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Back in 2016, I was fortunate to be part of the team chosen for a week-long workshop/training on Blockchain. We were introduced to the basics, formed teams and built some use cases to understand how it works. Subsequently, I could also participate in building proof-of-concept on payments and trade finance. There was, and continues to be, a lot of ...
13 February 2023 /wholesale /predictions
Conor Svensson CEO at Web3 Labs
For many, the ups and downs of cryptocurrencies have had too significant a bearing on their perception of the technology powering this nascent asset class — DLT and blockchain technology. For those of us interested in the technology, what's happening with cryptocurrencies has no bearing on our plans. What can be achieved with shared ledgers and tok...
12 January 2023 /wholesale /crypto
Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group
Can blockchains be used as incentive networks for encouraging green activity and renewables? ESG is an important use case for blockchain. Regulators are understandably concerned about green investing and specifically, greenwashing, and the chain doesn’t lie, so blockchain technology is entirely aligned with achieving ESG objectives and guidelines. ...
03 December 2022 /wealth /sustainable
Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA
Early October SWIFT launched two publications describing the results of two important experiments, one on interoperability and the other on tokenization. In these publications SWIFT has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) network following an 8-month experiment on different technologies and currencies. SWIFT t...
07 November 2022 /crypto
L2 is a collective name for solutions that solve the problems of scalability and speed on blockchain, primarily in the Ethereum network. We’ll tell you about the most popular L2 protocols, their advantages and drawbacks, and what will happen to them now that Ethereum has switched to Proof-of-Stake. L2 and Vitalik Buterin’s trilemma Back in 2016,...
28 October 2022 /crypto
Blockchain networks use mining to create and validate new blocks of transactions and secure the network. Simply put, cryptocurrency mining is a process of creating new digital coins. Bitcoin and many other blockchain networks use the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus algorithm for cryptocurrency mining. Proof of work is a system where computers compe...
14 October 2022 /crypto /markets
It was great to be at CordaCon 2022 in London last week where I enjoyed several insightful conversations with fellow DLT & blockchain specialists! I just wanted to share with you my main business takeaways from the two day event: Key takeaways from CordaCon: The crucial talking point was the scope and potential of CBDCs, with over 80% of centr...
05 October 2022 /crypto
When was the first time you tried playing a game? Did you win? Did your team win? Don't we all have many memories attached to the games that we have played over the years? For many gamers, gaming is something that expands beyond the screen and the console. Gamers have rejoiced in the wins and losses equally. To be precise, gamers have an inexplic
20 August 2022 /cloud /markets
I am a music fan. Of all sorts, from classic, to pop, to etc. In the sixteenths I visited the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Plumpton South England. And there I saw Deep Purple for the first time. It was great. Recently I read that, notwithstanding the music industry is an incredibly big business, many artists still have a pover life. This whi...
15 August 2022 /crypto
Introduction The world of cryptos has been beholden to the frenzied and bullish run of NFTs in 2021. It's 2022, and the total market cap of NFTs is around 23 billion dollars. The NFT headlines are roaring millions. When an NFT is purchased, you might not necessarily own the piece of art because NFT does not convey copyright or any other utilizing
18 July 2022 /crypto
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