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BIG Weekly Newsletter
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A Message To The Reader
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Welcome to the BIG weekly Newsletter!
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This week read about how NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain, why Indonesia launches national carbon credit exchange IDXCarbon powered by blockchain and how Privacy-focused blockchain raises $7 Million led by Multicoin Capital.
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Remember to listen to Unchained podcast with Laura Shin, where she dives into the week’s hottest news story, and then gives a rundown of the biggest headlines in the weekly news recap on Fridays.
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We offer a free consultation with access to the blockchain insights. Book your free consultation with us here.
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BIG EXPERTISE
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Harness the power of blockchain with a trusted partner. BIG is transforming financial futures through strategic, compliant, and operational excellence.
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- Proven Expertise: Architected and executed strategies for multiple global entities, seamlessly integrating digital assets and pioneering tokenization.
- Swiss Localization: Successfully onboarded several firms in Switzerland, optimizing their governance and fundraising capacities.
- Strategic Guidance: Elevated numerous projects to success with effective board and corporate structures.
- Tailored Solutions: Designed and deployed tailored products for several industry leaders, ensuring alignment with individual functional needs
- Seamless Integration: Managed end-to-end integrations for numerous service providers, ensuring smooth transitions to live operations.
- Project Mastery: Transformed numerous project concepts into operational successes, consistently meeting and exceeding client expectations.
- Regulatory Partnerships: Forged strong ties with legal specialists, SROs, and FINMA, setting the gold standard in regulatory navigation.
- Compliance Leadership: Rolled out internationally recognized compliance tools and frameworks, guiding best practices in the sector.
- Crypto Assurance: Pioneered innovative methods for cryptocurrency ownership verification, securing assets for multiple global entities.
- Operational Excellence: Spearheaded operational setups for several renowned industry leaders, championing peak performance.
- Cybersecurity Vanguard: Protected clients from numerous potential cyber threats, establishing a reputation for unmatched security.
- Infrastructure Prowess: Revolutionized IT for several firms with state-of-the-art setups and blockchain optimizations.
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Following BIG's successful business development over the last five years with a focus on financial services, implementing various projects related to blockchain and digital assets, we are expanding into new industries and are looking for an experienced industry leader with hands-on experience in business development, project management and technology.
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NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain
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Lonestar are partnering with NASA to pioneer a blockchain-verified, data storage solution on the Moon. This blockchain technology will verify that humans have landed on the Moon when NASA launches its second crewed mission, Artemis 3, in 2025.
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Indonesia launches national carbon credit exchange IDXCarbon. Powered by blockchain
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Indonesia is the world’s tenth most polluting country. It is home to the world’s fourth largest population at 261 million people. Its goal is to achieve net zero emissions by 2060 or sooner.
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Privacy-focused blockchain raises $7 Million led by Multicoin Capital
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Fhenix claims that brought native encryption to the blockchain. Alongside other big backers the funds will be directed towards taking the network into its public testnet phase.
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REGULATED DIGITAL ASSETS (STO, TRADING, CUSTODY, COMPLIANCE)
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Senator Gillibrand rallies democrat colleagues to adopt digital assets regulation
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Although full-scale digital asset regulation in the US is still described as a long shot, Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Gillibrand have rolled out a new crypto bill to create a template for digital asset regulation.
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Analysts tackle major myths for regulators as digital asset market regulation intensifies
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As the digital asset market continues its unprecedented growth trajectory, it has garnered significant attention not only from investors and technologists but also from regulators around the world.
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Taiwan implements stricter regulations, bans unregistered foreign crypto exchanges from operating
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The newly released guidelines specify that cryptocurrency exchanges operating under its jurisdiction must ensure the separation and protection of company treasury assets from customer assets.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES & CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC)
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CBDC Anti-Surveillance Bill passes House Committee despite push back from democrats
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Proposed by crypto-supportive Congressman, the legislation aims to bar the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC to individuals.
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mBridge CBDC project preparing for new members, launch of minimum viable product
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Central banking officials connected with the project have said that a central bank does not have to have its own CBDC to participate. All of the current participants have CBDCs at the stage of pilot projects. CBDCs are launched in Bahamas, Jamaica and Nigeria.
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Russia’s Central Bank paves way for nationwide adoption of CBDC by 2025
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The Bank of Russia is contemplating 2025 to be the year when the digital ruble, the local CBDC, may see widespread adoption in the country. This move indicates the strategic approach to modernizing the payment landscape in the nation.
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CRYPTOCURRENCIES, DeFi and NFT
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European Parliament calls for tighter oversight of global cryptocurrency market
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The UK has opted for initial regulation of a few specific crypto assets, mainly stablecoins, instead of pursuing a bespoke regime for a broadly defined group of crypto assets as provided for in the EU through the MiCA.
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5 Most important trends in DeFi: Unpacking Token 2049
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While tokenization, fractionalization, and RWAs on-chain become larger emergent themes, DeFi in its original form must exist yet evolve because DeFi in its current form will not be able to onboard the next 100 million users.
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With 95% of NFTs worthless, luxury fashion is finding other uses for web3
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Luxury fashion is still holding tight to scarce digital goods. But these options are not marketed as NFTs alone.
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RECOMMENDED INDUSTRY REPORTS AND BOOKS
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2023 State of Crypto Report:
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Introducing the State of Crypto Index
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Swiss Digital Asset Custody Report 2023
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The safekeeping of financial assets is a global strength of Switzerland’s banking industry.
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Laura Shin is a crypto/blockchain journalist and host of the Unchained podcast. As a former senior editor of Forbes, she was the first mainstream reporter to cover crypto assets full-time. She gives an overview to all experts and novices alike on the use cases making a real impact, and their vision for the future of this innovative technology!
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Blockchain Economy Summit
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Pacific Bitcoin Festival 2023
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