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  • [Nethermind] From Wallet to Chain. A Bridge of Two Worlds on an Ethereum Transaction

    [Nethermind] From Wallet to Chain. A Bridge of Two Worlds on an Ethereum Transaction

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [galaxy] The State of Crypto Lending

    [galaxy] The State of Crypto Lending

    Wei Xiang

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    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

  • [Digital Pound Foundation] Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity

    [Digital Pound Foundation] Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [OpenAI] A practical guide to building agents

    [OpenAI] A practical guide to building agents

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [LTP] Liquidity 2025 Insititutional Digital Asset Summit Insights Report‌

    [LTP] Liquidity 2025 Insititutional Digital Asset Summit Insights Report‌

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [DREW & NAPIER] Key Updates to the Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers

    [DREW & NAPIER] Key Updates to the Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [Deloitte] 2025 – the year of payment stablecoins

    [Deloitte] 2025 – the year of payment stablecoins

    Wei Xiang

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    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

  • [The Network Firm] 2025 Crypto Accounting Guide: How to Protect Your Startup from Financial Pitfalls

    [The Network Firm] 2025 Crypto Accounting Guide: How to Protect Your Startup from Financial Pitfalls

    Wei Xiang

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    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

  • SEC Crypto Task Force Continues 2025 Roundtable Series

    SEC Crypto Task Force Continues 2025 Roundtable Series

    Wei Xiang

    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

  • [GFTN] Transforming Financial Services: The Impact of Asset Tokenization

    [GFTN] Transforming Financial Services: The Impact of Asset Tokenization

    Wei Xiang

    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