Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN) was the talk of the town this past week. Watching some of the videos from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, what stood out was that a string of companies, including Robinhood, Cash App, and Strike, unveiled support and expanded uses for the Lightning Network at the conference. Ilias Louis Hatzis ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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Where the Tabloids meet Fintech Selman Turk who founded failed Fintech startup Selman AI. Is an ex Goldman Sachs employee who has now been referred to as a “Fraudster” by the Daily Mail. This is based on the fact that Mr. Turk apparently arranged a payment of some £ 750k to the black sheep of ... Read more ›
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Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  ISSB delivers proposals that create comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures The proposals―exposure drafts—build upon the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and incorporate industry-based disclosure requirements ... Read more ›
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From floods and rising mercury to cold waves, climate-related events impact the insurance industry in multiple ways. A 2018 extreme freeze in the U.K. led to pay-outs for burst pipes of £194 million over three months. In the same year, an extreme heatwave saw over 10,000 homes in the U.K. claim for damage caused by ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Is your CBDC interoperable with others and does it have incentives! Central Banks are trying to make 2022 the year they figure out exactly what sort of CBDC we should have. In a speech before the European Parliament on Wednesday (March ... Read more ›
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 I believe that the future of Bitcoin will be written in El Salvador. That is why we have dedicated a 4-parter to Bitcoin in El Salvador in the past. If Bitcoin is a success for El Salvador’s people, many other countries will follow their lead. The stakes are now very high with Bitcoin becoming a ... Read more ›
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Over the years, bitcoin has gone from fringe to the mainstream. Once the playground for diehard developers, it has become a major topic of conversation for governments, big tech, and banks who are looking to position themselves to make a land grab. Since the dawn of history, there’s been a power struggle between the old ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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NatWest back in private hands, Just? The continuing saga of the sale of NatWest looks to be as long running as the Mousetrap. The latest sale, orchestrated through Morgan Stanley, reduces the government’s stake to 48.1% and like Gordon Brown’s handling of the UK Gold reserves is crystallising large losses for the taxpayer. This is ... Read more ›
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Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  Federal Council initiates consultation on ordinance on climate reporting At its meeting on 30 March 2022, the Federal Council initiated the consultation on the implementing ordinance on climate reporting for large ... Read more ›
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Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Spinnaker Acquisitions completed a reverse merger with LeakBot, UK based B2B Insurtech, to create Ondo InsurTech. This new entity will be the first Insurtech to go public in Britain. Ondo brought in about $4.5 million from investors, grossing a market capitalization of about $10.8 million. It will use the fresh ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Here comes the grand old lady of stablecoins! But first some pain from the exciting new world of innovation. A stablecoin on the Solana blockchain has been exploited for around $52.8 million and lost practically all of its value. Cashio Dollar ... Read more ›
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Way back in 2014 (when Daily Fintech was born, Bitcoin was in a bear market (priced around $500) and the last time Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine) I wrote My explorations down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. Although this is old analysis it is still relevant today and other people who are on the same ... Read more ›
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Shoppers have flocked to BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) over the last couple of years as online shopping has surged amid the pandemic. While the idea is not particularly new, its rise in popularity among financial institutions, merchants, and consumers has been phenomenal. In fact, nearly half of all US consumers have made a purchase ... Read more ›
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis ... Read more ›
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Here are the three most relevant developments in the world of structured reporting we became aware of in the course of last week. 1  SEC accepts 2022 GAAP financial reporting taxonomy … The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted the 2022 GAAP Financial Reporting ... Read more ›
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Insurance business models are beset with high operating costs, opaqueness and information asymmetry. With the advent of Web3, smart contracts, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), newer ways of transferring risk are coming to market. The use of blockchain technology within insurance is proving to reduce costs and improve end-user experience. This final part, a continuation ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. No currency is an island! Unlike in Roman times, without interchangeability or exchange a currency looses a lot of its value or utility. The BIS pushed on this theme with Project Dunbar that this week supposedly proved that financial institutions could ... Read more ›
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