Tuesday, July 15, 2025

‘Tis the Season of Ransomware Indictments, Feat. Chainalysis’ Gurvais Grigg

This week, “Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Gurvais Grigg, global public sector chief technology officer at Chainalysis, a blockchain investigative firm.Grigg spent 23 years at the FBI, rising from a trainee to assistant director. But this April, he took a career turn and

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Futurist film maker Ian Khan is helping governments combine AI with blockchain

Ian Khan is a futurist who expects that blockchain, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will merge together to create an entirely new type of world. He’s the inventor of the Future Readiness Score, the author of eight books and the chairperson of the Money 20/20 fintech conference.His first film, Blockchain

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Maple Finance Launches First DeFi Syndicated Loan for Alameda Research

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has started eating up syndicated loans.Announced Thursday, Maple Finance, a lending platform that specializes in liquidity pools made up of institutions, has launched its first DeFi syndicated loan for Alameda Research, the trading firm affiliated with global cryptocurrency exchange FTX.In the traditional world, a syndicated loan is

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Mexican Crypto Exchange Bitso Incorporates Circle Solutions for Cross-Border Payments Initiative

Wire transfers to Bitso Shift will take between 24 to 48 hours to process, while in-app exchanges between U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins and Mexican pesos will be processed in seconds, according to Bitso. No minimum transaction volumes or balance amounts are required, the company added. Original Source

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