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In other news, we have various developments from both the public and the private sector, a new blockchain fund to target developing markets and a couple of insightful studies from Deloitte and Fidelity to spearhead the longer reads section.

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"Satoshi’s vision... has inspired a whole generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to look at money, payments and banking from the first principles."

- Ajit Tripathi, Executive Director at Binance, ex ConsenSys and PwC Crypto (more from Ajit in the longer reads section)

🥇 The world's first centrally cleared Bitcoin ETN is launching on German stock exchange Xetra.

⛱️ Binance is set to launch a UK trading platform as soon as this summer.

🇹🇭 Thailand's government will be issuing savings bonds via blockchain.

🖥️ Big 4 auditor Ernst & Young launches a first of its kind cryptocurrency reporting app 'CryptoPrep'.

🗳️ The Russian Supreme Court makes landmark vote utilizing a Kaspersky-developed blockchain system.

🧍 Microsoft's decentralized identity tool is now live in beta.

🏝️ Mauritius is looking to attract FinTechs with a new STO trading system.

💳 BitPay releases a novel prepaid Mastercard, enabling users to convert USD to cryptocurrency for worldwide spending.

🤲 In Fintech, Fiat and Crypto Worlds are Converging: Opinion Piece by Ajit Tripathi

📋 From Promise to Reality: Deloitte's latest Global Blockchain Survey

🧮 More and More Institutional Investors Show Interested in Crypto: Fidelity Digital Assets Report

🌷 The New Anti-Money Laundering Law is Causing Confusion within the Crypto World: De Jurist (Dutch)

💸 Singaporean FinTech Fincy receives a $11 million capital boost.

🏞️ River Financial raises a $5.7 million Seed Round with participation from Polychain Capital.

🕹️ DMarket raises $6.5 million for its cross-game blockchain marketplace.

☀️ Blockchain-powered renewable energy startup Sun Exchange bags in $3 million.

🛫 US Air Force puts up $1.5 million in SIMBA Chain for a blockchain-based supply chain network.

💰 Tokenization startup Upvest raises $1 million to develop a prediction tool for Ethereum gas price.

⛓️ One of Aeternity's co-founders and creator of Aeternity's venture arm, Nikola Stojanow, leads the launch of a new $111 million venture fund for blockchain development in emerging markets.

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