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Policy

Abu Dhabi's Financial Free Zone Proposes Legal Framework for Decentralized Economy

The proposals target projects built on distributed ledger technology and aim to provide clarity on governance structures and disclosures.

The Abu Dhabi skyline (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

Policy

DLT Not Efficient Enough to Power CBDCs: BOE’s Cunliffe

The Bank of England is experimenting with tokenizing assets for real estate sales as well as developing a digital pound, lawmakers were told.

The Bank of England's Jon Cunliffe (Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Policy

Italy Setting Up Crypto Environment That Meets EU's New Laws, Central Bank Governor Says

Even though surveys show only about 2% of households own crypto, regulators are bracing for the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) rules for service providers.

Italian central bank Governor Ignazio Visco (WPA Pool/Getty)

Policy

EU Rules for Distributed Ledger Financial Trading Finalized Ahead of March Pilot

Requirements to test people's knowledge of distributed technology could deter the average retail investor, some worry.

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Finance

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to Set Up Platform for Digital Assets

The bourse is "venturing into crypto" and will explore how the technologies that underpin digital asset markets can enhance capital markets infrastructure.

Tel Aviv (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)

Videos

Enterprise Accountability: Living Up to ESG Promises

Tasker Generes, VP of Global Head- Vision & Innovation at ServiceNow brings to Consensus 2022 a presentation on whether DLT can help investors and end-users hold accountable the companies they choose to do business with, without requiring significant technical overhauls that make it unpalatable to businesses.

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Videos

BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers

According to a working paper produced for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) to cut the cost of cross-border payments requires regulators to stop looking at individual nodes and start looking at the distributed system as a whole. "The Hash" team discusses the regulatory perspective of DLT-based enhancement of cross-border payments.

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Videos

HBAR Foundation Commits $250M to Drawing Metaverse Apps to Hedera

Hedera Hashgraph, known for its blockchain-like distributed ledger technology (DLT), will put $250 million in native HBAR tokens towards developing enterprise applications in the metaverse. “The Hash” hosts discuss the latest investment into Web 3 and why this is a continuing story to watch.

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Policy

European Commission Urges Members to Agree on Crypto Regulations

The commission is hoping to finalize its proposed regulatory sandbox for financial products based on distributed ledger technology by the end of the year.

Mairead McGuinness, Ireland's European Commissioner, speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The European Unions executive arm dismissed the idea of setting up a bloc-wide bad bank to help lenders offload distressed credit in the wake of the pandemic, instead offering to help governments create national entities if necessary. Photographer: Delmi Alvarez/European Commission/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

SBI, Sygnum, Azimut Establish $75M VC Fund for Crypto Startup Investments

The fund will invest in companies focused on building DLT, DeFi, and RegTech tools.

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