72 Results from 2024, /crypto
Evgeny Filichkin Investment Advisor at Keytom
The cryptocurrency market has recently been witnessing a significant shift towards restaking, a process where crypto assets are locked up to earn additional rewards. In fact, it has become the second-largest sector in DeFi, with over $18 billion worth of crypto moving towards such platforms by the end of May 2024. However, as restaking gains pop...
25 June 2024 /crypto /markets
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
In June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on good and poor quality applications under the existing cryptoasset anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime (Feedback). The Feedback identified that out of 347 applications from crypto firms received by the FCA since January 2020, only 47 appli...
25 June 2024 /crypto /crime Cryptocurrency Insights
Nikolay Denisenko Co-Founder & CTO at Brighty App
The traditional model of the 9-to-5 job with a steady paycheck and employer-sponsored benefits is fading fast. Last year, up to 30% of the global workforce participated in some form of freelance or independent work. Fueled by digital platforms and on-demand services, this new landscape, known as the gig economy, offers flexibility and independence...
17 June 2024 /payments /crypto Analytics in Banking
Nick Jones CEO at Zumo
It’s already been a landmark year for the digital assets sector, with newly approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US drawing in huge cumulative net inflows, spearheaded by asset management giants such as Fidelity and BlackRock. As cryptoassets become more embedded in the mainstream, we’re confronted with the increasingly urgent ...
22 May 2024 /sustainable /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Denis Shafranik Co Founder at Concentric
The market for stablecoin payments is gaining momentum, as more leading payment providers such as Visa and Mastercard integrate solutions into their systems or, in the case of Paypal, launch a coin. For business payments the potential of stablecoins is huge, promising to significantly speed up international trading and spark huge growth, across bo...
20 May 2024 /payments /crypto Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
On 4 April, Ripple announced its plan to launch its own stablecoin, next to XRP, pegged 1:1 to the US dollar later this year. This is envisioned as a key development for Ripple, aiming to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralised finance. This announcement was well received by both the crypto world and the traditional financial...
18 May 2024 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Janine Grainger CEO at Easy Crypto
Fifteen years ago, crypto wasn’t on the mainstream media’s radar; but today, it frequently captures the spotlight on drive-time, lunch-time and evening news channels, drawing both seasoned investors and curious newcomers into its orbit. While it’s exciting to witness this once-niche market gaining traction as the flood of crypto headlines inundate ...
12 May 2024 /crypto
Laurent Descout CEO at NEO Capital Markets
Digital assets and crypto have become increasingly mainstream and have made many headlines, but not always for the right reasons. Aside from governance concerns, the biggest criticisms levelled at crypto from a B2B payments standpoint are volatility and the lack of an underlying asset. Bitcoin, the most prominent crypto coin, has fluctuated in val...
10 May 2024 /payments /crypto Treasury Management
Ross Kolodyazhnyi CEO at DCM
If you seek the trigger to lead the next leg of the crypto "bullish" market, it won't be Ethereum ETF approval or Bitcoin halving. It will be driven by real-world assets. RWA tokenization, without exaggeration, can be called the hottest corner of the digital asset industry. The quarterly report of our partner, Stellar Development Foundati...
09 May 2024 /payments /crypto The future of Payments in Europe
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (2023 Act) is legislation that sets out new ‘flexible working’ (FW) rights for firm employees. The statutory right to request FW covers any change in an employee's employment terms and conditions (T&Cs) relating to hours, times, and pl
02 May 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
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