In a recently released working paper, economist Raphael Auer made the case for so-called embedded supervision, which would automatically monitor tokenized markets. This would purportedly eliminate the need for the collection, verification and delivery of companies’ related data.
An economist of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has proposed new ways of supervising financial risks through distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Per the report, DLT and smart contracts can facilitate the development of financial markets through new forms of transparency and data credibility, and eventually exclude middleman-based data verification.
New forms of transparency and data credibility
To achieve these goals, embedded supervision aims to use machine learning or artificial intelligence, relying on the trust-creating mechanism of decentralized markets for regulatory purposes. The paper further explains:
“If DLT-based markets were to develop, this would change the way assets are traded and how they are packaged into complex financial products. Since the information contained in the blockchain is verified by decentralised economic consensus, it could replace current processes for data delivery and verification.”
Auer states that, for regulators and lawmakers, it is necessary to establish auxiliary frameworks that govern distributed markets and their infrastructure, wherein DLT will ensure higher-quality compliance at a lower cost.
“Embedded supervision could further help maintain the confidentiality of firms and their customers, since cryptographic tools can be used to report an institution’s aggregated financial exposures to the supervisor without disclosing the underlying individual transactions”, the paper concludes.
Global companies go for DLT-based ecosystems
Earlier this year, the BIS stated that at least 40 central banks across globally were conducting research projects and pilots with blockchain technology that aim to address such issues as financial inclusion, payments efficiency and cybersecurity.
In March, Deutsche Borse Group, Swisscom, and Swiss and Singapore-based fintech company Sygnum entered into a strategic partnership to build a DLT-based ecosystem to support the nascent tokenized economy, which, the partners contend, “has the potential to reshape global financial markets.”
Binance.US Opens Beta Testing of iOS App to All Users
Binance’s crypto exchange for United States-based users, Binance.US, has opened beta testing of its iOS application to all users.
The exchange announced the news in a Dec. 30 tweet, revealing the successful private beta test and inviting all of its clients to participate in the iOS beta. The private beta testing phase began on Dec. 18, giving Binance.US the opportunity to address possible flaws and have them resolved before making the app available to a wider audience.
Following iOS beta testing, Binance.US made it available for beta testing on Android devices, also urging the public to help identify possible issues and work them out before the app’s launch for a wider audience.
Binance’s recent announcements
Earlier today, Binance announced that it will suspend Ether (ETH) deposits and withdrawals to support the recently announced Ethereum network Muir Glacier upgrade. The suspension is made on the platform prior to the Ethereum network block height of 9,200,000 selected to execute the upgrade.
On Dec. 27, Binance revealed that it now allows users to buy crypto directly through Visa credit and debit cards. The exchange’s users are able to directly purchase four cryptocurrencies – including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Binance’s native token Binance Coin (BNB) – after binding their accounts to Visa cards issued within the European Economic Area.
On Dec. 28., news broke that Apple may force Coinbase to remove the decentralized application (DApp) browser feature from its crypto wallet application, after Google removed Ethereum-based DApp browser MetaMask from its Android application store.
