Published inTgradeFinance·Sep 15Privacy without proceeds of crimeThe recent paper Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium written by Vitalik Buterin, Jacob Illum, Matthias Nadler, Fabian Schär and Ameen Soleimani is a valuable contribution to the discussion about privacy on a public blockchain with safeguards to ensure that the proceeds of crime cannot flow through…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Jun 30Can economic models solve all the intractable problems with climate change?I wrote about creating economic levers to address the short comings of the Voluntary Carbon Credits Markets and proposed a Carbon Default Swap as a mechanism with sufficient flexibility to factor in forward looking data. …Sustainable Farming11 min readSustainable Farming11 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Jun 27Happy Birthday Tgrade!Tgrade was launched on 27th June 2022 and was bought online by 65 validators around the world. The number of validators has grown to 77 active validators, there have been 86,111 transactions, a large proportion of the tokens remain held by the validators and the foundation with a smaller pool…Blockchain6 min readBlockchain6 min read
Jun 26Something isn’t well in the sustainable investment spaceSustainable Linked Loans hit the headlines in May 2023[1] as the FCA began an investigation into whether the environmental targets are too easy for companies to meet. The Guardian, De Zeit and Source Material investigation into Vera revealed that 90% of the rainforest carbon certificates[2] are worthless. …Sustainability9 min readSustainability9 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Mar 14DeFi 2.0. Is it different this time? Did we solve the issues?The summer of DeFi was a blast and hard to keep up with the pace of innovation and experimentation. Taking a step back to the spring of 2021 when I wrote a blog asking the question whether regulatory compliance and crypto were fundamentally compatible? …Defi7 min readDefi7 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Mar 1Tgrade February newsFebruary has been a lively month in the US with many announcements and commentary on the regulatory front. There is an imperative to “do something” in light of what is emerging around how FTX was managed, especially around the theme of custody of client assets. The case around qualified custodians…Blockchain2 min readBlockchain2 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Feb 17Qualified Custodians, a sledge hammer to crack a nut?The need to “do something” was clear after the FTX debacle, and the response has been swift from the SEC around the need for qualified custodians to cover crypto as they do in traditional finance. I wrote a blog on Smart Contract Counterparty and Custody Risk in April 2022, prompted…SEC4 min readSEC4 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Feb 15Proof of Stake and regulatory uncertaintyI wrote a post in September 2022 about the regulatory uncertainty in the US around Proof of Stake and whether Proof of Stake tokens could be considered securities. …Proof Of Stake5 min readProof Of Stake5 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Feb 1Tgrade January news2023 has begun with the publication from the Oversight Community of the participant criteria. When the Oversight Community was formed during the early testnets (pre-launch) the criteria was left open and it was the intent that the self-sovereign group determine what the criteria for participation should be. …Tgradefinance3 min readTgradefinance3 min read
Published inTgradeFinance·Jan 19Oversight Community participant criteriaWhen the Oversight Community was first established it was a voyage of discovery. …Governance3 min readGovernance3 min read
