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Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group
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...
06 September 2021 /markets /predictions Digital Asset Class (DAC)
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 ...
04 July 2021 /crypto /markets Capital Market Technology
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...
01 June 2021 /regulation /crypto Digital Asset Class (DAC)
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...
29 March 2021 /crypto /markets Digital Asset Class (DAC)
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...
22 January 2021 /crypto /predictions Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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...
05 October 2020 /crypto /markets Digital Asset Class (DAC)
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...
28 September 2020 /sustainable /inclusion Bigger than Technology
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...
22 September 2020 /crypto /markets Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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...
14 September 2020 /crypto /covid-19 Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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...
20 July 2020 /crypto /covid-19 Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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