State Street, a $36 billion bank, is aiming to change legacy finance using blockchain tech
CEO Ronald O’Hanley says the transformation isn’t about bitcoin, but about reengineering traditional assets for faster, modern rails.
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Grayscale Calls Chainlink ‘Essential Infrastructure’ for Tokenized Finance in New Research
Grayscale is positioning Chainlink as critical infrastructure for the growing market of tokenized assets, according to a new research report. The asset manager’s research arm argues that Chainlink’s suite of services, spanning real-world data feeds, compliance tooling, and blockchain interoperability, solves many of the real-world… Read More
Amateur vs. Professional Investors
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, divides people into four main groups: E – Employee: Workers and managers. They trade time, skills, and effort for money. S – Self-Employed: Freelancers and small business owners. They also trade time and effort for money, but… Read More
Gold – The “Lucky Charm” in Every Smart Investor’s Portfolio
Some assets let you sleep peacefully, no matter how violent the financial storm. Gold is one of them. For thousands of years—from Egyptian pharaohs, European kings, to modern billionaires—gold has been kept as a protective talisman. If you’re building a portfolio, here’s one golden (literally)… Read More
How to Square Decentralized Finance With Regulatory Compliance
During D.C. Fintech Week in Washington, D.C. this past week, I moderated a conversation about how decentralized finance (DeFi) projects could be compliant with different regulations. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to… Read More