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Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
At present, cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly popular, and many people are starting to use them for investing and purchasing goods and services. The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies is accompanied by a number of issues related to security, legality, and regulation. In this regard, the question arises about what the regulation of the...
31 January 2024 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the transition to the preparatory phase of the digital euro project, marking a significant step in the evolution of the modern financial system. Consequently, the concept of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is becoming increasingly demanded. It represents an electronic form of the national curren...
23 November 2023 /crypto /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
The market of fintech startups is not moving. Currently with collegues we were analyzing our results 2023 and found out that fintech startups are less active nowadays. In comparison with 2020, 21 and even 2022. But when I say fintech I don't mean crypto. Crypto startups are still rapidly developing (untill MICA comes into force). We continue to get...
23 May 2023 /payments /markets Fintech World
Cryptocurrencies have come a long way since their inception, and their influence is not limited to the online space anymore. From everyday purchases to extravagant investments, the world of digital currency is rapidly expanding, and the possibilities are limitless. Despite the recent downturn in the crypto market, the range of goods and services t...
22 February 2023 /payments /crypto Trends in Financial Services
In 2021, a friend of mine bought an NFT for β¬1800. Today, it costs β¬10. The difference is impressive. With the market decline, all token purchases made a year ago lost 80β90% of the margin. The loudest story is connected with Logan Paul, an American YouTube blogger. In 2021, he purchased an NFT called K4M-1 #03 from the Azuki Bumblebee collection....
06 December 2022 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
Do you love fintech as much as I do? Especially the Ukrainian one, which drives the banking system of my native country. It is still very young but makes progress that fascinates foreign banks. For instance, PrivatBank was the worldβs first to develop payment mini-terminals, allow entering internet banking through QR code, launch online encashment,...
17 October 2022 /payments /markets Fintech World
Crypto market is going through wild changes, and record drawdown of key coins during the last five months has made people nervous. However, the current decline is a natural and, in my opinion, temporal event. Vitalik Buterin proclaimed the beginning of the crypto winter in February 2022. In his interview for Bloomberg, he said that the stagnatio
17 August 2022 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
The focus of SBSB activity is the support of fintech and crypto projects. However the requests of business relocation from Ukraine to some other countries became more frequent lately, because of ongoing military operations. One of my recent clients and a friend of mine, Dmitry, had the same request. It motivated me to write an article with some gen...
04 July 2022 /wealth /markets Business
How war in Ukraine effected the world Fintech? Russia's war in Ukraine affected all the CIS countries and somewhat all the world. As well the war influenced fintech companies, whose rapid development was observed after the pandemic. Let's take a look what fintech companies have been targeted by the russian invasion and how they can expand their bu...
13 June 2022 /payments /markets Trends in Financial Services
The advancement of technologies expectedly leads to growing client requests, stimulating the Fintech industry to keep up with the times and be quick in offering popular services. The last year spurred substantial transformation in financial technologies and highlighted issues which need to be addressed in the nearest future. Here is an overview of ...
03 May 2022 /payments /markets Trends in Financial Services
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