The heads of six major central banks will hold their first meeting on potentially developing their own digital currencies in April, Nikkei says. Author: Sebastian Sinclair
Germany’s BaFin Clarifies Licensing Process for Foreign Crypto Custodians
In its latest guidance released in January, the regulator said firms already custodying digital assets for Germans would not be penalized for not having a license. Instead, they’d be grandfathered into the same protection that crypto custody firms based in Germany already have under the new law. Author: Nathan DiCamillo
Telegram Drops Technical White Paper for Blockchain SEC Is Trying to Halt
Telegram has revealed more details about its TON blockchain’s block validation process, even as it fights the SEC in court over its $1.7 billion token sale. Author: Anna Baydakova
ConsenSys Acquires US Broker-Dealer in Bid to Tokenize Trillion-Dollar ‘Muni’ Bond Market
ConsenSys aims to use its new acquisition to offer tokenized municipal bonds in a market ripe for disruption. Author: Paddy Baker
Sony VC Fund Joins ‘Over $14M’ Funding Round for Digital Asset Platform Securitize
A venture capital fund under the management of Sony Financial Ventures (SFV) and Global Brain has invested an undisclosed amount in security token issuance platform Securitize. Author: Daniel Palmer
