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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Rolls Out Decentralized Exchange; Wyoming Legislators Pass Multiple Crypto Bills

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Hanaco Ventures reportedly led the round, with participation from David Krell, Norman Sorensen and Global Founders Capital. On another note, legislators in Wyoming recently passed multiple bills related to digital currency, Coindesk reported. And the Chamber of Digital Commerce, an advocacy organization, is looking for U.S.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Separately, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is in the midst of plans for a “sandbox” that will help boost FinTech efforts for capital markets, as reported by The Hindu. Included in that movement toward tech in capital markets, he said that could include blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Bitcoin Daily: US Regulators Join Global Financial Innovation Network; Colorado Explores Crypto Banking For Cannabis Firms

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) have announced that they are joining the Global Financial Innovation Network ( GFIN ). Colorado’s bill does have support from some lawmakers.

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How the OCC is building Crypto America

Lex Sokolin

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing It must attract global capital and global talent. is New York better than Wyoming ?), A state like Wyoming has set precedent?—?almost

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How the OCC is building Crypto America

Lex Sokolin

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing It must attract global capital and global talent. is New York better than Wyoming ?), A state like Wyoming has set precedent?—?almost

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All Pain, No Gain

Independent Banker

Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place. Kim DeVore, chief financial officer for Jonah Bank of Wyoming, in Casper, Wyo.,

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Wyoming Bank & Trust. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. Capital Community Bank. Allied First Bank, SB.