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Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Powered by Ledgers: How Exchange 4.0 will Digitally Transform Financial Market Infrastructure

The move to Exchange 4.0 is well underway, with profound implications for financial markets. Forward-thinking firms are already positioning themselves for a DLT-fuelled future. But behind the buzzwords, there are lingering questions. What benefits will digitalisation bring, both to trading venues and the market participants they serve? What are t...

/markets /predictions Digital Asset Class (DAC)

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

The Next Frontier in Exchange Matching Engines for Digital Trading Systems

As the business models for exchanges and trading venues continue to evolve, the technological requirements to run them – be they established entities or a new entrant such as a digital asset exchange – are shifting as well. Modern exchanges need to meet a variety of requirements to service clients, from providing low latency order matching engines ...

/crypto /markets Capital Market Technology

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

The UK still has a chance to be a digital finance pioneer post-Brexit, but will we seize it?

I have co-authored this article with Sean Kiernan, CEO of Greengage (previously DAG Global). What will Britain’s role be as a financial innovation centre, post-Brexit? Our economy depends on it, yet over a year after our official exit from the EU on 31 January 2020, the answer is still not clear. In 2018, we both published a report and article high...

/regulation /crypto Digital Asset Class (DAC)

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

The Crypto Asset road from Analogue to Digital with Exchange 4.0

Exchanges today mirror the Internet networks of yesterday; they are siloed therefore lacking interconnection and are focused on a subset of assets. This fragmentation has been exacerbated, with the advent of the new digital asset markets. What can be the glue creating interconnectedness as the first truly hybrid full exchange and post trade ecosys...

/crypto /markets Digital Asset Class (DAC)

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

5 Digital, Crypto and Blockchain predictions for 2021

At the start of January 2020 I made top 5 predictions in the digital, crypto and blockchain space and evaluated how these had played out at the start of January 2020. The results were very accurate. I try to repeat that feat with my key predictions for 2021: Capital markets accelerate the move from analogue to digital I expect some very interesting...

/crypto /predictions Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Can Seychelles be the FinTech Wakanda?

There are numerous initiatives underway in Seychelles to foster innovation in FinTech, including digital assets and services. We explore what that means in a regional context in relation to future developments in this space. It may come as a surprise to many that Seychelles is the major global hub for Bitcoin trading activity. Analytics provider Cr...

/crypto /markets Digital Asset Class (DAC)

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Society 5.0 needs Digital Asset Fintech Hubs

Japan’s “Society 5.0” refers to the fifth stride in human civilization evolution to create a “super-smart” future society which leverages the technological innovations of the current fourth industrial revolution (4IR) to achieve economic advancement and embed these in society to solve people’s problems so that they can live better lives. And Digit...

/sustainable /inclusion Bigger than Technology

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Will Malaysia become a Digital Financial Services Hub?

Early adoption will be a key differentiator in the race to lead SE Asia in digital asset exchanges - offering services such as the primary listing of securities, listing of alternative assets and secondary-market trading of security tokens and cryptocurrencies. Distributed ledger technology is bound to revolutionise capital markets so that conventi...

/crypto /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

ARE STOs GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG FINTECH THING?

The current crisis has increased the need for accelerated automation that would lead to increased efficiency, reduced costs and, counterintuitively, increased revenues. This can only come from a paradigm shift. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is undoubtedly revolutionising capital markets. It is, however, important to cut through the hype and b...

/crypto /covid-19 Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

The digital asset inflation hedge beyond gold

The extent of money supply increases needed to facilitate stimulus packages by sovereign central banks to counter the negative effects of the current crisis will dictate the inflationary pressures that ensue. Current world currencies are driven in a large part by expectation value and when confidence wanes there is a flight to alternative stores o...

/crypto /covid-19 Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services

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