Shanny Basar
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MEMX Technology Boosted by ‘Market as a Service’ Model
David Mellor, head of market technology at MEMX, believes the technology-driven exchange operator’s model of delivering technology though ‘market as a service’ is a superior model and positions the firm for growth across geographies and asset clas...
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Digital Assets to Absorb Parts of Traditional Finance
Arca, which aims to be a leading digital asset financial institution, predicted that in 2026 digital assets will absorb parts of traditional finance (TradFi) rather than replace them. In a report, Arca said the mistake of the past two years has b...
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Blockchain to Unlock Collateral Movement, More Efficient Financing
FT Partners, an investment banking firm focused on the financial technology sector, hosted a webinar, Tokenization of Real World Assets: The State of Play, on 16 December 2025. Adena Friedman, chair and chief executive of Nasdaq, said the U.S. e...
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ClearToken Launches CLS-Type Settlement for Crypto
On the surface, there may not be appear to be a connection between the collapse of a German bank about 50 years ago and today’s crypto market. The link starts on the afternoon of 26 June 1974, when German regulators were forced to close Bankhaus ...
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Zodia Custody Prepares for Fusion of Digital Assets, TradFi
At the beginning of this year Anoosh Arevshatian took on the role of chief product officer at Zodia Custody, the institutional digital asset custody firm backed by Standard Chartered Bank, Japan's SBI Group, Northern Trust, and National Australia ...
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Institutions Reach ‘Defining Moment’ with Blockchain
J.P. Morgan Asset Management and State Street Investment Management have become the latest traditional financial institutions to launch tokenized funds as institutional adoption is expected to snowball in 2026. Kelly Mathieson, chief business d...
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Integral Debuts Stablecoin-Based ‘Uber’ of Prime Brokers
Integral, which provides cloud-based foreign exchange and digital asset technology, said it has launched the first stablecoin-based crypto prime brokerage to provide institutional-grade credit, trading, and net settlement in an integrated platform...
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SEC’s Crenshaw Warns on Markets Turning into Casinos
Caroline Crenshaw, commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, spoke about the future of financial regulation at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC on 11 December 2025. She is the only commissioner who is a Democrat and s...
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