742 Results from /crypto
John Reese Business Analyst | Platform Growth Expert at Hashcodex
Starting a crypto exchange looks super cool, right? Fast cash, big hopes, and the whole future of money in your hands. But let me tell you something… Someone I followed on the internet failed. Not because crypto is bad. But because they didn’t know how to do it the right way. So, I read and learned everything from their experience. If you’re planni...
13 May 2025 /startups /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
What would it look like if Visa and Mastercard rolled out AI-powered, “agentic” payment systems across Africa, backed by stablecoin settlement? In this deep dive, I explore that question—blending current initiatives with realistic speculation about an agentic payment ecosystem on the continent. From Visa’s Intelligent Commerce to Mastercard’s Agen...
12 May 2025 /ai /crypto
Vitaliy Shtyrkin Chief Product Officer at B2BINPAY
Cross-border payments are now undergoing a quiet, yet steady transformation within financial services. The numbers speak for themselves — over $200 trillion in annual volume, expected to keep growing by 5% a year until 2027. So, there is a clear shift happening in the industry, and players can feel it. Such technologies as blockchain, real-time tr...
07 May 2025 /payments /crypto
James Strudwick Executive Director at Starknet Foundation
No matter how big, institutionalised, or mainstream crypto becomes, Bitcoin remains central to the entire movement. Even today, it’s still the most recognised, widely held, and deeply trusted digital asset in the world. While its popularity and brand recognition continue to dwarf its competitors, Bitcoin’s utility has remained somewhat limited. Un...
06 May 2025 /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
As regulations tighten and governments show increasing interest in building Bitcoin reserves, more companies are turning to jurisdictions that maintain a supportive stance on digital assets, offering clear guidelines without excessive red tape. In this article we explore key licensing issues for crypto businesses in 2025. We assess the new EU lands...
06 May 2025 /startups /crypto
Once upon a time, calling yourself a “degen” was financial heresy. It meant you YOLO’d into dog coins, aped into DeFi yield farms with 6,000% APRs, and spent more time in Discord than on Bloomberg. You were a creature of chaos, allergic to compliance decks and powered by memes and Metamask. But times have changed. Today, the degen banker is no lon...
05 May 2025 /crypto /markets
John Wu President at Ava Labs
Back on January 15, 1520, the Kingdom of Bohemia started minting silver coins, stamped with the Bohemian lion. They called them Joachimsthalers, after the town where they were made. Over time, that name shortened to "talers" and eventually evolved into the Spanish dólar. Fast forward a couple of centuries, and Alexander Hamilton, U.S. Tr...
02 May 2025 /crypto
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Recently a growing number of blogs and articles have been published focussing on the increased adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in Africa especially in Sub Saharan Africa. According to these reports Africa is the fastest-growing cryptocurrency market among developing economies This is driven by crypto friendly regulation in a...
30 April 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Igor Kostyuchenok SVP of Engineering at Mbanq
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, better known as SWIFT, was invented in 1973 in Brussels, Belgium, by a group of international banks. Its creation marked a major turning point in the way financial institutions communicate and transfer money across borders. Before SWIFT, global payments relied heavily on telex — a slo...
22 April 2025 /payments /crypto SWIFT Matters
Mouloukou Sanoh CEO and Co-Founder at MANSA
For those who leave their homelands to earn a living elsewhere, cross-border transactions are a necessity, and remittances are the economic lifeline for billions of people. Yet, despite their enormous volume, these transactions remain interlocked with a financial system that inhibits the commercial activity of precisely those who can least afford ...
16 April 2025 /payments /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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