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The World Economic Forum published a DeFi toolkit.
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World Economic Forum Hopes to Explain DeFi for Regulators With White Paper
The World Economic Forum’s new white paper is meant to act as a toolkit for regulators looking to understand the decentralized finance sector.
The World Economic Forum published a DeFi toolkit.
By Nikhilesh De
Jun 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 8, 2021
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Image from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2020.
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World Economic Forum: Blockchain Could Disrupt $867T in Traditional Markets
The opportunity could be substantial for an already fast-growing crypto industry with a current market capitalization currently around $2.3 trillion.
Image from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2020.
By Lyllah Ledesma
May 7, 2021 at 4:59 p.m. UTC
May 7, 2021
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Strange Bedfellows: The World Economic Forum and Crypto
A look at the challenging task of integrating the radical crypto world into the establishment with Adrian Monck of the World Economic Forum.
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By Michael J. CaseySheila Warren
Jan 29, 2021 at 4:36 p.m. UTC
Jan 29, 2021
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BOE's Bailey, Western Union CEO Part of Davos Panel on Digital Currencies
The session will focus on the diminishing role of cash and the emergence of central bank digital currencies, moves accelerated by the pandemic.
Bank of England Chief Andrew Bailey
By Kevin Reynolds
Jan 24, 2021 at 9:02 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2021
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Regulation
WEF Releases Report Assessing Global Blockchain Standards
The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most "comprehensive" attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Oct 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 14, 2020
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Colombian Government and WEF Weigh Public Ethereum in Bid to Fight Corruption
The World Economic Forum is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption.
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By Ian Allison
Jun 17, 2020 at 12:20 p.m. UTC
Jun 17, 2020
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Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF's 'Blockchain Bill of Rights'
The cryptocurrency industry just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders, thanks to the World Economic Forum.
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By Leigh Cuen
May 22, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
May 22, 2020
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Davos, CBDCs, and the Rise of Bitcoin Art
The word from Davos is blockchain not crypto, cashless futures, and CBDCs, while Brekkie von Bitcoin gives us his take on the emergent field of bitcoin art.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 24, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2020
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Blockchain thinker Glen Weyl (center, gray blazer) speaks with other attendees of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. (Photo by Leigh Cuen for CoinDesk)
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Privacy
Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance.
Blockchain thinker Glen Weyl (center, gray blazer) speaks with other attendees of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. (Photo by Leigh Cuen for CoinDesk)
By Leigh Cuen
Jan 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2020
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Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk
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Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?
"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."
Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk
By Jill Carlson
Jan 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 15, 2020
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