street
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Leaders on both sides of the divide will need to develop new skills to fully harness new tech innovations
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Current ETF issuers are simply not quite prepared to grapple with multibillion-dollar inflows and the supreme complexities of managing crypto
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Doesn’t it sound familiar that a space intended to help the financially disenfranchised ended up in a giant, messy massive money grab?
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While Wall Street moves at a slower pace than crypto, the idea that it can’t embrace new technology is outdated
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Right now, crypto platforms and custody services live in the shadow of a legacy of security failures — and it shouldn’t be that way
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I believe that the upcoming halving will be unlike any other that came before it for one key reason: Professional investors have entered crypto
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It’s clear that institutions have gotten the message that crypto is open for business — but what now?
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If DeFi can just figure out how to improve both security and compliance, nothing would stop traditional finance from entering the game
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Some sectors are more ready than others — but we only have to focus on the sectors where initial interest is likely to go
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Crypto is proud of being a relatively closed club — but letting traditional finance in could help speed up adoption
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Let’s rescue fiat money from the clutches of traditional finance — and unleash its full potential within DeFi instead
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Blockworks Exclusive: Symbiont’s brand refresh to push distributed ledger technology as financial market infrastructure
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FINRA chief executive Robert Cook has a message for those recently laid off by cryptocurrency companies — call him
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Staff from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo left the banks for roles at the cryptocurrency exchange
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Former Morgan Stanley pros look to build tools to help bring trillions of dollars in institutional funds to the blockchain
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The bank’s first over-the-counter crypto transaction could spur other Wall Street heavyweights to follow suit
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Acquisition will see Securitize join the top 10 transfer agents globally, with over 1.2 million accounts
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Aurox would be one of a growing number of crypto companies tapping public markets
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Equities started off strong Monday morning, largely paring losses from the prior session, before closing mostly lower.
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US stocks inched higher Monday, led by big tech, extending gains from last week’s highs as investors await the biggest week of earnings season.
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Twitter, which reported higher-than-expected earnings, benchmarked their biggest revenue growth in over five years.
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Equities advance amid wide-spread internet outages, rising initial jobless claims data and higher-than-normal existing home sales.
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