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Brane President Jerome Dwight to Share Vision for a Healthy Canadian Crypto Ecosystem at Canada Fintech Forum on October 29th
Ottawa, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – October 21, 2021) – Jerome Dwight, President of Brane Inc. (“Brane”), a leading independent cryptocurrency custody solutions provider, will be a keynote speaker and panelist at the 2021 Canada FinTech Forum, taking place virtually on October 27-29.
Mr. Dwight is a former Chief Executive Officer of Canadian operations for Bank of New York Mellon, the world’s largest custodian bank, and former Global Market Head for Royal Bank of Canada’s International Wealth Management, Corporate, and Institutional businesses – where he oversaw RBC’s rapid global expansion across Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
In his remarks, Mr. Dwight will explain why independent custody is a critical missing component in the Canadian crypto ecosystem.
He will explain the pressing danger of a significant exchange collapse like those of QuadrigaCX and Mt. Gox, with damaging losses for crypto investors, unless independent custody without conflicts of interest is solidified as a pillar of the cryptocurrency market.
“It’s urgent that all market participants including policy makers, regulators, and financial institutions work together to create a sound regulatory environment and a resilient market ecosystem that will protect investors in cryptocurrencies and enable everyone to benefit from the economic opportunity of the world’s new asset class,” said Mr. Dwight. “With our cutting-edge technology, regulatory-first posture, strong leadership team, and commitment to independence, Brane will play a key role in bringing credibility, confidence, and security to the new financial services ecosystem. I look forward to sharing our perspective with participants across Canada and around the world at the Canada FinTech Forum.”
The annual Canada FinTech Forum, an initiative of Finance Montreal, is an international gathering that showcases new global trends in fintech, new applications of technology for the financial industry, and growing fintech start-ups like Brane.
Other featured speakers at the Canada FinTech Forum include leaders from ATB Financial, RBC, BMO Financial Group, National Bank of Canada, Desjardins Group, BNP Paribas, IBM, Portage Ventures, Questrade, Wealthsimple, and the Bank of Canada.
Mr. Dwight will open the program at 12:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 29th. Registration for the Canada FinTech Forum is available at www.forumfintechcanada.com.
For more information
Emile Scheffel
[email protected]
(343) 961-3318
About Brane:
Founded in 2017, Brane Inc. is an independent, carbon neutral, Canadian crypto custody service provider helping institutional clients unlock the opportunities of blockchain and digital assets. Brane Vault, its core digital asset custody technology, is third-party certified to stringent global standards including ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, and NIST CSF Tier 4, and insured against theft and crime.
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Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, GPTW recognizes the world’s Best Workplaces in a series of national lists including those published by The Globe & Mail (Canada) and Fortune magazine (USA). Great Place to Work provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Visit us at www.greatplacetowork.ca or find us on Twitter at @GPTW_Canada.
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Blocks & Headlines: Today in Blockchain – May 7, 2025 | Coinbase, Riot Games, Curve DAO, Litecoin, AR.IO
Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency landscape is as dynamic as ever, with marquee partnerships, industry-wide reckonings, and groundbreaking applications reshaping how we think about digital assets. In this op-ed style daily briefing, we explore five major developments from May 6 – 7, 2025:
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Coinbase & Riot Games Forge Esports Alliance
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“Too Many Blockchains?” Industry Introspection
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Blockchain’s Health-Tech Revolution
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Valour Adds Curve DAO & Litecoin ETPs in the Nordics
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AR.IO Enables Credit-Card Onramps for Web3 Identity & Hosting
Through concise yet detailed coverage, we analyze each story’s implications for blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3, DeFi, and NFTs. Welcome to your Blocks & Headlines daily briefing—where opinion meets analysis.
1. Coinbase & Riot Games Forge Esports Alliance
Source: Coinbase Blog
Date: May 6, 2025
In a landmark partnership that bridges digital finance with digital competition, Coinbase has been named the exclusive cryptocurrency exchange and official blockchain technology partner of Riot Games’ global League of Legends and VALORANT esports events. Starting with the VCT Masters tournament in Toronto on June 7, Coinbase will integrate “live Econ Reports” and “Gold Grind” segments into broadcasts, offering running analyses of in-game currency flows, alongside exclusive digital drops like emotes and icons redeemable by viewers.
Opinion: This move is a masterstroke for mainstream crypto adoption. Esports’ digitally native fanbase aligns perfectly with blockchain’s ethos of transparency and community governance. Coinbase’s embrace of in-game analytics not only educates viewers on micro-economies but also paves the way for future on-chain game mechanics—potentially unlocking true digital ownership of skins and items as NFTs. Expect other exchanges to follow suit or risk missing out on Gen Z’s next frontier of fandom.
2. “Too Many Blockchains?” Industry Introspection
Source: Blockworks
Date: May 6, 2025
As venture capital floods yet another dozen Layer-1 protocols each quarter, seasoned observers are questioning sustainability. Donovan Choy of Blockworks highlights that new chains like Camp Network, Unto, and Miden collectively raised north of $70 million in the past week alone—despite Sui’s market-cap spike lacking any commensurate fee revenue. While some attribute this proliferation to speculative greed chasing the elusive L1 premium, others credit genuine technical divergence—differing visions on execution environments, MEV capture, and data-availability layers.
