US Regional Banks Back Cari Network's Tokenized Deposit Platform Built on ZKsync's Prividium
Cari Network has selected ZKsync's Prividium infrastructure to build a permissioned tokenized deposit platform for US regional banks.
Articles by Nikolas Sargeant
Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
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