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  [Coin Metrics] STABLECOIN SECTOR ANALYSIS – MAY 2025
  One particular sector of digital assets has captured growing interest due to their unique properties: Stablecoins. In a market prone to extreme volatility, stablecoins are digital assets designed to maintain a stable value relative to a specific asset or basket of assets, most commonly the U.S. dollar. Functionally, they represent collateralized deposits on-chain, with the… Read more: [Coin Metrics] STABLECOIN SECTOR ANALYSIS – MAY 2025
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  [SYGNUM] Valuing crypto assets
  The invention of cryptocurrencies created a new type of asset. But how these assets create economic value and how to estimate this value is still poorly understood in the market. Crypto assets represent investments in early-stage transformational technology where the opportunity lies in medium- to long-term growth. Any valuation methodology ultimately hinges on forecasting this… Read more: [SYGNUM] Valuing crypto assets
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  [Pragmax Consulting] How I Became Head of Compliance for 3 Regulated Fintechs With Just 6 Years of Experience
  “I don’t think a career in compliance is for you.” That was one of the first performance reviews I ever received. Did it hurt? Of course, I was hurt and confused. I was performing well and genuinely liked what I did, but I questioned the system and norms too much. I was not able to… Read more: [Pragmax Consulting] How I Became Head of Compliance for 3 Regulated Fintechs With Just 6 Years of Experience
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  [ripple] Tokenization Trends in Business and Beyond
  Tokenization—the process of converting physical, digital, financial, and intangible assets into digital tokens represented on a blockchain—is part of the effort, and has already moved from concept to reality among banks and businesses. Polaris Research expects the tokenization market to reach $10 trillion by 2030. Globally, markets are on track. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs recently… Read more: [ripple] Tokenization Trends in Business and Beyond
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  [Law Commission] Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs)
  The term decentralised autonomous organisation (“DAO”) describes, in very broad terms, a new type of online organisation using rules set out in computer code. A DAO will generally bring together a community of (human) participants with a shared goal – whether profit-making, social or charitable. At least originally, DAOs were conceived of as an alternative… Read more: [Law Commission] Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs)
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  [ADGM Academy] Securing the Future: Custody Best Practices for Web3, DAOs and Blockchain Foundations
  Despite its promise, the Web3 landscape faces significant security and custodial challenges that must be managed for the ecosystem to mature. Unlike traditional systems where established legal and technical safeguards have been carefully developed and adopted, Web3’s decentralised nature shifts much of the responsibility (and risk) to a reliance on the robustness of code within… Read more: [ADGM Academy] Securing the Future: Custody Best Practices for Web3, DAOs and Blockchain Foundations
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  [Securities Commission Malaysia] PROPOSED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR OFFERING AND DEALING IN TOKENISED CAPITAL MARKET PRODUCTS
  The SC is cognisant of the rapid evolution and growth of technology and innovation in relation to various capital market products and services. In this regard, the SC has observed a growing interest among capital market participants who wish to offer tokenised capital market products or carry out regulated activities relating to tokenised capital market… Read more: [Securities Commission Malaysia] PROPOSED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR OFFERING AND DEALING IN TOKENISED CAPITAL MARKET PRODUCTS
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  [Continuum] Understanding the Basics: Slashing Insurance
  In Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchains, slashing is a real risk for validators. It can happen due to downtime, double signing, or malicious behavior—and it often results in the loss of staked assets. But what exactly is slashing, and how does slashing insurance work? What is Staking? Staking refers to the process of participating in… Read more: [Continuum] Understanding the Basics: Slashing Insurance
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  [COUNT ON SHEEP] How to File Crypto Taxes: Your Essential 2025 Guide
  Key Takeaways: Taxable Events: Taxation of Crypto: Reporting Crypto Transactions: Specific Crypto Activities: Crypto Donations: Donating appreciated cryptocurrency to charity can help you avoid paying capital gains tax. The donation is also deductible at the fair market value on the day of the donation, which can potentially reduce your tax burden. Record-Keeping: Keeping track of… Read more: [COUNT ON SHEEP] How to File Crypto Taxes: Your Essential 2025 Guide
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  [Nethermind] From Wallet to Chain. A Bridge of Two Worlds on an Ethereum Transaction
