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Franklin Templeton Sees Web3 Driving Next Wave of Tech Innovations

In a new report, the asset management giant outlines tech-driven megatrends – decentralization among them – that are shaping society.

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson (Franklin Templeton)

Web3

Amazon's NFT Plans Teased in a Receipt Mailed Friday Afternoon

In an email to CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De, Amazon appeared to confirm that digital tokens, an NFT gallery and resale opportunities are coming to the site.

Sede regional de Amazon en Sunnyvale, California. (Colección Smith/Gado/Getty Images)

Finance

A Three Arrows Capital Founder Talks About His New Crypto Bankruptcy Exchange

Kyle Davies, who created OPNX with 3AC partner Su Zhu, spoke to CoinDesk about their new venture, created in the wake of losing hedge fund customers $2.5 billion.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Finance

DeFi Protocol ROOK ‘Gagged’ From Sharing Road Map by Clients, CEO Says

The pseudonymous CEO Hazard said "we’re bound by the will of the order flow providers,” on a community governance call.

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Tech

Ethereum Network DRPC Aims to Quell Centralization Risks Ahead of Shanghai Upgrade

DRPC developers say Ethereum remains dependent on a few major centralized RPC players, which undermines ecosystem sustainability and security.

Shanghai (Unsplash)

Finance

Telegram Users Can Now Transfer USDT Through Chats

USDT has been added to the @wallet bot on Telegram, expanding the messaging app's facility for buying and selling crypto.

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

Copper to Lay Off Up to 15% of Staff, Focus on Crypto Custody, Settlement

The process is just getting under way and the company, which employs about 300, said it cannot put an exact number on job losses.

Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev (Copper)

Finance

Web3 Investor Paradigm’s VP of Engineering Tal Broda Exits

The executive, who joined Paradigm a year ago from Citadel Securities, said he will pursue opportunities closer to his prior experience.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Finance

Banking Giant State Street Cuts Ties With Crypto Custody Firm Copper

State Street and Copper have mutually decided to end their licensing agreement, a spokesman for the bank said.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Investors Flock to Tokenized Diamond as Crypto Banking Crisis Props Hard Assets

Sales of tokenized diamonds surged 300% last weekend, when three banks collapsed and investors scrambled to sell their USDC stablecoins.

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