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Unlocking Payments in Bitcoin: What Does the Next Evolution in DeFi Look Like?

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Crypto License Choices in 2025: EU Stability or Global Flexibility?

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The Degen Banker: When Wall Street Meets Crypto Twitter

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Stablecoins Are the Dollar’s Digital Future

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James Strudwick Executive Director at Starknet Foundation

Unlocking Payments in Bitcoin: What Does the Next Evolution in DeFi Look Like?

No matter how big, institutionalised, or mainstream crypto becomes, Bitcoin remains central to the entire movement. Even today, it’s still the most recognised, widely held, and deeply trusted digital asset in the world. While its popularity and brand recognition continue to dwarf its competitors, Bitcoin’s utility has remained somewhat limited. Un...

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Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers

Crypto License Choices in 2025: EU Stability or Global Flexibility?

As regulations tighten and governments show increasing interest in building Bitcoin reserves, more companies are turning to jurisdictions that maintain a supportive stance on digital assets, offering clear guidelines without excessive red tape. In this article we explore key licensing issues for crypto businesses in 2025. We assess the new EU lands...

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Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.

The Degen Banker: When Wall Street Meets Crypto Twitter

Once upon a time, calling yourself a “degen” was financial heresy. It meant you YOLO’d into dog coins, aped into DeFi yield farms with 6,000% APRs, and spent more time in Discord than on Bloomberg. You were a creature of chaos, allergic to compliance decks and powered by memes and Metamask. But times have changed. Today, the degen banker is no lon...

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John Wu President at Ava Labs

Stablecoins Are the Dollar’s Digital Future

Back on January 15, 1520, the Kingdom of Bohemia started minting silver coins, stamped with the Bohemian lion. They called them Joachimsthalers, after the town where they were made. Over time, that name shortened to "talers" and eventually evolved into the Spanish dólar. Fast forward a couple of centuries, and Alexander Hamilton, U.S. Tr...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Increasing role of cryptocurrencies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recently a growing number of blogs and articles have been published focussing on the increased adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in Africa especially in Sub Saharan Africa. According to these reports Africa is the fastest-growing cryptocurrency market among developing economies This is driven by crypto friendly regulation in a...

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Mastering the Transition to ISO 20022

Strategies for Compliance and Automated Testing in Financial Services With a regulatory storm incoming, the need for testing solutions – whether they be generic or tailored – is greater than ever before. As the financial services industry undergoes a vast amount change, particularly around the introduction of new rails on the ISO 20022 framework, these tests are proving vital for international banks and other institutions in the chain. Yet, for this sector change is not a binary phase; it is almost always underway. To tackle this challenge in a sustainable way, automation is key – giving institutions the confidence to weather the storm of regulation with ease. With the ISO 20022 standard now a prerequisite, organisations must convince their business leaders that the migration mandated for November is not just an IT project – it is fundamental to company-wide strategy. This impact study, produced in association with Unifits and featuring expert commentary from BearingPoint and Accenture, explores how institutions can master the transition to ISO 20022 and streamline compliance through automated testing. Discover: The impact and evolution of testing The benefits of testing automation The strategic role of technology and compliance Trends to watch: New rails and regulations Real-world case studies And more.

16 September 2024 500 downloads

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The Future of Digital Banking in Europe 2024

A Money20/20 Special Edition. In 2023, fintech investment in the EMEA region dropped to $24.5 billion, down from $49.6 billion in 2022 – a seven year low. Macroeconomic and global political conditions are creating challenges for growth, with upcoming general elections around the world adding to the uncertainties in financial ecosystems. Despite these challenges, the outlook for European digital banking remains positive. The region continues to lead in innovation within the financial sector. This Finextra report, a Special Edition for Money20/20 Europe, features interviews with key players in the European financial services and fintech industries. It includes insights from Vodeno, EY, J.P. Morgan, Swift, Tink, and TrueLayer, and explores the following topics that will be addressed in Amsterdam: Hyper-personalisation: Moving towards super apps Embedded payments driving the Banking-as-a-Service revolution Variable recurring payments: The next step in European open banking Is Europe ready for MiCA? From Web1 to Web3, or Markets1 to Markets3 How European fintech is facing macro challenges

04 June 2024 992 downloads

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The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2024

2023 was characterised by increasing amounts of uncertainty and a lack of clarity across the financial world. The collapse of banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republican Bank, in March 2023, added strain to already unsettled financial markets. While market volatility has remained relatively stable, soaring inflation and climbing interest rates slowed economic growth and this is expected to continue into 2024. While forecasts regarding the length and severity of a possible recession are speculative, experts are even more divided about stock market predictions for 2024. Optimism is strong in many investors who expect that 2024 is the year rates will stop rising and predict bullish turns that will see markets soar to new heights. Yet with many other factors affecting North American markets, the only certainty we can expect as we look towards 2024 is more uncertainty. This Finextra report on the outlook of North American banking trends, is produced in association with Money20/20 and includes key insights and commentary from industry experts at EY and Mastercard.

23 October 2023 741 downloads

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Chainlink Unveils New Privacy and Interoperability Solutions for Blockchain Adoption

At Sibos 2024, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, highlighted the growing adoption of blockchain technology by asset managers, driven by efficiency gains in settlement, payments, and collateral management. Nazarov announced the launch of two key privacy-focused tools: the Blockchain Privacy Manager and CCIP Private Transactions, designed to ensure secure, private transactions across multiple blockchains. He also emphasised the importance of interoperability, introducing Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which aims to enable seamless asset and system integration in the evolving digital assets landscape.

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The Impact of Political Change on Blockchain Integration

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Combating Cyber Threats: The role of AI, Partnerships and Education

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How Will New Technologies Shape the Future of Payments?

23 October 2024

Online Checkout and Payment Security – Balancing Act and Moving Target?

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Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s US cryptoasset collaboration means

At the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) 2025, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves took the stage to speak on the Government’s commitment to supporting and advancing the fintech sector. Reeves discussed UK-US collaboration on fostering an environment primed for digital asset development, new additions to the Pensions Schemes Bill, and ...

30 April 2025

The challenges of longer and faster equity markets

Martin Walker Research Fellow at Warwick Business School

The challenges of longer and faster equity markets

This piece was co-authored by Atharva Nirdesh Varshney, MSc Business Analytics graduate at Warwick Business School. There are two, much-publicised trends at play in equity markets. One is the shrinking of the settlement cycle, the period between executing a trade and exchanging securities for money. The other is extension of the trading day. Longe...

23 April 2025

Tornado Cash: The end of sanctions, a decentralised future, and financial privacy

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Tornado Cash: The end of sanctions, a decentralised future, and financial privacy

In a monumental shift in regulatory policy, the US government has reversed its decision to sanction Tornado Cash, the decentralised cryptocurrency mixer that has been a subject of intense debate since 2022. As reported by CoinDesk, Tornado Cash has been “accused of helping North Korea’s Lazarus Group launder stolen funds from its various hacks a...

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