25 March 2019
Digital assets are gaining traction with institutional investors, and new digital asset-focused financial institutions are emerging. Here we expl…
John Dwyer
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15 March 2019Facebook Coin The market has been speculating about Facebook’s blockchain strategy in recent weeks. Indeed, Barclays’ internet analyst reported t…
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11 February 2019Voyager is a Fincen-regulated digital asset broker that provides retail and institutional investors with best execution, data, wallet, and custod…
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4 February 2019As we have often repeated, security tokens harness the power of public blockchains with the regulatory legitimacy of traditional financial market…
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18 January 2019Wyoming Leading the Charge in the US on Blockchain Regulation The legislature of the state of Wyoming has been active with respect to regulating…
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9 January 2019The Security Token Technology Stack Ethereum and the ERC-20 standard kick-started the smart contract era of public blockchains and established an…
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7 January 2019Security tokens will be one of 2019’s biggest stories in blockchain. As institutional investors position themselves for digital assets, there is…
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29 November 2018Smart Blockchain Islamic Sukuk Abu Dhabi-headquartered Al Hilal Bank settled a $500 million Islamic bond on a blockchain. The bond will be sharia…
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26 November 2018I recently published an article on the future of digital assets in CIO magazine--the full text is below. Bitcoin Bitcoin is now approaching its t…
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9 November 2018John Dwyer has spent many years understanding the plumbing of the legacy financial system and the potential for the new blockchain-based financi…
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2 November 2018Morgan Stanley published a 50-page report on the current state of digital assets this week. This is the latest in a slew of reports from MS since…
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1 November 2018The mainstream narrative about Bitcoin is changing dramatically. The consensus mechanism is at the heart of any public blockchain. Bitcoin’s Proo…
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31 October 2018$8 billion Valuation The price of Bitcoin has plunged this year and some alt-coins have fallen off a cliff. However, that has not stopped Coinbas…
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29 October 2018IBM/ Red Hat Acquisition IBM has announced that it will acquire Red Hat in a deal worth approximately $34 billion. This is further evidence of co…
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25 October 2018Coinbase and Circle announced a joint venture to boost adoption of dollar-backed digital coins. The CENTRE Consortium will establish standards fo…