The clock has run out on Protego Trust Co.'s bid to launch as a federally chartered digital asset bank after it did not meet all required regulatory preconditions on schedule, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency told Law360 on Friday.
Innovators with a shared interest of increasing data privacy and security find common ground with secure Multiparty Computation (MPC)
San Francisco, 18 October 2022 – Meta, Bosch and nearly three dozen other companies have recently joined the MPC Alliance.
Protego Trust Bank in Seattle, a bank in formation with plans to open this year, named financial technology veteran Ron Totaro its first chief executive.
A100x Launches Venture Fund to Advance Blockchain and Emerging Technologies for Impact
A100x announced today the launch of a rolling venture fund committed to investing in companies that apply blockchain, AI and other emerging technologies to promote environmental, social and economic impact. It will specifically focus on verticals including food and drug supply chains, healthcare, climate, and financial services (democratization of capital and fractionalization of illiquid assets).
The fund is run by Alex Bulkin, cofounder of Coinfund and a former technologist at Goldman Sachs, and Nisa Amoils, Grasshopper Capital and Scout Ventures alum, securities and corporate lawyer, and digital asset columnist and a host of other digital asset programs. A100x’s advisory board includes Sandra Familet, Rumi Morales, Kenny Rowe, Nitin Gaur and Kevin Goldstein, who are all known executives in the blockchain sector. In the past, the A100x team has invested in many successful important sector c