TradFi


Finance

Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business

Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others.

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)

Finance

Institutional DeFi Startup Hashnote Is First to Emerge From Incubator Cumberland Labs

The regulated DeFi asset manager was launched with a $5 million investment from the Web3 incubator.

Leo Mizuhara, CEO and founder; Tama Churchouse, head of strategy (Hashnote)

Markets

DeFi Giant MakerDAO Rejects $100M Loan to Cogent Bank

The rejection follows less than a year after Maker approved a similarly structured loan to Huntingdon Valley Bank.

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Policy

Global Standard Setters Will Team Up to Tackle DeFi Regulation: FSB

Decentralized finance “does not differ substantially” from traditional finance in its functions or vulnerabilities, according to the Financial Stability Board.

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Finance

Let’s Talk About Bitcoin’s Price-to-Earnings Ratio

How do you decide if BTC is under- or overvalued?

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Finance

Nomura’s Crypto Arm Invests in Institutional Hybrid DeFi Protocol Infinity Exchange

The investment showcases a growing trend of merging DeFi infrastructure and TradFi solutions to enable tokenizing traditional assets and to create blockchain-based markets for institutional investors.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)

Policy

Restrictive Crypto Rules for EU Banks Confirmed in Published Legal Draft

Banks in the European Union would have to treat crypto as the riskiest kind of asset and disclose exposures while awaiting more detailed rules.

The European Parliament is set to vote on new banking rules for crypto. (John Elk III/Getty Images)

Opinion

‘It’s Time for Crypto to Put on Big Boy Pants’: 5 Ways TradFi Investors Are Rethinking Crypto in the Wake of FTX

Pension funds, endowments, foundations and large family offices are key to crypto’s future. How do they look at the industry now? Angelo Calvello checks in with 15 asset-owners.

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Finance

Investment Manager Hamilton Lane Opens Tokenized Fund on Polygon Blockchain

The Securitize-backed feeder fund makes the flagship direct equity fund available to more investors.

CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Policy

Derivatives Body ISDA Hopes New Digital-Asset Norms Will Prevent FTX-Style Losses

The traditional-finance standard setter has given new digital-asset definitions as the sector is plagued by a wave of bankruptcies

New guidance from the traditional-finance sector aims to add legal certainty to bankruptcy cases in the crypto industry. (RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images)

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