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    SoFi Can Launch Bank Provided It Doesn't Touch Crypto

    SoFi Can Launch Bank Provided It Doesn't Touch Crypto

    Student loan and financial service provider Social Finance Inc. (SoFi) has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to create a full service national bank, provided the new entity does “not engage in any crypto-asset...
    The House Looks Into Crypto's Energy Impact

    The House Looks Into Crypto's Energy Impact

    A House committee will take a look at crypto and its energy requirements this week. It’s another congressional look at crypto.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click...
    Advisers, Pay Attention to Stablecoins

    Advisers, Pay Attention to Stablecoins

    It’s time for the wealth management industry to pay attention to the exploding ecosystem of stablecoins.Download this episodeAt the same time, host Tyrone Ross explains: “Advisers just can’t jump into this stuff without knowing the counterparty risk, smart contract...
    DeFi’s Wonderland Is Buying TIME

    DeFi’s Wonderland Is Buying TIME

    Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Wonderland saw its TIME token briefly drop below its treasury-backed value on Monday, prompting the team to buy back millions worth of TIME tokens to bolster the price.Wonderland falls within a category of popular DeFi projects...
    What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

    What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

    Bitcoin’s scalability issues mean that smaller transactions can congest the blockchain. The Lightning Network was created to fix that.Since each block on Bitcoin’s blockchain takes an average of 10 minutes to process, only a small number of transactions can go through...
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