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DeFi Should Be Regulated Like Traditional Finance Players, Global Securities Body Says

“There is a common misconception that DeFi is truly decentralized and governed by autonomous code or smart contracts,” Tuang Lee Lim, Chair of IOSCO’s Board-Level Fintech Task Force, said in a statement. “In reality, regardless of the operating model of the DeFi arrangement, 'responsible persons' can be identified.” Original Source

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Zero Knowledge-Powered (ZK) Orderbook Brine Fi Raises $16.5M from Pantera Capital, StarkWare

“Brine tackles some of the most important challenges holding back institutional and mainstream user adoption in DeFi,” Paul Veradittakit, managing partner at Pantera Capital, said in a statement. “There's an urgent demand for a self-custodial execution layer that is faster, more reliable, user-friendly, and cost-effective.” Original Source

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IMF, FSB Publish Crypto Policy Roadmap, Warn Against Blanket Bans

The policy paper, commissioned by the intergovernmental forum G20 under India’s leadership, combines norms set by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international standard-setters for the crypto sector in one report, which found “comprehensive regulatory and supervisory oversight of crypto-assets should be a baseline

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Wealth Managers Embrace Tax-Optimized Separately Managed Accounts for Direct Ownership and Professional Management

Separately managed accounts have been growing rapidly over the past 10 years, with assets under management growing from $550 billion in 2011 to $1.7 trillion in 2021. Wealth managers chose SMAs due to the key advantages of tax optimization, direct ownership, professional management and customization. For those same reasons, the

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What Is a Blockchain Sequencer? It Sits Between Ethereum and Layer-2 Networks Like Coinbase’s Base

A criticism of the setup is that today’s rollup sequencers are typically run by “centralized” entities, and thus represent single points of failure, potential vectors for transaction censorship, or possibly a choke point if authorities ever chose to shut it all down. Coinbase, for example, runs the sequencer for its

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