Opinion: The free market appears to be self-correcting: L1 valuations are compressing, and public markets are already signaling fatigue. Yet, technical fragmentation has its merits—competition drives innovation in consensus, sharding, and gas-fee economics. The looming challenge is application-chain misalignment: developers face choice paralysis and liquidity fragmentation. A pivot toward cross-chain composability—and perhaps the rise of federated execution environments—will determine which chains survive the next cycle. Investors should look for interoperability roadmaps rather than mere tokenomics hype.
3. Blockchain’s Health-Tech Revolution
Source: DataHorizzon Research via OpenPR
Date: May 7, 2025
Blockchain in healthcare is projected to surge from a $4.57 billion market in 2023 to $34.7 billion by 2033 (CAGR 22.9%). Key drivers include:
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Data Integrity & Security: Immutable ledgers ensure tamper-proof electronic health records, bolstering HIPAA and GDPR compliance.
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Interoperability: Permissioned smart contracts automate cross-institutional data access, alleviating EHR fragmentation.
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Supply-Chain Traceability: Real-time drug tracking combats counterfeits and streamlines recalls.
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Claims Automation: Shared ledgers reduce fraud and billing lags via automated smart-contract adjudication.
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Research Collaboration: Timestamped trial data and consent forms create verifiable audit trails.
Leading players—IBM Watson Health, Guardtime, Longenesis, Chronicled, BurstIQ, and more—are moving beyond pilots in Estonia and Merck’s vaccine cold-chain projects toward enterprise-scale rollouts.
Opinion: Healthcare’s conservative nature makes blockchain’s strides here particularly noteworthy. The confluence of AI analytics with secure datasets promises predictive diagnostics powered by immutable provenance. Yet, regulatory uncertainty and integration with legacy EHR platforms remain significant hurdles. The winners will be those who offer turnkey compliance frameworks and hybrid on-chain/off-chain models that respect “right to be forgotten” laws while preserving auditability.
4. Valour Adds Curve DAO & Litecoin ETPs in the Nordics
Source: GlobeNewswire (via GlobeNewswire and CoinCentral)
Date: May 7, 2025
DeFi Technologies’ subsidiary Valour has listed single-asset SEK-denominated ETPs for Curve DAO (CRV) and Litecoin (LTC) on Sweden’s Spotlight Stock Market—bringing its Nordic ETP lineup to over 67 products on the path to 100 by year-end. Upcoming listings include Tron (TRX), Stellar (XLM), and leveraged Bitcoin (BTC 2×) and Ethereum (ETH 2×) products.
Opinion: ETPs bridge traditional capital markets with on-chain assets, offering regulated wrappers for institutional and retail investors. Valour’s Nordic expansion underscores Europe’s leadership in crypto security tokenization. However, as ETP count balloons, product fatigue may set in. Success lies not in sheer quantity but in thematic curation and transparent fee structures—particularly for DeFi-native tokens like CRV, where governance risk and protocol upgrades can materially impact value.
5. AR.IO Enables Credit-Card Onramps for Web3 Identity & Hosting
Source: Chainwire (as published by MENAFN)
Date: May 6, 2025
AR.IO—the world’s first permanent cloud network built on Arweave—has launched “Turbo,” an open-source bundler that lets users purchase Arweave credits via credit card for its ArNS domain‐name and web-hosting service. ArNS domains are immutable smart contracts on Arweave, offering permanent websites and on-chain identities without renewal fees, served by 400+ decentralized gateways.
Opinion: Simplifying fiat → crypto onramps remains a critical barrier for mainstream Web3 adoption. By integrating credit-card payments, AR.IO lowers friction for developers and businesses wanting censorship-resistant hosting. The true long-term play is embedding real-world payment rails into decentralized infrastructure—setting a precedent for other ledger-based services (e.g., Filecoin, IPFS pinning). If AR.IO can combine permanency with user-friendly billing, we may witness a tipping point in Web3’s shift from hobbyist experiments to enterprise solutions.
Conclusion
Today’s slate of headlines spans from consumer-facing esports innovations to deep industry self-reflection, from life-saving healthcare applications to sophisticated investment vehicles, and finally, critical infrastructure enabling mainstream onramps. Across every sector—gaming, finance, healthcare, asset management, and infrastructure—the recurring theme is bridging gaps:
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On-chain & off-chain: through fiat onramps and traditional ETP listings
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New chains & legacy systems: via interoperability and hybrid architectures
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Speculation & real-world utility: with tangible ROI in healthcare and esports
For enthusiasts and professionals alike, the imperative is clear: focus on solutions that marry blockchain’s core benefits—transparency, security, decentralization—with seamless user experiences and regulatory alignment. Only then will we see blockchain and crypto transcend niche fervor to become indispensable pillars of tomorrow’s digital economy.
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