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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

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Crypto in the frontline: victim or survivor

The war of Russia versus its neighbour Ukraine has triggered many countries from the West to impose severe sanctions, mainly aimed at hurting the oligarchs around president Putin. They are trying various ways to evade these sanctions as much as possible. Western countries led by the US now also have put crypto on the sanction list, as there are

06 April 2022 /crypto Blockchain Observations

Blockchain, crypto mining and the environment: towards sustainable solutions

Blockchain has always been presented as providing speed, efficiency and low costs. But there is also a flipside. Since the crypto industry is booming, including DeFi and NFT, and blockchain technology is going more mainstream the discussion of their negative impact on the environment is heightening. Blockchain consumes huge amounts of energy and t...

31 January 2022 /crypto Blockchain Observations

Main blockchain and crypto trends in 2022: unexpected expectations

For me it is becoming a sort of tradition. Writing a blog about the upcoming trends in the Blockchain and crypto arena for the next year and beyond. A year ago I concluded with the sentence: always expect the unexpected. And unexpected was the upcoming of the DeFi market, as well that of NFT. But also a growing number of traditional banks entering...

21 December 2021 /crypto /predictions Blockchain Observations

What is holding back blockchain adoption and what should be done?

Early this year I wrote a blog about the existing technology challenges that were holding back a more massive adoption of blockchain technology and of possible solutions that may tackle these. Though blockchain has many advantages this technology still has a lot of growing pains to go through before it could unlock its full potential. So I was won...

30 November 2021

Non-fungible Tokens: bubble or future?

A new phenomenon in the blockchain world are so-called NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Although NFTs have been around for some years, the market for digital art pieces, commemorative items, and other assets that now reside in blockchain ecosystems has exploded this year. The NFT market got an enormous boost after Christie’s auction house sold a digit...

31 October 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations

European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI): the European way to get most out of blockchain

While the crypto world is getting huge attention worldwide, one would almost forget the promising technology behind it: blockchain or more generally named distributed ledger technology (DLT). There are many projects ongoing using blockchain technology in various areas. One of these promising blockchain-based projects that was in the news recently i...

28 September 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations

Binance and regulatory scrutiny: changing times for the crypto market

Long-time regulators were not sure on if at all or how to handle the crypto ecosystem. But that has changed fundamentally with the crypto industry witnessing massive growth and interest from traditional institutions and major investors. This year has been a year of increased regulatory focus of the booming crypto market. The potential for crypto ex...

31 August 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations

Stablecoins are not that stable: what regulatory approach?

Stablecoins are one of the newest hot spots on the crypto market. They have the potential to enhance the efficiency of the provision of financial services including payments, and to promote financial inclusion. They might offer a new way to transact and retain value, starting to redefine modern finance. We all have seen their incredible growth in...

30 July 2021 /regulation /crypto Blockchain Observations

DeFi and Regulation: the European Approach

In an earlier blog about the newest trends in 2021 in the blockchain world I mentioned the spectacular growth in decentralised finance or DeFi. Decentralized finance, an unbundling of traditional finance, is challenging the centralized financial system by disempowering middlemen and facilitate peer-to-peer transactions and let users retain control...

28 June 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations

Blockchain, IoT and 5G: a marriage a trois

Long-time blockchain has been looked at as an isolated technology. Recently however we see a growing trend of blockchain being integrated with other technologies such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence amongst others. An interesting development that can be observed is the growing attention of corporates to use blockchain for IoT or Internet of T...

25 May 2021 /crypto Blockchain Observations

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