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From Open Banking to Open Finance to DeFi: The Open Evolution of Finance

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If Open Banking gave us Lego pieces like accounts, payments, and identity verification via APIs, DeFi supercharged the Lego set with even more pieces and global accessibility. Governance and Regulation: When open banking emerged, it didn’t do so in a regulatory void – quite the opposite. It was largely born from regulation (e.g.,

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Blockchain, Ready For Bank Supervision?

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The paper notes that in order to realize the value of blockchain, one must look beyond cryptos such as bitcoin and its brethren and look toward permission versions of blockchain, which allow for the trading of asset-backed tokens. They would lose a set amount of capital if the blockchain was reversed or if transactions were voided.

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Dark Web Down But Not Out

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AlphaBay and Hansa Market were exclusive marketplaces where criminals could transact anonymously behind the scrims of special software called Tor and the hard-to-trace blockchains that power cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Therefore, said Laliberte, whatever new marketplace fills the void will probably look a little different.