634 Results from /crypto
Sean Salloux CEO at Sentinel Digital
The Bank of England has announced its plans to develop “Britcoin,” but how will it be used and what are its potential benefits to business? The Bank of England and HM Treasury recently announced plans to create a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This is potentially the first step for a digital currency issued by the Bank of England that would...
29 April 2021 /payments /crypto Fintech
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
The fundamental notions of “bull” and “bear” trends originating from the stock exchange have penetrated the cryptocurrency market and represent the tactics of animal attacks in wild nature. Should you ever confuse the terms, you only need to remember that bears wave their paws and halt to fight while bulls lift up their horns and simply run forw
29 April 2021 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
Louisa Murray COO Europe at Railsbank
There have been many headline-grabbing moments in crypto in recent months, episodes that have inspired breathless op-eds about the industry’s growing maturity and mainstream acceptance. Whether due to the activities of Visa, Paypal, Square, Tesla, or some other world-famous company, the enthusiasm coursing through the sector is palpable. And yet, ...
26 April 2021 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Brett Turner CEO & Founder at Trovata
What seemed unthinkable a year ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has found its way onto corporate balance sheets. Square, Tesla, and MicroStrategy have all made significant investments in Bitcoin (BTC) in recent months. And as the price of BTC soared to an all-time high of over $58k in late February, those decisions were rewarded. Even when it proceeded to plun...
23 April 2021 /payments /crypto
Adriana P Trader at Xray Trade
There has been an important number of blockchain launches lately, all claiming to be THE blockchain. Although they are fundamentally different, they all share the same aim which is to drive the decentralized finance (DeFi) revolution. It is important to note that there cannot be only one blockchain simply because of the scalability issues this uni...
23 April 2021 /crypto /predictions Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Monty Metzger Co-founder & CEO at LCX
The years between 2014-21 witnessed an exponential growth in the cryptocurrency market globally. The strong growth in the market can be accredited to increasing digitization across industries. In addition to this, easy accessibility and increasing penetration of high-speed internet in our day-to-day lives is also facilitating the adoption of the c...
23 April 2021 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Nischal Shetty CEO at WazirX
Cryptocurrencies are known for being extremely volatile, and prices fluctuate drastically even in the space of minutes. Investors have the opportunity to participate in cryptocurrency trading around the world and at any time of the day. The combined effect of these factors limits the effectiveness of human cryptocurrency trading in a lot of ways.
21 April 2021 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are not such a new concept as you would think - true blockchain enthusiasts will know that the first NFTs ever created were not in 2017 with the CryptoKitties on the Ethereum blockchain but 2012 on the Bitcoin blockchain. Although Bitcoin being NFTs is the opposite of its point as a currency. An NFT is a non-fungible ite...
09 April 2021 /wealth /crypto Fintech
Retired Member
In case you didn’t notice. Bitcoin is having a resurgence. At the time of writing, its value has surpassed USD$57,000. Citi Bank has projected the digital currency could reach as high as $318,000 by the end of 2021. While analysts are still trying to pin down the true causes of Bitcoin’s bounce-back within supply and demand, it appears financial i
09 April 2021 /crypto /predictions Cryptocurrency Insights
Ian Bessarabia
In January 2021, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) issued a draft declaration intended to give partial effect to some of the recommendations contained in the 2020 Position Paper by declaring crypto-assets a financial product under the FAIS Act. The declaration would affect that any person furnishing advice or rendering intermediary se...
08 April 2021 /regulation /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
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