Trust

Is crypto winter slowly thawing and spring upon us? Thanks to Jennnifer Murphy from Runa Digital Assets sharing their perspective on the crypto market and indicators that the...

By Jennifer Murphy

Oct 5, 2023 at 3:45 p.m. UTC

Oct 5, 2023

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Finance

Opinion

Crypto for Advisors: AI - Friend or Foe to the Advisor?

Jordi Visser from Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers discusses the impact AI could have on investing and what to watch out for.

By Sarah Morton Jordi Visser

Sep 28, 2023 at 3:45 p.m. UTC

Sep 28, 2023

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Finance

Bitgo

BitGo, Swan to Form Bitcoin-Only Trust Company

"It's important to us to build a custodian without the risks of securing many altcoins within the same trust company as bitcoin," Swan CEO Cory Klippsten said.

By Jamie Crawley

Sep 15, 2023 at 12:31 p.m. UTC

Sep 15, 2023

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Policy

Regulations

SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, Crypto Firms and a Fellow Agency

The U.S. securities regulator recently proposed requiring investment advisers to keep customers’ crypto assets with “qualified custodians” and is now facing wide criticism for...

By Jesse Hamilton

May 9, 2023 at 9:34 p.m. UTC

May 9, 2023

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Technology

Defi

Layer 2 Network Optimism to Use Ethereum Attestation Service to Promote User Trust

The attestation service will allow any Optimism user to create digital sign-offs on all kinds of information involving the blockchain’s activities and users.

By Elizabeth Napolitano

May 4, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

May 4, 2023

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Markets

Gbtc

Grayscale’s GBTC Discount Widens to Near-Record High

Shares of the bitcoin trust are selling at a 47% discount to its net asset value. The discount has been increasing over the past week.

By Lyllah Ledesma

Feb 13, 2023 at 7:23 p.m. UTC

Feb 13, 2023

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Finance

Binance

Binance Is Organizing a Consortium to Try to Rebuild Trust in Crypto: Source

Several companies have already signed up to join, including other crypto exchanges and blockchain analytics firms, according to a person familiar with the plans.

By Ian Allison

Feb 8, 2023 at 3:25 p.m. UTC

Feb 8, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

Code vs. Values: The Crypto Twist on ‘Trust’

The annual "Edelman Trust Barometer" shows society has worsening trust issues. Crypto promises a different type of trust alternative and nudges us toward a new understanding o...

By Noelle Acheson

Jan 30, 2023 at 6:15 p.m. UTC

Jan 30, 2023

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Podcasts

Weekend Story: Does the US Government Have a Monopoly on Trust?

On today’s show, Matthew Homer, a CoinDesk columnist and former executive deputy superintendent for research and innovation at the New York State Department of Financial Servi...

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Oct 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 1, 2022

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