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Konstantin Rabin

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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 Blockchain Observations

Brexit’s danger to bank bonds in EU and UK

We have all had it by discussing all of the issues that come with Brexit. There have been more delays in the final decision on Brexit than we can account for and, at this point, the people cannot help but wonder whether it even poes poses a risk to anyone anymore. Some seem to think that the Parliament will simply keep pushing the deadline away fo...

23 May 2019 Banking Architecture

The new age of investment

At the risk of sounding like Bob Dylan, the times are a changing, and we must try to keep up. The age of passive investment, investment managers and large scale investment funds making decisions for the people is slowly coming to an end. With the international reach of private brokers, such as Hargreaves Lansdown, allowing people to have incredib...

19 April 2019 /ai

Crypto infographic with all of the basic information you need

I recently stumbled upon a very interesting infographic that I think captures the current state of the cryptocurrency world very well. The infographic was published by Forexnewsnow and captures some of the important statistics about the world of cryptocurrency today. Cryptocurrency regulation map The first map on the infographic is the cryptocurren...

15 April 2019 /regulation

Local expert opinions on how effective ESMA regulations are

In our previous discussion about ESMA, we were praising the regulatory move by the EU for its potential to protect retail clients from irks. But, after taking a close look at the effect that the regulation was having on the operation of brokes, we became slightly skeptical. We realized that there were some issues with the regulation that we were n...

12 April 2019 /regulation

The effect of uncertainty on UK business over the past two years

Brexit is the great big British nightmare of the past two years that we can’t seem to be able to wake up from. The ongoing nightmare has been an endless question mark for the entire world. What is more terrifying is that fact that even in the end game of Brexit, when we are still unsure what the British are planning on. They just asked for another...

08 April 2019 /startups

INATBA: EU seeking ways for widespread adoption of Blockchain, and what this means for the industry

The past few days have seen a surge in the value of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. The bulls are on parade and the world of cryptocurrency trade is stirring. Some speculate that this might be the institutional investors finally making it onto the market because of the single one hundred million dollar USD buy order. Although today I wou...

03 April 2019 /regulation

The love hate relationship of Wall Street and the Crypto Industry

One of the most interesting relationships over the past year and a half to watch develop globally has been that of Wall Street and the crypto industry. At the peak of the crypto boom, Wall Street was salivating over the idea of investing into cryptos, hoping to make as much profit out of it as possible This attitude has soured over the past year, ...

25 March 2019 /devops

What can the Crypto industry jobs tell us about the future?

The cryptocurrency industry is on the rise, and it is no longer just an industry dedicated to currency. Many thought that 2017/2018 was the peak year for the crypto industry when hundreds of currencies and startups were created and destroyed. This is no longer true. While the currencies might have been experiencing a decline as of late, the indust...

18 March 2019 Blockchain Observations

Top Fintech startups from South Africa to look out for in 2019

Fintech has become a big deal in South Africa in the last couple of years. A large part of the African population is unbanked (They do no use the services of traditional banking systems). Because of this, an implementation of new ways to approach these problems became relevant, that’s when the Fintech companies stepped in. Especially in South Afri...

05 March 2019 /startups Innovation in Financial Services

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