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The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) launched a research program centered around digital assets in partnership with big names like ​​Goldman Sachs, EY, Visa and Accenture.

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Sky Mavis is entering expansion mode as it bids to position Ronin as the crypto gaming world’s go-to blockchain.

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Quick Take

• Parallel is a digital trading card game positioned at the center of a broader blockchain gaming ecosystem
• A wide array of different digital asset classes interlock in Parallel’s in-game economy and offer owners a variety of options to modify their rewards
• Based on demand fluctuations, players could organically control the card supply by spawning existing cards

The section that seemed poised to bar proof-of-work tokens from the EU is gone from the latest version of the bill, which is set for votes in coming weeks.

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CME is planning to add to its suite of micro crypto derivatives with the planned launch of micro bitcoin and ether options this March.

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Remittance fintechs Zepz, TransferGo and Remitly have suspended their services to Russia amidst its invasion of Ukraine.

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Trading in crypto ruble pairs has surged on crypto exchange Binance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Crypto-focused venture capital firm Electric Capital, founded by Avichal Garg, has raised $1 billion in new funding.

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Quick Take

• With exactly one month to go until the deadline for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to process firms’ AML applications, the pressure higher than ever.
• Firms that continue cryptoasset-related business in the UK after the deadline will be committing a criminal offense. 

Kenneth Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, told Bloomberg in a new interview that his firm is on the path to market-making in the cryptocurrency sector in the coming months.

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