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Gilbert Verdian

Founder and CEO

Quant

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25 Sep 2019

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Saving blockchain’s soul: Why digital asset innovation is no longer out of reach for SMEs

Blockchain technology has long been lauded for its promise of decentralisation, security, and scalability. But despite these lofty ideals, adoption has been slow. The complexity involved in implementing blockchain solutions has proven to be a significant obstacle, particularly for small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). There are currently hundreds o...

31 July 2023 /security /startups Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

DLT in 2023: Out of the blocks

Blockchain use cases abounded in 2022, but we’ve only scratched the surface of what this transformative technology can help achieve. What’s coming down the track in 2023 for the interplay between distributed ledger technology (DLT) and the financial services sector? 1. There will be agreement that the unregulated crypto experiment has failed ...

09 January 2023 /regulation /wholesale

A $250m blockchain blunder down under: What can we learn?

The last few weeks have not been good for the reputation of blockchain industry. The collapse of the crypto exchange, FTX, has put bad actors and the unregulated trading of cryptocurrency into the spotlight. In more regulated spheres, we saw the $250m write-off by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that pulled the plug on its supposed, world...

05 December 2022 /crypto /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

A sound regulatory approach for digital assets

New rules, like the UK’s Financial Services and Markets Bill and the EU’s Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), should be welcomed, argues Quant’s Founder and CEO, Gilbert Verdian. Republished with the permission of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence. Over the last five years, investment in cryptocurrency increased from $100 billion to a market cap...

11 October 2022 /regulation /crypto Trends in Financial Services

The Merge: blockchain sheds its toxic reputation

Many businesses that would benefit from the blockchain have been avoiding it. Its carbon footprint, expense, and links to volatile cryptocurrencies contributed to blockchain harbouring a toxic reputation that it couldn’t shake, and businesses wouldn’t touch. That was until ‘the Merge’. This – now widely used – term references the restructure of the...

30 September 2022 /payments /predictions Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services