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James Corcoran VP Engineering at KX
Crypto is having a coming-of-age moment. Admittedly, that moment currently looks like its awkward teenage years, wrought with angst, uncertainty, and self-doubt, but as the mighty George Harrison once sang, all things must pass, and when they do, what will the future look like? At KX, we have talked about the sector moving from an existential to ...
28 July 2022 /payments /crypto
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Introduction On 30 June 2022, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published an Enforcement Action Media Release stating that it had reprimanded ‘Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd.’ (3AC Singapore) for providing false information to MAS, and for exceeding its assets under management (AuM) threshold fo
25 July 2022 /crypto /markets
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Introduction In Part I of this Crypto Analysis Case Study, we identified the co-founders of the crypto hedge fund ‘Three Arrows Capital’ (3AC), namely Kyle Livingston Davies and Su Zhu, their background, the legal entities through which 3AC operated, and an overview of the types of crypto investments the
18 July 2022 /crypto /markets
Harriet Christie Chief Operating Officer at Mirrorweb
Following a year of intense highs and lows in the crypto market, March 2022 saw speculation intensify around a White House Executive Order that was supposedly imminent. President Biden signed the document on Wednesday March 9th, in what many viewed as a potential watershed moment for the industry. Legislative upheaval is, however, a meticulous pr...
18 July 2022 /regulation /crypto
Maria Stankevich
Since 2009, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have gone through many cycles of growth and recession, even within larger ongoing trends known as bull and bear markets. Though every market decline to date has been accompanied by recovery and significant growth, so-called crypto winter can be very stressful and difficult to survive through for both ...
13 July 2022 /crypto /predictions
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Crypto Market Developments in Europe and the United States In Part I of this Blog Series, I noted that crypto commentators such as Moeller (2022) had made statements such as: “Enthusiasts view a spot ETF as a more legitimate method of investment because a spot ETF involves holding Bitcoin” and “Crypto i
05 July 2022 /crypto /markets
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Crypto Market Developments in Europe and the United States In Part I of this Blog Series, readers were introduced to underlying financial market fundamentals relating to ‘exchange-traded funds’ (ETFs). It was identified that the United States (US) and Europe formed the top two markets for ETFs globally (
29 June 2022 /crypto /markets
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Introduction In recent years, terms such as ‘Crypto ETF’, ‘Bitcoin ETF’, ‘Bitcoin futures ETF’, and ‘Bitcoin spot ETF’, seem to have been widely featured in crypto news articles. Yet, many of these cursory articles seem to skip crucial underlying financial market fundamentals. At the same time, many wri
28 June 2022 /crypto /markets
Anna Becker CEO and Co-founder at EndoTech
The world’s second-largest crypto trading platform FTX recently raised some eyebrows when it said its US affiliate will offer zero-commission equities trading. It is a pioneering move; although we have seen some mainstream financial platforms and fintechs, including Robinhood, Block and Sofi, launch crypto wallets, trading or other services, FTX i...
14 June 2022
Chris Harmse VP at BVNK
What's behind the boom in crypto payments? When it comes to cryptocurrencies, mainstream media and commentators seem to be fixated on the value of bitcoin, whether it’s soaring - or indeed slumping as is the case at the moment. The attention given to market volatility can distract casual observers from a lot of other positive innovations happening...
08 June 2022 /payments /crypto
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