626 Results from /crypto
Todd Crosland Founder and CEO at CoinZoom
Born partly in reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency was created as a radical alternative to the traditional financial industry. Rewind 15 years: banks that were “too big to fail” had failed and subsequently caused mass panic across the globe. These institutions that held most of the population’s money, lent out trillions of dollar...
12 May 2023 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Mousser Rahmouni Head of Strategic Partnerships at Striga
How to Ramp Crypto and Easily Embed Crypto Off-Ramp Features with Striga's APIs In the world of finance, crypto off-ramp is a crucial feature that allows companies to unlock new revenue streams by providing a way for users to sell their cryptocurrency and convert it into fiat currency. But how exactly does it work, and how can businesses embed it...
12 May 2023 /payments /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Janine Grainger CEO at Easy Crypto
From the comfort of a desk or couch in many first world countries, crypto might be seen as something to invest in and hold for the long term; or a niche investment opportunity. This is a valid use case; but it isn’t the only one. For many people around the world, crypto is a way to rise above political and economical instability with the potential...
11 May 2023 /crypto
(First published April 2023) Type “financial system challenges” into Google and over one billion, four hundred and fifty million results will pop up in milliseconds — a number so large I had to pause and count the zeros. Could cryptocurrency (crypto) offer pathways to achieving innovative, real-world solutions to some of these? All over the globe,...
10 May 2023 /crypto
Retired Member
Cryptocurrency Ethereum, in early 2021 processed over one million transactions a day, a figure that stayed relatively stable in recent years. It is a meteoric growth, given its humble beginnings in August 2015. The use of digital tokens and decentralised systems powered by blockchain technology has exploded over the years, giving rise to issues li...
10 May 2023 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
The failure of FTX and Silicon Valley Bank both involved investors seeking to withdraw billions of dollars after realising the exchange / bank were on shaky ground. To the layman, this is often where the parallel ends. In reality, there are some important similarities between these failures. Critically, there are also lessons to glean around who w...
09 May 2023 /crypto
Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk
The recent approval of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) by the European Parliament marks a significant milestone in the regulation of the crypto-assets industry in Europe and beyond. MiCA will establish the first harmonized and comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets and related services and activities in Europe, whic...
07 May 2023 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
(First published February 2023) Nowadays, buying crypto can be done at the click of a few buttons once your account and wallet is set up. But while making a purchase is a simple matter of selecting your token and paying for it; it’s very easy to get caught up in convenience and overlook some vital steps that should come before trusting an exchange...
07 May 2023 /crypto
Some of the world's biggest brands are already involved - Nike, Disney, Budweiser, Warner Music and Starbucks. What exactly? Well, as Harvard Business Review put it, the “confusing, contested, exciting, utopian, scam-ridden, disastrous, democratizing, (maybe) decentralized world of Web3.” So, what's the hype all about? The term, first coined by Et...
05 May 2023 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Ritesh Jain Founder at Infynit / Former COO HSBC
Over the last few decades, "disruption" has become a prevailing mantra in the business world. Companies have been urged to disrupt industries, disrupt competitors, or even disrupt themselves to innovate and grow. Disruption is often seen as synonymous with innovation, and it is no wonder it has become a widely discussed topic. Whether
05 May 2023 /payments /crypto Innovation in Financial Services
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