Crypto

I was keen to investigate how serious Binance really was about cleaning up their act, and how robust the compliance recruitment processes of the world’s biggest cryptoexchange are. So I decided to apply for the role under a fake name and with false credentials.

Press Release

ION TradAir Partners with BlockQuake to Create Greater Crypto Liquidity

January 11, 2022

ION today announces that one of its group companies, TradAir, has partnered with BlockQuake, a global regulatory-driven cryptocurrency and digital asset exchange, to improve seamless liquidity integration.

Blockchain PayTech

Paving the way to payments modernization with a Shared Hierarchical Ledger System

January 10, 2022

What’s so great about digital currency? What will it allow us to do that we can’t already do within our current two-tier monetary system?

News

How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer

January 6, 2022

Press Release

11 Biggest Sponsorship Deals for Crypto Market in 2021

January 5, 2022

The global sports industry is looking to revamp its activities and recover from the after-shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cryptocurrency platforms on the other hand have enjoyed immense growth and are searching for big platforms that can provide better brand visibility.

Asia Digital Assets

Why is Binance banned in Singapore?

December 30, 2021

Earlier in December we heard the news that Binance had withdrawn its application to obtain a cryptoexchange licence in Singapore. This followed frequent clashes with the regulator in Singapore, which in September prompted Binance to ban its users in the country from trading on its global platform.

Capital Markets Investment Banking

The 7 Potentially Disastrous Investments of 2021

December 23, 2021

As Christmas and the New Year approaches, pour yourself a glass of Bailey’s (or perhaps something more expensive if you’re one of this year’s crypto winners) and look back at some of the winners and losers of 2021.

Press Release

DeFinity partners with leading Fintech market infrastructure Cobalt to enable real-time FX clearing and dynamic credit management of digital asset trades

December 22, 2021

DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies partners with Cobalt, a market infrastructure provider focused on re-engineering the institutional FX and digital asset markets.

Press Release

Anubi Digital is the first Italian platform to safely custody your Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and have them work in DeFi

December 22, 2021

To meet these needs, Anubi Digital goes live: the first Italian platform for active custody of the main cryptocurrencies.

Press Release

Money20/20 Successfully Re-Unites Global Fintech Community

December 3, 2021

Money20/20 today reports that more than 8,000 attendees, from over 2,500 companies participated at Money20/20 USA at The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas in late October. The event was a showcase for the fastest growing and most innovative fintech companies. This follows the hugely successful Money 20/20 Europe, held in Amsterdam in September, which hosted more than 4,000 attendees from 1,500 companies.

Digital Assets Sustainability ESG Technology

Tailored Investing with ALLINDEX

November 30, 2021

This is a trend that Swiss FinTech company ALLINDEX is looking to capitalise on. They are aiming to “democratise customised investments” – allowing individual investors to build customized indexes in a self-service fashion in order to reflect their own ambitions and beliefs.

Capital Markets Digital Assets News Regulator USA

Why you should sell your Coinbase stock

November 29, 2021

Coinbase have had lower than anticipated sales and marketing expenses in Q3, the report continues. They anticipate that sales and marketing expenses will be approximately 10% of net revenue for full-year 2021. Compared to what the firm spends on technology and development, marketing is less than 7% of that amount today, let alone of the net revenue.

Fintech Technology

Open banking is gaining ground, how much more is there to gain?

November 26, 2021

There is huge untapped potential value that could be created by increased use of financial data. Not only will economies that adopt open data ecosystems see GDP growth of up to 5 percent by 2030, but all participants of such an ecosystem would reap the benefits.

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.

Events Technology

Singapore Fintech Festival: Ben Horowitz on the potential of Web 3.0

November 11, 2021

Horowitz’s discussion with Pandit was fascinating in revealing just how revolutionary Web 3.0 could be. If Horowitz is right, it will fix so many major problems with how our economies currently operate.

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.

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