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Provenance Blockchain is seeking an Executive Director to promote the Provenance RWA story to the native crypto audience, move the foundation offshore and list HASH (the utility token of Provenance) on the centralized exchanges. This is a high profile role in a well funded foundation, with significant upside. Here is what they need: 1.) Experience selling L1/tokens/stablecoins into a crypto native community. 2.) Experience listing coins on major CEXs. 3.) Living - or willing to locate to - a non-US location where the foundation will be domiciled. DM me if you or someone you know has a track record to get this done.

We are saddened to share that our former and long-standing Secretary General and CEO Gilbert Lichter passed away on 20 November 2023. With Gilbert Lichter, the EBA Family and the Single Euro Payments Area have lost one of their founding fathers – a formidable leader and community builder with a strong pan-European vision. A true European, Gilbert steered the EBA, EBA CLEARING and PRETA on an extraordinarily successful course, supporting the creation of the European payments infrastructure landscape throughout the ECU years, the introduction of the euro and the migration to SEPA. As leader of the Euro Banking Association and later EBA CLEARING, Gilbert Lichter helped to shape the pan-European payments ecosystem since first serving as EBA Secretary General from 1986 to 1989. Returning to this position in 1992, he also became the first CEO of EBA CLEARING in 1998. Under his leadership, the EBA community designed and launched EURO1 and STEP2, the now systemically important euro payment systems, and was at the forefront of many other pan-European innovation and harmonisation initiatives, such as the move to instant payments. Gilbert concluded his successful journey with EBA CLEARING in 2015 and with the EBA in 2016. Born in Luxembourg, Gilbert was a graduate from the University of Saarbrücken, Germany, and started his career with Banque Internationale à Luxembourg. He was a member of the Managing Board of CEDEL S.A. in Luxembourg between 1989 and 1992. After retiring from EBA CLEARING and the EBA, he served on the Boards of CLS Group Holdings AG and CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd, and continued to serve on the Board of EBA CLEARING’s fully-owned subsidiary PRETA. Gilbert’s visionary power and his ability to inspire others not only made a difference in the construction of SEPA – they also left a major footprint in the lives of the people he engaged with. His energy and astuteness, his vision and his pragmatism will be dearly missed by many. We mourn the loss of Gilbert Lichter and are grateful for everything he has done for the EBA community and the wider payments ecosystem in and beyond Europe. Gilbert leaves behind his wife, his daughter and his grandson. Our thoughts are with his family in this time of grief.

We’re thrilled to announce a collaboration on an innovative POC led by Onyx by J.P. Morgan and Apollo Global Management, Inc., and alongside Axelar Network and Oasis Pro, to enable active indexing and rebalancing of institutional-grade portfolios across multiple blockchain networks. This collaborative venture, initiated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), demonstrated #interoperability (via Axelar Network) between Onyx by J.P. Morgan and a private, permissioned Provenance Blockchain Zone. This is the Holy Grail of #capitalmarkets operating #blockchain, the ability to buy, move & rebalance assets within and across blockchains easily, efficiently, and securely. This next-gen solution aims to reshape the $5.5T portfolio management business, and democratize access to alternative assets. And it delivers material value: ▶ Reduces 3000+ operational steps to 1 automated process for wealth managers  ▶ Reduces portfolio fees ~20% as a result of reducing cash drag through faster, programmatic settlement  ▶ Enables $400Bn annual revenue opportunity for the broader AWM industry A big thank you to J.P. Morgan, Apollo Global Management, Inc., Axelar Network, Oasis Pro for the collaboration! Keep your 👀 open for more to come... Read on 👇 ▶️ https://bit.ly/3SCep7y ▶️ https://bit.ly/3sCFQ6D

Please join our LinkedIn Live this Friday. Mike Cagney, Figure CEO, and I will discuss Blockchain and the Current Regulatory Environment. Moderated by Dov Marmor, CEO at quiltmind.

In tomorrow's The Wall Street Journal, Charlie Calomiris and I discuss how dangerous a de-dollarized world is for America, and how the demand for stablecoins in the developing world is countering moves by some governments to drop the dollar. The work of Circle, Coinbase, PayPal, Paxos and others to issue credible dollar-backed stablecoins is as important as the work of startups like Nomad, Juno, Lemon Cash, Caliza and their brethren in bringing stable savings and payment products to countries with runaway inflation. These products can't succeed without a credible US regulatory framework, which is why Chairman Patrick McHenry's stablecoin bill deserves bipartisan support. #banking #financialservices #stablecoins #crypto https://lnkd.in/gUq6nHEA