Digital transformation is creating new needs among advisors and investors to gather digital asset data to stay ahead of disclosure regulations and to better understand their digital asset investing. Knowing this, Broadridge Financial Solutions has just released the ClearFi platform to help broker-dealers, exchanges, and wallet providers supply their clients and participants with “useful on-chain… Read More >>
Crypto-Crime Toll Hits $1.36B in Early 2020
The current year “could see the second-highest value in cryptocurrency crimes ever recorded,” according to a recent report issued by CipherTrace. Specifically, in the first five months of 2020 “crypto thefts, hacks, and frauds totaled $1.36 billion,” CipherTrace says. CipherTrace was founded in 2015, by Silicon Valley business people, and it was funded initially by… Read More >>
DTCC Proposes Post-Trade Framework for Token Platforms
Post-trade systems and services provider DTCC is acknowledging that an emerging disruptive trend — tokenized securities — may soon need a legal and regulatory framework formulated via regulators, trading venues, and the post-trade operations staffs of industry participants. The DTCC is also acknowledging that because of its unique position in the securities operations industry, it… Read More >>