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Brazilians were the biggest supporters of crypto-recognition, with 56% supporting El Salvador’s move, and 48% saying they want Brazil to follow suit and adopt Bitcoin. Only 4% of Brazilians said that there is no future for crypto currencies in their country.

Blockchain Digital Assets

Privacy-preserving credit checks may drive growth in uncollaterised DeFi

November 22, 2021

Over-collateralisation can be problematic for the borrower and, by tying up more capital in an unproductive way, it’s certainly less efficient. Thus, the growing usage of uncollateralised loans, mostly through the Ethereum protocol.

Press Release

Bitpanda enables Lydia to offer digital assets to their users via their White Label Solution

November 22, 2021

Austrian fintech Bitpanda and French mobile financial services super-app Lydia joined forces to offer Lydia’s 5.5 million users access to investing in digital assets

Blockchain Digital Assets Events

Onyx, driving digital transformation at JPMorgan

November 18, 2021

In a panel discussion titled "Web 3.0 in Corporate Banking," Umar Farooq, CEO of Onyx by JPMorgan, shared his insights on how one of the preeminent corporate and investment banks approaches digital transformation, the more widespread use of blockchain technology, and the question of regulation.

Events Technology

Singapore Fintech Festival: Global Trends and Web 3.0

November 10, 2021

Today at the Singapore Fintech Festival, four CEOs gathered to discuss “global trends.” Chaired by Dawn Karen Tan of CNA News, the panel included: Dr Calvin Choi, Chairman of AMTD, Helen Wong, CEO of OCBC Bank, Mike Wells, Group Chief Executive at Prudential, and Piyush Gupta, CEO at DBS.

Blockchain Digital Assets Technology

Institutional Investors in DeFi

November 5, 2021

Konstantin Anissimov, CEO of CEX.IO, shared his thoughts with us on why and how institutional investors have become more involved in decentralised finance.

Capital Markets

Streamlining private capital markets with blockchain technology

October 6, 2021

We talked to Myles Milston, CEO of Globacap, to discuss how blockchain technology can facilitate a more efficient flow of capital. Globacap has digitised the shares offered by private companies on its platform and have built automated workflows on top of that.

Digital Assets

How should we regulate cryptoexchanges like Binance?

October 4, 2021

How do the courts and regulators go about protecting consumers (and their money) from cryptoexchanges like Binance, whilst avoiding stifling innovation in this rapidly developing space? To discuss this, we spoke to James Burnie.

Digital Assets

How can “title” add value to the crypto markets?

September 2, 2021

Title around crypto wallets could dismantle the concerns of individuals who are not getting involved in crypto because of fears regarding security. This development could, therefore, potentially mean a larger base of crypto users.

Digital Assets

Who are the people taking on Binance?

August 26, 2021

Liti Capital’s case against Binance will be a landmark for the industry. Many believe that sound regulation is required to ensure that exchanges like Binance are overseen in a sensible way, and that their clients are properly protected.

Digital Assets

Traders prepare to pursue recovery for millions in losses caused by Binance

August 19, 2021

“We should not have any more than the barest minimum of regulation, but the trillion dollar or $100 billion companies that take our money for profit have a responsibility to their consumers. There has to be rules. There has to be regulations. There has to be some way where, if something goes wrong, you can hold someone accountable."

Banking

Questions that UBS Banking & Financial Services Clients are raising today

August 13, 2021

The findings of UBS' Banking and Financial Services Division are interesting. They reflect the major concerns of their clients as global economies emerge tentatively from the disruption of the pandemic.

Press Release

Blockchain.com to Leverage Account Verification from Envestnet | Yodlee

August 10, 2021

Envestnet | Yodlee will provide open banking access to new Blockchain.com users, accelerating Blockchain’s ability to onboard new customers and securely fund their accounts through real-time account verification, directly from the user’s bank account, without the need to provide micro-deposits.

Digital Assets

Is an NFA better than an NFT?

August 6, 2021

"The way to solve this is to forget about the token and make things as a non-fungible asset. And the only way you can do that is to make data smart.”

Press Release

Bitpanda opens a fully remote Blockchain Research & Development Hub

August 4, 2021

Bitpanda, the European digital investment platform and Austria’s first unicorn, announces the launch of its Blockchain Research & Development Hub.

Press Release

Bitcoin bolstered as Amazon appears to dip its toe into crypto world.

July 26, 2021

When a simple job ad appears to spark resurgence in the value of Bitcoin, it shows how the crypto world is salivating for every nugget of news about the future use case for digital currencies.Although Amazon has scores of openings for blockchain specialists, it was the listing for a digital currency and blockchain product lead that has led to heightened speculation that crypto currency payments could be integrated on its platforms.

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