2020 BECAME THE YEAR OF DEFI. WHAT REGULATORY CHALLENGES DID THAT BRING? The year 2020 was no ordinary year. It was the year when the Covid-19 pandemic stormed the world, causing an enormous loss of human life, grounding planes and forcing us to contend with a new normal. The year of masks, lockdowns and travel bans. The year without parties, holiday gatherings…

HARDWARE WALLETS, KEY MANAGEMENT AND CUSTODY In 2020, we saw numerous renowned institutional investors and companies, including PayPal, Guggenheim Investments and BlackRock, diving into the lucrative opportunities of digital asset investments. And as the ecosystem continues to mature and enhanced regulatory frameworks are put in place, the number of investors…

TRUST IS GOOD, BUT TRACEABILITY IS EVEN BETTER When you drink your morning cup of coffee, do you ever stop to think about the journey it has taken to get to you? How many steps does a special roast undergo before it reaches your favourite barista? Or how about the type of bean? …

THE CAR DIGITAL TWIN — AN EVOLUTION OF ABSTRACTION Written by Minh Cao HUMANS ARE FABRICS OF ABSTRACTION As human beings, we are equipped with an outstanding processing device called the brain that delivers us tangible representations of our surroundings in almost real-time (300 ms). We are handling the principle of reality in a complete pre-brain filtered world. Our raw sensor data for vision…

THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR TOKENIZED ASSETS: PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS A DECENTRALISED, TOKEN-BASED ECONOMY As discussed in our previous blog post, the tokenization of assets has enabled the economy of everything and fundamentally changed the way we invest and raise funds. But there’s more to that. …

TOKENIZATION 101: HOW TOKENIZATION OF PHYSICAL ASSETS ENABLES THE ECONOMY OF EVERYTHING As we are shifting towards a decentralised economy, new opportunities are rising. Central banks have embarked on a number of CBDC projects. Digital business models are extending to physical goods and non-fungible assets that are represented by tokens on a blockchain, unlocking trillions of euros in illiquid assets and creating…

We are standing at a crossroads in the history of electric utilities. For decades, the structure of energy providers has revolved around centralised systems of generation, storage and distribution. …

The most critical component in a digital assets system is the wallet. The wallet holds the private keys required to access and manage digital assets, and has three main responsibilities towards various user groups: creating and safekeeping digital assets for drawing transactions, storing a history of relevant transactions, and generating…

As digital assets are becoming prevalent in financial statements, the industry faces unique challenges and risks on how to audit this new asset class. The auditing of any asset, whether it’s traditional or digital, has the objective of allowing the auditor to decide whether the financial statements are in compliance…