On Friday, bitcoin’s price rose to $42,351.93. The cryptocurrency hit its highest price since May 20 and in the past seven days, the price of bitcoin increased by 23.2%. In the last week the price of bitcoin has broken the $40,000 mark on several occasions. The price swing is the reversal of the negative trend ... 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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Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) takes another look at alleged LIBOR rigger Tom Hayes case. Tom Hayes has been fighting to clear his name ever since 2017 and despite not knowing the case intimately I feel a certain amount of sympathy for him. Once powerful institutions have decided that you must take the rap then ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1  Major European trends for reporting Whether it’s the upcoming mandatory ESG disclosures or increased scrutiny reflected in data granularity, the road leading up to 2022 (and beyond) is a challenging one. In a financial world that is so ... Read more ›
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Five years ago, catastrophe(CAT) modelling was relatively unknown. Today, CAT modelling for hurricanes and earthquakes is fast becoming the norm in property underwriting, for catastrophes that can obliterate otherwise stable businesses. Commercially viable CAT models started emerging only in the last quarter century. Earlier, rudimentary methods were employed to estimate catastrophic losses as historical loss ... Read more ›
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Stablecoins are spooky! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week we saw a lot of talk from regulators about what we should be scared about, but it remains unclear if and what they will ever do. Stablecoin Regulations Are Coming Soon – CoinDesk  Part of ... Read more ›
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Pooh, exercising his role as moderator at the Pooh Corner Tech Debate, pointed out that most people in the audience are focussed on the supply issues around Lightning Network ie how it works, but that the bigger issues maybe around the demand issues ie who will use it. “That is why I follow the honey” ... Read more ›
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The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell below the $30,000 threshold early last week, and many fear that  Aeolus’ bag of winds may have opened and we may see new lows. Cryptocurrencies have tumbled since mid-May, wiping some $1.3 trillion off their market value. All of the top ten most valuable cryptocurrencies are down by more than ... 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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Bank of England signals concern over Cloud providers dominance in UK financial sector To be honest I am surprised that it has taken this long for this undoubted issue to surface. Let’s put it this way if all cloud companies were Chinese would we have tolerated the migrations we have had to date? Cloud computing ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1  Get set, ready, go green: prepare for sustainability reporting From manufacturing to investment, all market sectors are witnessing a paradigm shift in reporting as governments move from financial stability to financial sustainability. Much is still unknown, with fast-moving ... Read more ›
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Digital ecosystems, orchestrated by powerful platform businesses and crisscrossing traditional industry sectors, are estimated to top 30% of global economic activity by 2025. While Amazon, Google, Alibaba, Tencent are early pioneers, others are shaping up across strata, in B2B as well as B2C. They thrive by efficiently matching supply with demand while solving deep entrenched ... Read more ›
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Oh just FUD it for a while and see what happens! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week saw the slow, cautious progress by Central Banks combined with a continued program by their supporters to stop or slow the growth of the existing privately issued stablecoin ... Read more ›
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Tigger bounced onto stage at the Pooh Corner Tech Debate and got a big cheer when he said “soon all Bitcoin wallets will have a Lightning Network capability and users will simply notice faster confirmation and lower fees.” A positive heckler shouted “and that will solve the economic incentive issue for node operators that Eeyore ... Read more ›
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In the financial world, 2021 will likely be remembered for two things. First, it was the year that Bitcoin began to gain traction, with a growing number of major financial institutions, huge technology corporations, and even a government signing on. Second, it’s the year DeFi’s value exploded, rising from less than $1 billion to $88 ... 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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 First of its kind LSE listing for Wise ought to be thought provoking? Not surprisingly, this story has been widely reported for a couple of reasons. Firstly because it is the first time a listing in London does not involve the issuance of new shares, thereby saving considerable underwriting costs and placement costs and ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1  EBA releases phase 2 of its 3.1 reporting framework The European Banking Authority (EBA) published phase 2 of its 3.1 reporting framework. The technical package supports the implementation of the reporting framework by providing standard specifications and includes ... Read more ›
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Today is 3 months from when Coinbase went public and we released the first version of our Fintech 50 Index. The most controversial entry in our Fintech 50 Index was Goldman Sachs (GS) which we classed as Fintech because Goldman Sachs is a Fin that is so smart about Tech that they are almost Fintech. I ... Read more ›
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The cryptocurrency industry has been on a roll, peaking at a market capitalization of $2.2 trillion this April. Motivated by its growing popularity, major corporate investors evinced an interest. Tesla acquired $1.5 billion of bitcoin (BTC) in January 2021 while MicroStrategy stockpiled $2.2 billion of BTC. Insurers slow to enter the crypto world, are warily ... Read more ›
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