. This week saw a number of significant developments in the crypto space including the successful implementation of Ethereum's Shapella hard fork allowing fund withdrawals, ETH surpassing $2,000 and FTX's token, FTT, surging over 112%. Japan is looking to utilize OpenAI's technology while Twitter offers users the chance to trade cryptocurrency and stock. Plus Mastercard has a NFT-gated artist accelerator program free to Music Pass NFT holders until April.
Modern financial institutions need data to keep up with changing customer expectations and comply with legal regulations. Mastercard's Chief Data Officer JoAnn Stonier shares insights into its approach of optimizing their infrastructure with multicloud, quality assurance and security measures, supported by advanced analytics tools. Citi on the other hand tackles the issue of data sprawl by consolidating the data from multiple legacy systems and using external data providers, open-source tools and in-house analytics. Mastercard is dedicated to data protection and security, and continues to strive for data-driven insights and innovation.
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