72 Results from 2024, /crypto
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
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 request to change an employee's existing employment terms and conditions (T&Cs) relating to hour...
01 May 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (2023 Act) is statutory legislation that sets out new ‘flexible working’ (FW) rights for firm employees. The new statutory right to request FW essentially covers any request to change an employee's existing employment terms and conditions (...
30 April 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (2023 Act) is statutory legislation that sets out new ‘flexible working’ (FW) rights for employees and other workers. Such FW rights incorporate ‘working from home’ (WFH) arrangements. Although its provisions seem relatively simple enough i...
29 April 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
Retired Member
It was a privilege to be at the Paris Blockchain Week 2024, which brought together industry leaders, innovators and enthusiasts to discuss the latest trends and developments in enterprise blockchain and institutional crypto. Over the course of the week, I was fortunate to attend a number of ‘side events’ happening in parallel, including ‘Circle For...
23 April 2024 /crypto Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Janine Grainger CEO at Easy Crypto
The transaction that first gave Bitcoin any sort of monetary value happened in October 2009 when a Finnish computer science student Martti Malmi (‘Sirius’) sold 5,050 coins for $5.02, meaning each Bitcoin was worth $0.0009 each. In today’s terms, if he had held on to his coins, he’d be (circa) NZ$555,500,000 richer. Today, we all know “someone who...
23 April 2024 /inclusion /crypto
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Blockchain has longtime been looked at as a disruptive technology for the traditional financial (TradFi) industry. But that idea is fundamentally changing. TradFi institutions are increasingly realizing the importance of distributed ledger technology and blockchain’s opportunities. They are more and more prepared to use this innovative technology f...
14 April 2024 /crypto Blockchain Observations
As we head towards mid April, the investment world is abuzz with speculation and hype around the upcoming ‘Bitcoin halving’. But what is a Bitcoin halving, and why is it so significant in terms of price? More pointedly - should we place our faith in predictions around the current Bitcoin halving leading to a bull run? And if prices do inflate, wil...
09 April 2024 /crypto /markets
Crypto has become the darling of alternative investments, captivating the financial world with heart-stopping falls (hello 2021 and 2022) and meteoric rises (hello 2024 and the potential effects of halving). But amidst the adrenaline-fuelled rollercoaster ride that is crypto trading, many enthusiasts forget about taxation - mistakenly assuming cry...
20 March 2024 /inclusion /crypto
Serhii Bondarenko Artificial Intelegence at Tickeron
The world of cryptocurrency is grappling with considerable challenges following its tumultuous boom and subsequent decline, which garnered significant media attention. The process of mainstream integration has been uneven, partly due to the difficulty in securing regulatory approval. The risk of theft - whether via hacking or other means - poses a...
08 March 2024 /inclusion /crypto Artificial Intelligence
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (Bank of England (BoE)) (collectively the “regulators”) sought to engage with financial firms and other stakeholders, to discuss new proposed measures to boost “diversity and inclusion” (D&I) in f...
08 March 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
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