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The untested youth of the blockchain market, as well as the lack of a regulatory framework, could put off widespread adoption
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  • Canaan, the world’s second largest maker of cryptocurrency mining equipment, is in a waiting game with the Hong Kong bourse for its IPO to be approved.
  • If you were to accost a capital markets professional in the street and ask them to give examples of commodities, they might name oil, gold, copper, or, if they are also a film buff, frozen orange juice concentrate. Bitcoin might not make that list, but the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is trying to change attitudes to increase its remit over cryptocurrencies.
  • The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has released a white paper on smart derivatives contracts, setting out a framework for how these could be built and function in scenarios such as defaults.
  • Everyone with something they don’t know how to sell hitches their cart to the much-abused horse known as blockchain. Now, the UK chancellor is talking the technology up as a potential solution for the Irish border.
  • Origin Markets, a primary capital markets fintech start-up, is pushing into the Asia Pacific market and has poached a fellow fintech’s head of sales & strategic partnerships in Hong Kong to expand its footprint.
  • Credit Suisse has expanded its algorithmic pricing platform to provide instantaneous, algorithmically generated prices for 1,000 high yield bonds.