The demand to issue, acquire, and trade digital assets – proprietary tokens representing loyalty points, financial instruments, or natively digital currencies such as bitcoin – has grown exponentially over the past several years, creating a set of dynamic, overlapping exchange ecosystems. This guide offers an introductory guide for enterprises interested in understanding how to plan, launch and operate a successful exchange.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair believes that ether (ETH) is a commodity, according to Yahoo Finance.
Tokenization is the concept of using blockchain technology to securitize assets. It is the process of issuing a blockchain token that digitally represents a real tradeable asset. Venture Radar profiles the top companies working towards this brand new financial system that is more transparent, efficient, and inclusive.
The Ethereum community is divided on the best way to handle the imminent launch of Ethereum 2.0. The most likely scenario will see Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0 run as two separate but connected blockchains, each with its own token. An alternative scenario would see Ethereum incorporated as a shard of Ethereum 2.0. The situation has some similarities to the contentious Bitcoin Segwit2x debates of 2017.
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published this Consultation Report on Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms to encourage the public to comment on the identified issues, risks, key considerations and related toolkits.
