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Global financial watchdogs are set to lay out a firm framework to regulate the crypto industry in early 2023 and implement it quickly. The secretary-general of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Dietrich Domanski, told The FT there is ‘strong agreement’ on a framework for digital asset rules. While the EU, the UAE, and other countries…

Regulated derivatives products allow investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin without the hassle of dealing directly with crypto, Robert Stevens explains on CoinDesk. “Digital gold” can sometimes feel as hard to get your hands on as the real thing. Tax-sheltered accounts or certain banks might not let you invest in Bitcoin directly, crypto exchange accounts…

Sam Bankman-Fried is a con man and fraudster of historic proportions. But you might not learn that from the New York Times, CoinDesk’s Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes. In the weeks since Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency empire was revealed to be a house of lies, mainstream news organizations and commentators have often failed to…

The Middle East nation includes metaverse to merge play and prospects with prosperity that lasts, writes Iona Stanley on Gulf News Focus. Sustainability seeks to improve our lives on earth — from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to overcoming the perils of climate change. Meanwhile, the metaverse promises an escape from…

Prominent brands from the crypto universe are spearheading novel collaborations and partnerships with mainstream brands and organizations to unlock an array of fully immersive and gamified experiences revolving around the largest football event of the year in Qatar. As social beings, the desire to “belong” is deeply ingrained in us. Since time immemorial, humans have…

The Middle East, where crypto use is growing fastest, offers the starkest contrasts between cryptocurrency’s origins as anti-government money and the growing desire of governments to use the technology to modernize markets and monitor financial activity – writes Ben Schreckinger on POLITICO. At high-powered business gatherings this week, government officials and executives here highlighted their…