626 Results from /crypto
Gwen Adele Cryptocurrency Researcher at Coinsclone
DeFi stands for Decentralized Finance which is the most prominent term in the blockchain sector right now. Recently, many crypto startups and business class people started to use the DeFi concept as it provides a wide range of beneficial factors in various aspects. Since the existence of decentralization services in the blockchain space, we can se...
06 July 2022 /startups /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Crypto Market Developments in Europe and the United States In Part I of this Blog Series, I noted that crypto commentators such as Moeller (2022) had made statements such as: “Enthusiasts view a spot ETF as a more legitimate method of investment because a spot ETF involves holding Bitcoin” and “Crypto i
05 July 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Chermaine Hu CFO & Co-Founder at Episode Six
Despite being around since the 20th century, card payments are set to grow at just 4% per year between now and 2030. Why? Because there are new ways to pay. Whether its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) or contactless payments, consumers are finding new preferences for payments and maintaining pace for financial institutions (FIs) is a challenge. Aging S...
30 June 2022 /payments /crypto Fintech
Philipp Pieper Co-founder at Swarm Markets GmbH
Investors concerned about the apparent ‘bursting’ of the crypto bubble need to zoom out from short-term pain and look at past experiences of fast-moving technological markets. Who remembers Lycos? A darling of the tech bubble of the early 2000s, it is now consigned to little more than a footnote in the history of the internet. The firm sold for a...
30 June 2022 /wealth /crypto Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Crypto Market Developments in Europe and the United States In Part I of this Blog Series, readers were introduced to underlying financial market fundamentals relating to ‘exchange-traded funds’ (ETFs). It was identified that the United States (US) and Europe formed the top two markets for ETFs globally (
29 June 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Yulia Gavrilova Consultant at Serokell
Banks play a crucial role in the financial system, so it’s necessary to timely assess the risks and opportunities that Fintech solutions actually represent for them. The Fintech revolution is often said to have disrupted traditional banking, however, there are also professionals who say that it has only strengthened the portfolio of existing banki...
29 June 2022 /retail /crypto Fintech
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Introduction In recent years, terms such as ‘Crypto ETF’, ‘Bitcoin ETF’, ‘Bitcoin futures ETF’, and ‘Bitcoin spot ETF’, seem to have been widely featured in crypto news articles. Yet, many of these cursory articles seem to skip crucial underlying financial market fundamentals. At the same time, many wri
28 June 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Fast and simple payments are only two of the many advantages that crypto assets provide. Financial services that are cutting-edge in nature, access to previously "unbanked" regions of the globe - the crypto-ecosystem enables all of this. However, it should be stated that apart from the benefits that are typical of digital assets, they ar...
23 June 2022 /crypto
Arka Roy Blockchain and Crypto Analyst at HashCash Consultants
All eyes are glued toward the metaverse and its revolutionary uses. But, what are the creators thinking when developing one? The metaverse community is growing at a frantic pace. Market forecasts have already suggested an upcoming economy exceeding valuations of USD 1 trillion. The progress has been multi-faceted. The objective is separate for meta...
23 June 2022 /startups /crypto Blockchain Geek
Chris Harmse VP at BVNK
What's behind the boom in crypto payments? When it comes to cryptocurrencies, mainstream media and commentators seem to be fixated on the value of bitcoin, whether it’s soaring - or indeed slumping as is the case at the moment. The attention given to market volatility can distract casual observers from a lot of other positive innovations happening...
08 June 2022 /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
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