The CEO of Franklin Templeton, a $ 1.33 trillion asset manager, says there’s “obviously” a demand for bitcoin, noting that a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is “a better way” to access the cryptocurrency. The executive added: “It’s going to unlock nontraditional, noncorrelated types of asset classes that are going to be interesting for …
Asset Managers Should Only Engage Staking Platforms With Strong Security — Andrew McFarlane
Institutional investors seeking to earn rewards from digital asset token staking must be aware of the associated risks and should take steps to protect their clients, Andrew McFarlane, CTO at the Web3 infrastructure company Validation Cloud, has said. According to McFarlane, slashing, which is a penalty imposed on tokens staked on a validator who contravenes […]
Study: Less Than 5% of South Africa-Based Crypto Asset Providers Generate Revenues Exceeding $8 Million
Only five percent of surveyed South African crypto-asset financial service providers (FSPs) are generating revenue between $ 8 million and $ 10 million. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority study found that many of the crypto asset FSPs “earn their revenue from trading fees.” Only 10% of FSPs Derive Income From Both Regulated and …
South African Crypto Exchanges Revix and Bitfund Merge With Austrian Digital Asset Platform
Two South African crypto platforms and an Austria-based digital asset platform have joined forces to launch a new alternative investment platform called Altify. The goal of the new outfit is to enable South African investors, particularly the younger ones, to harness the power of alternative investments. Alternative Investment Opportunities a Preserve for the Wealthy Two […]
Treasury Asks Congress for More Authorities to Go After Illicit Actors in Digital Asset Space
The U.S. deputy secretary of the Treasury has revealed that the Treasury Department has asked Congress for more tools and authorities “to go after illicit actors in the digital asset space.” Moreover, he stressed: “We need to update our illicit finance authorities to match the challenges we face today, including those presented by the evolving […]