626 Results from /crypto
Kyla Curley Partner at StoneTurn
Stablecoins are designed to be stable and immune from the price volatility that plagues their crypto brethren. This makes stablecoins an integral part of the crypto ecosphere and an illustration for the use case of digital assets for business transactions, payment systems, and treasury functions. Stablecoins provide accessible on- and off-ramps be...
04 April 2023 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 / Nucleus365
Cryptocurrency’s resilience to market volatility remains strong. As the decentralised finance (De-Fi) markets continue to recover from the ‘crypto winter’ crypto’s facilitation in e-commerce is on the rise - with an estimated 100,000 businesses worldwide now accepting crypto payments. For example, several world-renowned sports teams now accept cry...
04 April 2023 /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Mousser Rahmouni Head of Strategic Partnerships at Striga
A fiat onramp is a financial service that allows individuals to convert their government-issued currency, also known as fiat currency, into a digital asset or cryptocurrency. This process is often referred to as “on-ramping”. One of the main benefits of using a fiat onramp is the convenience it offers. Instead of having to go through the time-consu...
31 March 2023 /payments /crypto Digital Banking
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Last year September Ethereum blockchain entered a new phase in its Ethereum 2.0 journey. After launched the Beacon Chain in December 2020, a parallel blockchain which acts as consensus engine that runs on proof of stake, The Merge was concluded in September 2022 whereby the Beacon Chain and the Mainnet, the normal Ethereum blockchain, merged into ...
30 March 2023 /devops /crypto Blockchain Observations
Anna Becker CEO and Co-founder at EndoTech
It's 2021 all over again, at least for veteran cryptocurrency Bitcoin. After tanking in the wake of the FTX scandal last fall, Bitcoin– as well as some other crypto currencies – have rebounded nicely, up over 67% in 2023. It's almost as if the nightmare of 2022 was just that – a nightmare that we've all woken up from. Crypto may be a new kind of a...
28 March 2023 /crypto /markets Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Retired Member
The NFT market has seen humongous growth in the last few months as people have realized the true potential of these tokens apart from their speculatory nature. Entrepreneurs have started seriously considering operating the NFT marketplace as a business. While the model provides a lot of benefits to such entrepreneurs, there are also challenges tha...
25 March 2023 /crypto Crypto, DeFi & NFT Updates
Benas Skridulis
Cryptocurrency scams are still rising. Thieves are using old techniques and coming up with new ones to steal crypto assets. Here are some of the common cryptocurrency scams to watch out for. Crypto giveaway There are many scam posts on popular social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Usually, they pretend to be major cryptocurrency exch...
22 March 2023 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Cryptocurrencies are a trending topic regularly discussed yet rarely understood. The highly publicised price spike of Bitcoin in late November 2021 triggered a wave of public interest in decentralised finance, with businesses, consumers and investors seeking out new opportunities across the crypto ecosystem. However, the sudden willingness to embr...
21 March 2023 /payments /crypto Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Uldis Teraudkalns CEO at Nexpay
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve read breathless blogs about the imminent collapse of fiat currencies and the mass adoption of all things to do with Web3 and cryptocurrencies. I can only assume that there is a large group of people who believe - or want you to believe - that a lever is about to be pulled, ejecting the whole world of traditional f...
21 March 2023 /payments /crypto Fintech
Daniel Cohen Chief Product Officer at PayU GPO
It truly feels that the world is becoming smaller. We now live in a global economy where the ability to make international transactions – for businesses and consumers – is almost taken for granted. Despite this, there are several challenges still facing the sector. Conducting currency conversions and managing the exchange rate risk throughout the p...
20 March 2023 /payments /crypto Fintech
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