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Digital Assets: The New Frontier for Asset Managers
Explore the rise of Digital Assets in asset management. Learn how Digital Assets can revolutionize costs and trust in the industry today.
Sep 116 min read


Token markets need liquidity: Where will they get it from?
Are specialist intermediaries such as market-makers necessary to generate liquidity in tokenised asset markets? Traditional markets prove...
May 111 min read


Digital asset custody: What can possibly go wrong?
Digital asset custody: What can possibly go wrong?
Mar 510 min read


What should you look for in a digital asset custodian?
How do the risks of digital asset custody differ from the risks of traditional custody? Digital assets are not the same as conventional...
Mar 410 min read


Who is offering to custody what for whom?
How is the digital asset custody industry evolving? The origins of digital asset custody lie in the initial cryptocurrency boom of...
Mar 38 min read


What do regulators have to say about your custody arrangements?
Custodians have been obliged since 2019 to check that holders of cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins are not money launderers, terrorists or...
Mar 211 min read


What happens when your asset managers start to invest in assets your custodian knows nothing about?
Why do digital asset custodians exist at all when blockchain was invented to eliminate the need for trusted intermediaries? Issuers and...
Mar 16 min read


If Europe needs a single European CSD, who will build it?
A single European capital market – a Capital Markets Union (CMU) – could provide European business with a lower cost of capital through...
Mar 14, 202454 min read


Impact of the "safeguarding" rule on digital asset custody
Explore the impact of the "safeguarding" rule on digital asset custody. Learn how digital asset custody is evolving under new regulations.
Dec 15, 20233 min read


Is SEC staff accounting bulletin 121 (SAB 121) dead or alive?
Explore the uncertain future of SAB 121 and its impact on digital asset custody. Is SAB 121 dead or alive? Discover the latest insights now.
Dec 15, 20239 min read


What the Future of Finance Database says about the current state of the digital asset custody market
Discover insights on the Custody Market and its growth in digital asset custody services. Explore the Custody Market trends and challenges today!
Dec 15, 20232 min read


Why the United States is behind the world in clarifying the regulatory status of digital assets and digital asset custodians
Explore why the United States lags in digital assets regulation and how this impacts digital asset custodians. Discover the global regulatory landscape.
Dec 15, 20239 min read


The bank regulators are what matters now in the United States
Discover why bank regulators are crucial in the U.S. banking landscape. Learn how bank regulators influence digital asset custody today.
Dec 15, 20233 min read


How the german token market developed
Explore the evolution of the German Token Market, from regulatory reforms to the rise of tokenised securities. Dive into the German Token Market now!
Dec 15, 20235 min read


Is the increasing role of banks in the digital asset custody market for real?
Explore the evolving Custody Market as banks cautiously enter digital asset custody. Discover if the Custody Market role is truly expanding.
Dec 15, 20234 min read


A new era for digital custody
Explore the transformative role of Digital Custody in today's market. Discover how Digital Custody bridges traditional and digital asset worlds.
Dec 15, 20236 min read


Germany: The unexpected leader of the digital asset revolution
Explore how Germany became the unexpected leader of the digital asset revolution. Discover why Germany is the leader of the digital asset sector.
Dec 15, 20235 min read


Non-bank digital asset custodians continue to adapt to a cryptocurrency bear market
Discover how non-bank digital asset custodians are adapting to the cryptocurrency bear market. Learn how custodians boost market activity.
Dec 15, 20236 min read


The market since EQPG came into force in June 2021
Explore the evolving Market since EQPG's 2021 inception. Discover how the Market is adapting with digital assets and crypto securities in Germany.
Dec 15, 20238 min read


The role of intermediaries in safeguarding digital assets
Discover how intermediaries play a crucial role in safeguarding digital assets. Learn about the legal nuances and benefits of safeguarding digital assets today.
Dec 15, 202319 min read


How worrying are the changes to the Investment Advisors Act 1940 custody rule?
Explore the implications of changes to the Investment Advisors Act 1940 custody rule. Understand the potential impacts on the Investment Advisors Act 1940.
Dec 15, 202312 min read


Interoperating token networks: What they are and how to get there
Future of Finance: There is no shortage of individual blockchain and tokenisation projects in repo, swaps, payments and securities. Why...
Nov 4, 202313 min read


Nasdaq explains how CSDs and CCPs can evolve their technology and embrace tokenisation
A Future of Finance interview with Gerard Smith, vice president and head of product-digital assets, at Nasdaq (Marketplace Technology). ...
Oct 5, 20231 min read


Banks enter the digital asset custody market
Explore how banks are revolutionising digital asset custody services. Discover why digital asset custody is the future of finance.
Jul 21, 20233 min read


Regulation is a key factor in digital asset custody
Explore how regulation shapes digital asset custody. Understand the global regulatory landscape and why regulation is crucial for digital asset custody.
Jul 21, 202312 min read


