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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。
English version (下方有中文版):
- Binance announced to roll out debit card for EU and UK in August. Powered by Swipe, the card allows users to spend crypto at any merchant that supports Visa payments. The card was first tested in Vietnam and Malaysia, after Binance acquired Swipe, which is based in Philippine. (Detail)
- Malaysian Securities Commission (SC) added Binance and eToro into its blacklist, a list of companies not permitted to operate in the country. Yet, as SC does not have the power to block websites, Binance and eToro’s local operations are not affected at this point. eToro commented that its Asian operations are all regulated by the Australian regulation. (Detail) Taiwan FSC has also claim eToro is illegal to operate in Taiwan (Detail).
- If you’re in finance industry, you must have heard of FATF and SWIFT. And now FATF starts to regulate the crypto world too. To help FATF do so, Shyft is rolling out a blockchain-based version of SWIFT, with Binance as its early adopter. (Detail) BitGo is also providing API support t oits crypto-exchange clients to be compliant. (Detail) As one of the first movers in this field, Taiwan’s CoolBitX has released SYGNA Bridge in 2019 and announced partnership with Elliptic this week. (Detail)
- About 130 Twitter accounts, including those of Obama, Kanye, Elon, and Bill Gates, had been hacked and twitted to encourage users to send bitcoin to a wallet. (Detail) And it seems like the hacker is a 21-year-old SIM swapper. (Detail) Among the top three blockchain forensics firms, CypherTrace and Chainalysis confirmed they have helped FBI’s investigation, and Elliptic is not disclosing its contribution. (Detail)
- A senior figure at the Bank of Thailand (BOT), Vachira Arromdee has confirmed the bank is already using a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for transactions with some businesses. Transactions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will be conducted with the CBDC from September. (Detail) Bank of Japan (BOJ) has also recently formed a new team to explore the implications of CBDC. (Detail)
中文版:
- Binance 宣布將於 8 月在歐盟和英國推出 debit card。在與 Swipe 的合作下，該卡允許用戶在任何接受 Visa 支付的商家用加密貨幣消費。在 Binance 收購了總部位於菲律賓的 Swipe之後，該卡首先在越南和馬來西亞進行了測試。 (Detail)
- 馬來西亞證券委員會 (SC) 將 Binance 和 eToro 列入其黑名單，這是一份不允許在該國經營的公司名單。然而，由於 SC 無權封殺網站，Binance 和 eToro 在當地的業務暫時不受影響。 eToro 回應說，其亞洲業務一律受澳大利亞監管機構監管。 (Detail) 台灣金管會也發出警告表示 eToro 在台灣為非法經營證券期貨業者 (Detail)。
- 如果你是從事金融行業，你一定聽說過 FATF 和 SWIFT。而現在 FATF 也開始對加密貨幣進行監管。為了協助 FATF，Shyft 將要推出基於區塊鏈技術版本的 SWIFT，而 Binance 是其早期客戶。 (Detail) BitGo 也在為其加密交易所客戶提供 API 支持，協助他們做到合規。 (Detail) 作為該領域的先行者之一，台灣的 CoolBitX 已經在 2019 年發布了 SYGNA Bridge，並於本週宣佈與 Elliptic 合作 (Detail)。
- 包括奧巴馬、肯爺、Elon 和比爾-蓋茨在內的約 130 個 Twitter 賬戶被黑客入侵，並在 Twitter 上教唆用戶向某錢包發送比特幣。 (Detail) 而黑客似乎是一名 21 歲的 SIM swap 詐騙業者。 (Detail) 三大區塊鏈取證公司之中，CypherTrace 和 Chainalysis 表示他們已經正在協助 FBI 的調查，而 Elliptic 沒有對外發佈其貢獻。(Detail)
- 泰國銀行 (BOT) 的高層 Vachira Arromdee 證實，該銀行已經在使用央行數字貨幣 (CBDC) 與一些企業進行交易。與香港金融管理局的交易將從 9 月開始使用 CBDC 進行。(Detail) 日本銀行 (BOJ) 最近也成立了新部門，專門研究 CBDC 的應用。(Detail)
The Future Is Unwritten.
