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Non-fungible tokens may be disrupting art and gaming but a real revolution requires proper legal and regulatory debate
Because don’t be daft, honestly.
Justin Sun’s Tron pulls off a meme stock-style coin squeeze
Platform for selling digital collectibles needs to provide a secure marketplace given that it charges for its services
Ether has lost a third of its value over the past month as confidence in DeFi hits ‘historically low levels’
The slow nature of current cross-border payments systems creates an opportunity for blockchain technology
Imagine a Web3 blocktopia where ‘souls and communities convene bottom-up’
Decentralised finance risks concentrating economic power and exacerbating existing inequities
As two young investors reveal the extent of their crypto losses, could more be done to protect consumers?
And readers reply on bear markets
BNP Paribas joins JPMorgan-powered platform that has traded more than $300bn of intraday repo deals
Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country’s censors
Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024
Bankman-Fried criticises biggest digital asset over inefficiency and high environmental costs
Funds from ETF Securities and Cosmos beat rivals to market despite delays
Digitising shipping processes throws up a range of regulatory challenges
This new version of the internet is complex but there are ways to get a handle on it and discover its potential
So far, it’s hard to discern mainstream uses for this technology
Because being a global hub for other dodgy assets has worked out so well.
In addition to volatility, there are valid concerns about security following outages
More artists experiment with digital tokens but critics question valuations and ultimate worth for fans
Deal paves way for financial institutions to approve and settle digital securities trades using a distributed ledger
Job ads fuel excitement in crypto and music industries over potential of NFTs to boost artists’ earnings
Joseph Lubin says rival must ‘figure out a more sustainable business model for the network’
It had the blue-chip partners, the tech and the right players. None of which could save it
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