EPISODE · Jun 28, 2023 · 54 MIN
Digital Bytes May May 17th Edition with Jonny Fry / James Tylee featuring Efi Pylarinou
from Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain Radio; Powered By Cyber.FM · host James Tylee / Jonny Fry
The lure of digital cash, but do you know what you are buying? - there has been considerable interest in CBDCs and stablecoins but in reality do you really know, let alone understand, what the backing of USDT, the world’s biggest stablecoin, is? The company that issues USDT is Tether and it has just announced in the last quarter that it made $1.44 billion; but how, and why, does it only have 67% invested in cash/cash type assets? Full Article Here Where the wealthy invest and why the rest may follow them - the wealthy have typically had preferential access to investments that had not been the preserve of other investors. Whilst we have seen a huge increase in assets being managed via pension and mutual funds, REITs, ETFs and other collective investment schemes, the asset management industry is undergoing a massive transformation. This will potentially result in smaller investors being able to gain exposure to a cornucopia of assets that only the wealthily had been able to benefit from previously. Full Article Here Blockchain applications and innovations in the field of cybersecurity - despite massive investments into data protection from online security threats, cyber-attacks have not relented in their frequency and aggressiveness. In 2022, cyber-attacks cost companies $6 trillion, with about 2,200 cyber-attacks occurring daily. Companies have poured billions of dollars into securing their networks and data infrastructure, but safety is not yet guaranteed. Corporations and governments are beginning to move away from centralised trust to a form of data protection that is less vulnerable at a single point of failure - hence a growing interest in the use of blockchains and DLT. Full Article Here Incumbents embrace tokenisation and alliances take shape - the growing buy-in of tokenization in the financial industry has encouraged the formation of strategic partnerships. We examine some of the highlights and dynamics amongst participants in three networks: Fnality, the newly formed Canton Network, and the DTCC`s Project Ion. Full Article Here
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The lure of digital cash, but do you know what you are buying? - there has been considerable interest in CBDCs and stablecoins but in reality do you really know, let alone understand, what the backing of USDT, the world’s biggest stablecoin, is? The company that issues USDT is Tether and it has just announced in the last quarter that it made $1.44 billion; but how, and why, does it only have 67% invested in cash/cash type assets? Full Article Here Where the wealthy invest and why the rest may follow them - the wealthy have typically had preferential access to investments that had not been the preserve of other investors. Whilst we have seen a huge increase in assets being managed via pension and mutual funds, REITs, ETFs and other collective investment schemes, the asset management industry is undergoing a massive transformation. This will potentially result in smaller investors being able to gain exposure to a cornucopia of assets that only the wealthily had been able to benefit from previously. Full Article Here Blockchain applications and innovations in the field of cybersecurity - despite massive investments into data protection from online security threats, cyber-attacks have not relented in their frequency and aggressiveness. In 2022, cyber-attacks cost companies $6 trillion, with about 2,200 cyber-attacks occurring daily. Companies have poured billions of dollars into securing their networks and data infrastructure, but safety is not yet guaranteed. Corporations and governments are beginning to move away from centralised trust to a form of data protection that is less vulnerable at a single point of failure - hence a growing interest in the use of blockchains and DLT. Full Article Here Incumbents embrace tokenisation and alliances take shape - the growing buy-in of tokenization in the financial industry has encouraged the formation of strategic partnerships. We examine some of the highlights and dynamics amongst participants in three networks: Fnality, the newly formed Canton Network, and the DTCC`s Project Ion. Full Article Here
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