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Rehypothecation May Be Common in Traditional Finance, but It Will Never Work With Bitcoin

To illustrate, the software industry has enjoyed the margins it does because of the inherent ease in replication of digital information: there’s essentially zero marginal cost to produce one additional unit of a digital product. Consequently, with music, movies and software, an entire digital rights management industry emerged with the

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Breaking the Barriers of Traditional Banking With Digital Assets – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

Another one bites the dust! The banking industry in the United States is in trouble, and regional banks are feeling the squeeze. A number of banks have failed recently due to mismanagement, poor risk management, and other factors which are leading to bailouts and buyouts from large players. They’re consolidating

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Crypto could eliminate 97% of traditional remittance fees: Coinbase

A recent blog post from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase indicates the vast majority of U.S. remittance fees for international transfers wouldn’t apply to similar transactions conducted using cryptocurrency. According to the exchange’s research, “The US average fee rate of 6.18%, means Americans' average yearly spend is likely close to $12 billion on

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Crypto-friendly banks mismanaged traditional risks, FDIC head tells Senate hearing

The United States Senate Banking Committee held a hearing March 28 on the regulatory response to recent bank failures. Officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve and Treasury testified. FDIC chair Martin Gruenberg spoke about the causes of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature

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Traditional finance fears drive digital asset investment inflows to $160M

On March 27, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” which revealed that digital assets continue to attract investors' attention as concerns over the stability of traditional finance (TradFi) continues to grow. According to the latest report, investment products in digital assets experienced inflows of $160 million

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