Blockchain Observations

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Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

What is the actual use of cryptocurrencies?

In the early years of their existence, the concept of cryptocurrencies seemed like nothing more than a joke or a financial scam to the majority of the people who heard of them. The moment you brought up the topic, you would either be considered a scammer or one who had been scammed and dismissed. We have come a long way since then. The world has l...

01 August 2019

Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA

Towards a central bank digital currency: retail versus wholesale

Since Facebook announced its plans to come up with their own digital currency named Libra, a heated debate has risen about whether central banks should issue their own digital currency. Central banks worldwide have expressed their worries about Facebook’s plan. According to them the prospect of a tech firm (and may be also others in the future) wi...

26 July 2019

Rohas Nagpal Chief Blockchain Architect at Hybrid Finance (HyFi) Blockchain

10 things you must know about the Govt. of India Blockchain Report

The much-awaited Government of India report on blockchain and virtual currencies is finally available for the public. The report: promises a massive boost to the blockchain sector in India, and delivers a fatal blow to bitcoin, Ripple XRP, ethereum, and other crypto-currencies through the proposed law titled “Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regula...

23 July 2019

Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA

Facebook and Libra: the new global currency?

Since Facebook announced to launch a new digital currency, the Libra, a complete media craze arose. The one blogger stumbled as it were over the other. And while the one group sings hosanna over this initiative (a salvation for the bankless), warning signals come especially from the supervisors and regulators part (time bomb under the global money...

01 July 2019

Retired Member 

How Blockchain Is Reshaping the Marketing Landscape

Marketing is one of the many fields that have seen a huge impact from blockchain, and we’re likely only seeing the tip of the iceberg too. As the technology around blockchain continues to improve, we’re likely going to see even more effects from it not only in the field of marketing, but many others as well. And just like previous developments su...

26 June 2019

Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank

Liberate LIBRA off the currency war, and let it find its meaningful place as a STO.

Calvin Coolidge said "Doubters do not achieve, skeptics do not contribute, and cynics do not create". At the outset let me truthfully confess that I am neither of the three on this subject. On the contrary, I truly believe that we are changing the world as how business is conducted, and transactions are processed, “one blockchain at a ti...

22 June 2019 /regulation

Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA

Blockchain: A game-changer for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises?

In many countries Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbones of their economy. Their role is crucial to worldwide economic and social developments, with more than half of the overall world population working in such companies. In the Netherlands for instance, more than 90% of the Dutch companies are SMEs and together they produce ...

18 June 2019

Retired Member 

Cryptocurrency -- All about Bitcoin and Bitcoin Wallets

It didn’t take very long at all for Bitcoin to become very popular amongst people, and when did, so many people began to invest in this coin. No matter what type of cryptocurrency you take part in, you need a place to keep your coins safely. This would generally require an app or a bitcoin wallet of some sort. There are plenty of Bitcoin wallets t...

07 June 2019

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

The damage that cryptocurrency trading bots could be doing to exchanges

Trading software and trading algorithms are not a new addition to today’s markets, especially if you consider the fact that most of the trading that happens on traditional financial asset markets is done by these “bots”. It makes sense for them to exist and operate in the markets the way they do. The bots are much faster than humans and they are m...

31 May 2019

Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA

Blockchain-as-a-Service: the accelerator for blockchain adoption

Blockchain technology has attracted growing interest from various businesses from large corporates to SMEs. But a large scale adoption by corporates and others has long time been hindered by the lack of options. But that is changing. When interacting with the blockchain they have now two options. They can either set up their node directly, thereby ...

30 May 2019