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The New Zealand Dollar is the world’s tenth most-traded currency. Techemynt is the issuer of the NZDS, a blockchain-based stablecoin that combines the stability and value of the New Zealand dollar with the intrinsic utility of cryptocurrency to allow arbitrage, remittance, and payments in the global digital asset economy. This report explores the asset that backs NZDS and its current position as a heavily traded forex asset and the currency that underpins the New Zealand economy.

Decentralized Finance applications have experienced exponential growth in 2020 with a boom in the value of DeFi tokens and their protocols. The value of DeFi locked in the Ethereum blockchain grew from $4 in August 2017, to $14.37B at the end of November 2020. Some popular DeFi applications include lending, stablecoins, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), derivatives, synthetic assets, insurance, and asset management.

A retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would be a digital and universally accessible form of money issued by central banks. Objectives= anticipate the disappearance of cash, create efficient means of payment, and strengthen regulatory controls. Some central banks are testing blockchain/DLT frameworks while others use traditional software. The future CBDC solutions would probably combine design principles of traditional distributed systems with some of the design principles of blockchains and digital “wallets” to store cryptographic keys. It’s finally about creating new protocols with the infrastructure to enable the transfer of digital value.

In a world going to negative interest rates and no cash many traditional safe havens are turned on their head. From billionaires buying farms and building bunkers in New Zealand to investing in fresh water, this report with Valiendero Digital Assets explores the new paradigm of value. Rather than make price predictions for either bitcoin or gold, this report explores what the function, rather than the form, of a 21st century safe haven should be.

DEAL FLOW: 2019 investment overview and 2020 forecast is the essential investor guide to the blockchain space, providing a comprehensive listing of new capital raises, M&A activity, ICOs, IEOs, and STOs. Deal Flow identifies industry trends and follows the money with expert analysis and commentary - providing essential market intelligence for professional investors.

BNC Research's latest proprietary report on carbon credit trading demonstrates the digitizing of real-world value in the new economy. This report showcases a world-first use case of digitizing carbon credits, aimed at both investors and policymakers.

Last year, the Federal Reserve surpassed its debt ceiling and dislocations in the US money markets shed a light on a structural shift in the global banking system. Over the same period, decentralized finance (DeFi) has evolved to ‘version 2.0’ with MakerDAO upgrading to a multi-collateralized model and further cementing itself as the ‘DeFi Fed’. Is Maker actually doing things differently and can it provide a viable alternative credit system? 

A Bitcoin ETF continues to elude the US public, but does the market really need one - plus, what are the mechanics behind ETFs and the implications for digital assets?

This year the UN faces a funding crisis as the post-Bretton Woods governance system reaches its limits in the digital globalized economy, leaving a gap on the direction of globalization. Digital currencies are the globalization of money and corporations are starting to put their weight behind blockchain consortia