  Introduction & Core Insights:The decentralized nature of blockchain often conflicts with traditional financial regulation. However, innovations on public chains like Ethereum can align with regulatory objectives through technical and economic mechanisms that ensure market safety and stability. Dissecting the Ethereum Transaction Process: Centralization and Censorship Concerns: Layer 2 Issues:Layer 2 solutions improve transaction throughput via… Read more: [Nethermind] From Wallet to Chain. A Bridge of Two Worlds on an Ethereum Transaction
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  [galaxy] The State of Crypto Lending
  Lending and borrowing are use cases for cryptocurrencies that have found strong product-market fit both onchain and offchain, with the category as a whole topping $64 billion in market size at its peak. The lending market has also played an important role in building a financial ecosystem on top of digital assets, allowing users to… Read more: [galaxy] The State of Crypto Lending
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  [Digital Pound Foundation] Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity
  The United Kingdom needs to put in place a competitive and robust regulatory regime for stablecoins as soon as possible. Other large financial centres already have operational stablecoin regimes (e.g. the EU) or are poised to legislate one quickly (e.g. the US). The lack of a regulatory regime for stablecoins is undermining UK competitiveness and… Read more: [Digital Pound Foundation] Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity
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  [OpenAI] A practical guide to building agents
  Large language models are becoming increasingly capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks. Advances in reasoning, multimodality, and tool use have unlocked a new category of LLM-powered systems known as agents. This guide is designed for product and engineering teams exploring how to build their first agents, distilling insights from numerous customer deployments into practical and… Read more: [OpenAI] A practical guide to building agents
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  [LTP] Liquidity 2025 Insititutional Digital Asset Summit Insights Report‌
  The Liquidity 2025 Institutional Digital Asset Summit, hosted by LTP on April 7, 2025, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong, gathered leading voices from the global digital asset and traditional finance sectors. The summit served as a pivotal platform to explore how technological innovation, regulatory developments, and infrastructure evolution are driving the convergence… Read more: [LTP] Liquidity 2025 Insititutional Digital Asset Summit Insights Report‌
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  [DREW & NAPIER] Key Updates to the Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers
  On 26 July 2024, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) published amendments to the Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers (PS-G01) (“Guidelines”). These amendments affect current and future Standard Payment Institutions (“SPIs”) and Major Payment Institutions (“MPIs”), and will take effect from 26 August 2024. Among others, there were two key categories of amendments.… Read more: [DREW & NAPIER] Key Updates to the Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers
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  [Deloitte] 2025 – the year of payment stablecoins
  How do you want to engage? Companies will encounter multiple opportunities to engage with PSCs and must continuously assess which part of the value chain to participate in. Some entities will aggressively seize market share with a first-mover strategy, while others will react when external use of PSCs demands their involvement. Executives need to evaluate… Read more: [Deloitte] 2025 – the year of payment stablecoins
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  [The Network Firm] 2025 Crypto Accounting Guide: How to Protect Your Startup from Financial Pitfalls
  Bitcoin ETFs have arrived. Token ETFs are next.  Regulatory clarity is improving, and institutional interest in the crypto space is steadily growing.  With these market shifts, expectations for financial transparency and operational rigor are higher than ever—especially for crypto startups. As a crypto founder or CFO, it’s essential to establish sound financial practices early to meet… Read more: [The Network Firm] 2025 Crypto Accounting Guide: How to Protect Your Startup from Financial Pitfalls
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  SEC Crypto Task Force Continues 2025 Roundtable Series
  Following the successful April 11 session on “Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading,” the SEC’s Crypto Task Force is moving ahead with three more public roundtables exploring key issues in digital asset regulation: Events will take place at SEC HQ in Washington, D.C., and will also be streamed live… Read more: SEC Crypto Task Force Continues 2025 Roundtable Series
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  [GFTN] Transforming Financial Services: The Impact of Asset Tokenization
  Asset tokenization—the digitization of real-world assets such as real estate, bonds, or equities using blockchain—has become a key driver of innovation in financial services. It enables greater efficiency, liquidity, transparency, and accessibility, and is projected to transform how assets are issued, owned, and traded. Why It Matters By 2030, tokenized assets could represent USD 16… Read more: [GFTN] Transforming Financial Services: The Impact of Asset Tokenization
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  [Bitwise] Q1 Crypto Market Review – 2025
  10 Noteworthy Developments in Q1 2025 Key Upcoming Catalysts