LATEST: U.S. Risks Losing Crypto Leadership, Says Franklin Templeton CEO

Franklin Templeton’s CEO, Jenny Johnson, voiced concerns at the Consensus conference that the U.S. may fall behind in the crypto industry if it continues with stringent regulatory measures. Highlighting the more supportive regulatory frameworks of Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, and parts of Europe, Johnson suggested these regions are ahead in embracing blockchain technology.

Johnson emphasized the disruptive potential of digital assets on traditional business models, urging U.S. regulators to adopt a more open and proactive approach. She noted the importance of paying attention to the evolving digital asset space to stay competitive in the equity market.

Additionally, Johnson touched on Franklin Templeton’s innovative strides in the crypto space, including a tokenized money market fund and plans for tokenized ETFs. These initiatives, enhanced by blockchain technology, aim to revolutionize how investments are managed and exchanged.

Peirce proposes DLT sandbox collaboration between US and UK

Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a joint digital securities sandbox between the United States and the Bank of England. 

The idea would be to allow firms to use specified technologies in the toolbox, like distributed ledger technology. 

“Even though I tend to be more of a beach than a sandbox type of regulator, sandboxes have proven effective in facilitating innovation in highly regulated sectors. Experience in the UK and elsewhere has shown that sandboxes can help innovators ‘try out their innovations under real-world conditions,’” Pierce wrote.

Read more: UK advancing ‘digital securities sandbox’ keying in on crypto tech

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Is The MEV Monster Under Bitcoin's Bed?

What’s MEV?

For the uninitiated, Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) involves various techniques used by market actors to capture additional value by exploiting price inefficiencies in blockchain transactions.

One naive form of MEV is called “transaction sniping.”

Most recently, manifestations of this phenomenon have begun populating your local Bitcoin memepools because of ordinals trading. Without going into too much detail, the way on-chain trading currently works is through the use of pre-signed Bitcoin transactions (PSBTs). The concept is simple: some users list pictures on a marketplace by crafting a transaction with the details and the price they would like to sell it at. You, a cat…

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