Blockchain Fundamentals - Blockchain's core principle is verifiability, not surveillance [1] - Privacy is not contradictory to the essence of crypto [1] Industry Perspective - Crypto without privacy is not true crypto [1] - There's a misconception that transparency is the sole purpose of blockchains [1]

New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she would support any reforms to enhance transparency at the central bank under its new governor https://t.co/Rv24SFQkVM ...

Core Insights - The introduction of alternative assets to mass affluent clients is expected to increase under the Trump administration's SEC, but familiarity with these investments remains low [2] - Eric Pan, CEO of the Investment Company Institute, emphasizes the need for time and education for investors to become comfortable with new asset classes, suggesting the use of traditional products like target-date funds to facilitate this [3] - Transparency in private market products is crucial for attracting more clients to alternatives, as highlighted by BlackRock's COO Rob Goldstein [4] Industry Developments - KKR and Capital Group have launched private credit interval funds, while State Street and Apollo have introduced target-date funds that include exposure to private credit, private equity, and real assets [5] - The challenge of illiquidity in alternative investments is a significant concern, with industry leaders like PIMCO's CEO Emmanuel Roman stressing the need for compensation for long-term investment locks [4]

Arbitrum has just announced another Kaito Earn season with rewards worth 700,000 ARB ($310,000 USD).What I like is that they are really transparent in their announcement thread about how they plan to distribute the rewards (different buckets, clear schedule etc).After the bait and switch leaderboards of the last few weeks, this is a welcome change.I hope InfoFi as a whole can move a little bit more in this direction in the future ...

I think if someone sat around our show and rolled through the breaks, we don't say anything different to our guests than we say to our viewers. And if we've had a conversation in the break that feels like we've cheated on the viewer, let's say this for the show, we will then go back and tell the audience what we talked about in the. ...

You oppose the discharge petition that has been working its way through the building, but 77% of Americans and 67% of Republicans say they want full transparency on the Epstein files with appropriate redaction. So do I. So then how are they wrong to say that this discharge petition is the fastest way of getting there.The discharge petition is a moot point. Now the the House Oversight Committee has some of the the the toughest bulldog Democrats and Republicans in Congress. They're all working together for fu ...

DeFi Evolution & Trust - DeFi is evolving from anonymity to transparency, marking a rebirth of trust in money itself [5][8][25] - The industry realizes the future of crypto is not more anonymity, but the end of it [5] - DeFi is no longer a niche experiment, but a $4 trillion market, representing nearly 2% of all global wealth [6] - Approximately 15% of the world's population, over 12 billion people, now owns cryptocurrency [7] Transparency & Security - The end of financial anonymity will make DeFi the most transparent and trustworthy financial system [9] - Technologies like zero-knowledge proofs and biometric authentication allow users to prove their identity without revealing all details [10] - 30% of global enterprises are adopting concepts like zero-knowledge proofs for authentication, jumping from under 5% in 2023 [12] - Onchain transactions are fully deterministic and auditable, making fraud harder to hide [15] Adoption & Impact - 134 central banks, covering 98% of global GDP, are researching or piloting blockchain [17] - Sovereign funds managing over $11 trillion are exploring tokenized assets [18] - DeFi enables democratized capital markets, exemplified by buying American stocks on Solana [21]

RT Austin Federa | 🇺🇸 | IBRL/ACC (@Austin_Federa)For every fiber link in the DoubleZero network you can now see in real-time:- Measured latency- Capacity and utilization- Link status- Who is contributing the linkAll written down to the DoubleZero ledger and verifiable by anyone.This is never been done before.DoubleZero provides more transparency around data flow than you get over the public Internet 🔥IBRL ...

Yesterday here in California, we just saw some new legislation. Governor Gavin Newsome signed one of the first bills to regulate AI companies in this state. It is called Transparency and Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act or SB53.It is the first to focus on the safety of these powerful AI models by forcing companies to publish documents that lay out how they are going to uh work to try to create safe AI systems. And it also adds some new protections for whistleblowers who raise concerns about AI health an ...

Future opportunities▪️ In addition to standardized financial and usage metrics, Boba Network and Token Terminal are excited to explore opportunities to create custom dashboards with more project and ecosystem-specific metrics.▪️ These dashboards would offer the chain’s stakeholders improved insight into the platform’s features and application-layer activity.▪️ Through its partnership with Token Terminal, Boba Network turns transparency into a competitive advantage and continues to build trust with its growi ...