Weekly News ( ~ 2020.12.23)

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我是 Jonathan,在美國 University of Rochester 取得光學工程與金融經濟雙學位後,就職於日本三大投資銀行之一的 SMBC Nikko。之後在創投 SBI 負責海外投資,主要專注於區塊鏈,金融科技,人工智能等領域的成長期新創。2020 年加入基石創投。

英文版

  • TOP NEWS
    • The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposes rule enforcing KYC for personal digital wallet and submission of transaction parties ‘information. (Details
  • FUNDRAISING / M&A
    • Coinbase is progressing its stock market listing! The US largest crypto exchange confidentially filed the S1 form to SEC, which would become the first crypto exchange to be listed. (Details)
    • Paxos, the financial infrastructure firm famous for powering PayPal’s crypto service, raised its $142M series C financing from investors including Declaration partners and PayPal. (Details)
    • SBI has acquired crypto trading desk B2C2. The Japanese financial giant is reported to be the first major financial firm to own a crypto desk after the acquisition. (Details)
  • BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATION
    • Microsoft and Big 4 accounting firm EY is expanding the blockchain platform on Xbox to enables gaming partners and creators to manage payments and royalty contracts. (Details)
    • Compound is to create its own blockchain – Compound Chain. The popular DeFi lending protocol’s is to provide money market services across multiple networks. (Details)
  • FINTECH & CRYPTO APPLICATION
    • Citi is building an open banking marketplace for fintech apps. The banking giant is providing data-access of customer-approved accounts to third-parties through API token technology. (Details)
    • Chicago Board Option Exchange (CBOE) is launching cryptocurrency index next year. Following S&P, the US largest option exchange is partnering with CoinRoutes to track crypto prices. (Details)
    • Quontic bank has become the first US bank to offer a Bitcoin rewards debit card. The program enables users to get 1.5% bitcoin on all eligible debit card purchase. (Details)
    • US rapper Lil Pump is launching his social token – PumpCoin. The token will be listed on Fyooz, a social coin platform providing fans a new way to engage with idols and celebrities. (Details)
  • REGULATION, CBDC & SECURITY
    • Robinhood has settled with SEC by $65M. The commission-free trading platform was accused of misleading users with inferior prices by selling users ‘orders to professional trading firms. (Details)
    • Estonia has withdrawn licenses from over 1,000 crypto firms. The reason is reported to be the increasing burden of monitoring compliance. (Details)
    • Germany has legalized the electronic securities on blockchain. The new legislation allowing blockchain-recorded electronic securities instead of previous paper-based requirement. (Details)
    • More than 27,000 Ledger users’ privacy information was leaked ! The information was released on  Raddit Forums with an estimation of 1M users are under exposure. (Details)

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中文版

  • TOP NEWS
    • 美國金融犯罪執法網絡 (FinCEN) 提出新監管提案,強制對個人數位錢包實施 KYC,並要求交易所於用戶提領時紀錄並提交交易雙方信息 (Details
  • 募資 / 併購
    • Coinbase 正式申請上市! 這家美國最大的虛擬貨幣交易所秘密向美國證監會 SEC 提交了 S1表格,若成功將成為全美第一家上市的虛擬貨幣交易所 (Details)
    • PayPal 虛擬貨幣服務提供金融基礎設施而聞名的 Paxos 完成 1.42 億美元的 C 輪融資。投資者包括 PE 巨頭凱雷集團之創辦人的家族辦公室 Declaration Partners 和 PayPal (Details)
    • SBI 宣布收購了虛擬貨幣交易專櫃公司 B2C2。這將使這家日本金融巨頭成為第一家擁有虛擬貨幣 交易專櫃的大型金融機構 (Details)
  • 區塊鏈應用
    • 微軟和四大會計師事務所之一的 EY 正在擴張 Xbox 上的區塊鏈平台服務,使其遊戲合作夥伴和創作者能夠透過區塊鏈管理支付帳務和版稅合同 (Details)
    • Compound 將創建自己的區塊鏈–Compound Chain。這個火熱的 DeFi 借貸協議將自其區塊鏈提供跨多個區塊鏈網絡的貨幣市場服務 (Details)
  • 金融科技 & 虛擬貨幣應用
    • 花旗銀行正在建立一個金融科技 app 開放銀行市場。這家銀行巨頭將通過 API 技術向第三方機構提供其同意提供資訊之客戶的賬戶數據訪問 (Details)
    • 芝加哥期權交易所 (CBOE) 將於明年推出虛擬貨幣指數。繼 S&P 之後,這家美國最大的期權交易所正與CoinRoutes 合作追蹤虛擬貨幣價格 (Details)
    • Quontic 銀行成為美國第一家提供比特幣回饋借記卡的銀行。該計劃可以讓用戶在所有符合條件的借記卡消費中獲得1.5% 的比特幣回饋 (Details)
    • 美國饒舌歌手 Lil Pump 將推出他的社交代幣—PumpCoin 並在 Fyooz 上架。Fyooz 是一個社交幣平台,透過代幣為粉絲提供了一種與偶像和名人互動的新方式 (Details)
  • 政府 & 監管 & 資安
    • Robinhood 已與 SEC 以 6500 萬美元達成和解 。這家免手續費的投資交易平台先前被指控誤導用戶,將用戶訂單賣給專業投資交易公司並提供較差的交易價格 (Details)
    • 愛沙尼亞因越來越重的監測合規負擔,已經撤銷了 1000 多家虛擬貨幣公司的許可證 (Details)
    • 德國修法將區塊鏈上的電子證券合法化。新法規允許於區塊鏈記錄的電子證券,而非先前的紙質要求 (Details)
    • 超過 27000 名 Ledger 用戶的隱私信息被洩露 ! 該類資訊被駭客於 Raddit 論壇上公開,並估計約有 100 萬用戶面臨曝光風險。(Details)

 

 

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