Consolidation in the digital asset custody industry has started
Explore the evolving Custody industry as digital asset custodians adapt to market demands. Discover how consolidation is reshaping the Custody industry.
Jul 21, 20233 min read


New Custody Rules to Reshape the Digital Asset Market
Discover how new custody rules will reshape the digital asset market. Learn about the changes and how they will reshape the digital asset market.
Jul 21, 20236 min read


Digital asset custody services are not the same as traditional custody services
Explore how digital asset custody services differ from traditional custody services. Learn why traditional custody services aren't enough today.
Jul 21, 20233 min read


The Imperative for Institutions to Control Their Own Digital Asset Destinies
Discover why institutions must control their own digital asset destinies. Learn how self-custody solutions can safeguard digital assets effectively.
Jul 21, 20234 min read


The digital asset custody model has performed very well … until now
Explore the evolution of digital asset custody and its recent challenges. Discover how digital asset custody is adapting to market changes.
Jul 21, 20233 min read


Digital asset security and protection
Explore how Digital asset security ensures protection for your cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Learn how Digital asset security safeguards your investments.
Jul 21, 20237 min read


Mapping the current state of the industry
Discover the evolving landscape of the industry with our comprehensive analysis. Dive into 'Mapping' the current state of the industry today!
Jul 21, 202310 min read


Tokenisation is coming
Explore the future with "Tokenisation is coming." Discover how Tokenisation is transforming assets and revolutionising global finance today.
Jun 21, 20236 min read


Montis is scripting more than one possible future for CSDs
A Future of Finance interview with Martin Watkins, CEO at Montis Group. The existence of Montis, which is building an infrastructure to...
May 30, 20231 min read


The changeable burden that regulation is about to lay on digital asset custodians
Dependable, institutional-grade custody services characterised by familiar processes, techniques and disciplines are the key to...
Feb 7, 202347 min read


Bosonic reinvents the operational infrastructure for digital asset traders
A Future of Finance interview with Rosario Ingargiola, Founder and CEO of Bosonic. The summer of 2022 marked the end of the age of...
Jan 12, 202352 min read


Digital issuance and investing will happen as soon as legal and regulatory confusion clears, say respondents to a Future of Finance poll
Custodian banks, transfer agents and central securities depositories (CSDs) are the intermediaries most at risk from a transition to...
Oct 28, 20221 min read


How banks can make money in the Metaverse
A summary of the webinar of Mar 24 2022 entitled How banks can make money in the Metaverse? Summary What is the Metaverse? Definitions of...
Jul 19, 202253 min read


Is the digital asset custody industry ready to grow up?
A summary of the webinar of June 9 2022 entitled Is the digital asset custody industry ready to grow up? Summary What can be done about...
Jul 8, 202253 min read


The growth of the Komainu custody service tracks rising institutional interest in digital assets
A Future of Finance interview with Sebastian Widmann, Head of Strategy at Komainu Growing institutional interest in the largest and most...
Jun 7, 20223 min read


MetaMUI uses digital identity to invent a fast, scalable blockchain
The “trilemma” has become a fixed objection to the adoption of blockchain technology. According to it, a blockchain-based system cannot...
May 19, 202213 min read


Blockchain could supplant platform capitalism if it adopted an open infrastructure model
The adoption and impact of Blockchain in financial markets could be accelerated by pursuing a collaborative strategy that uses blockchain...
May 2, 202210 min read


The financial market infrastructure of the future will look like this
A Future of Finance interview with Angie Walker, Global Head of Capital Markets Business Development at R3. One of the signal...
Mar 30, 20221 min read


How to get the InsurTech revolution happening again
InsurTechs are more numerous than effective. Technological gimmicks and virtue-signalling corporate philosophies capture headlines but...
Mar 22, 202217 min read


A blockchain protocol fit for the age of CBDCs, the Internet of Things and the Metaverse
A Future of Finance interview with Seokgu (phantom) Yun, Founder and CEO of the Sovereign Wallet Network and Project Lead of the Meta MUI...
Feb 1, 20221 min read


How banks can make money in the Metaverse
The Metaverse is notoriously hard to define. Those definitions which do exist describe a digital facsimile of the physical world, which...
Jan 31, 20229 min read


What CSDs can do about the tokenisation of securities markets
The transformation of the CSD industry edged closer in the summer of 2019 when Orange, an outsider to the securities industry, backed the...
Jan 23, 20229 min read


What a Blockchain Economy Will Look Like
A summary of the webinar of 30th September 2021 entitled What a Blockchain Economy Will Look Like Key Insights It is easy to portray...
Jan 21, 20227 min read


Open Banking is just the opening scene of a three-part drama of total economic transformation
A summary of the webinar of 9 December 2021 entitled Open Banking is just the opening scene of a three-part drama of total economic...
Jan 10, 20228 min read


Cost-cutting or client service is a bogus dilemma, Wealth Wizards tells wealth managers
A Future of Finance interview with Nick Hall, Head of Advice at Wealth Wizards. Wealth management faces much the same challenge as other...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
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