Prior to joining Partior as its head honcho, Humphrey Valenbreder was COO at bunq, a European digital bank headquartered in Amsterdam, where he played a pivotal...
Category: Blockchain
Singapore introduces test network for wholesale CBDCs, drives tokenisation in financial services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate tokenisation across financial services. The initiative aims to establish commercial networks to...
Non-custodial Bitcoin mining is solution to consolidation worries
When Bitcoin mining analyst and developer Mononaut noticed a large consolidation of Coinbase transactions while monitoring the Bitcoin blockchain, he dug deeper and found something that...
KBank and J.P. Morgan advance Web3 banking with Project Carina
Thailand’s second-largest bank KASIKORNBANK (KBank) has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to introduce Project Carina. The initiative, which was announced at Money 20/20 Asia last week, leverages...
APAC responds to Bitcoin ETF after US approvals
Since the US greenlit Bitcoin ETF issuance, jurisdictions the world over are now likely to follow suit and do the same. For instance, Australia has already...
Return to decentralisation – A step in the right direction for crypto exchanges
The crypto community has been calling for a return to decentralisation for cryptocurrency exchanges following the demise of FTX in 2022. FTX was one of the...