Forget CBDC’s, Stablecoins are a Private Sector Innovation. Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Over $1.5 trillion in Stablecoins has been transacted in the last 12 months from five different Private Sector issuers: Tether (USDT), Circle (USDC), Binance (BUSD), Maker (DAI) and Huobi (HUSD). At the same ... Read more ›
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We do not know yet what Coinbase’s public market valuation will be. In a Direct Listing, the valuation will be decided by the market not by few big investment banks. So all we can do at this stage is to assess whether Coinbase is a good business. At the end I will set some valuation ... Read more ›
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In recent months bitcoin has had a phenomenal rally and for good reason. Big payment giants and listed companies are adopting it and not just in the US. One month after Elon Musk announced that Tesla purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, the Chinese tech company Meitu announced that it made its entry to crypto, ... Read more ›
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Yes, it is March already and 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 ... Read more ›
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UK Government plugs mortgage deposit gap with 5% nudge My youngest son told me the last weekend that a mortgage adviser had told him that he needed at least a 30% deposit to fund a new mortgage. I told him that I didn’t think that would last. Lo and behold four days later the ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1 Blockchain-anchored XBRL Distributed ledgers (i.e. blockchain or otherwise) and XBRL are a match made in heaven. Blockchain-anchored XBRL takes XBRL-based digital financial reporting to an entirely new level of usefulness. Both transparency and trust are enhanced. This piece ... Read more ›
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Pricing is no longer the cost-plus game in insurance it used to be. Insurers wrestle with demands of better and more agile pricing to stay competitive amid technology fueled market dynamics. Price-comparison websites have empowered consumers to compare products and decide best choices for their unique needs. Consumers are also more amenable to novel propositions ... Read more ›
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Who are the innovation leaders? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. As we enter this new age of Digital Currencies, who are the leaders? Is it Central Banks such as Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) or Commercial Banks such as ING Pyctor, Societe General Forge and Standard ... Read more ›
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No I do NOT know the timing or how far each bull market will go. Sorry. Anybody who tells you they can probably also has a bridge to sell you. I can tell you how this Bitcoin bull market will end and the next one will start. This Bitcoin bull market will end with two ... Read more ›
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Coinbase is a US Regulated On Ramp to a global unregulated/permissionless network. If you live in America and are new to crypto, head over to Coinbase. It is regulated and easy. This is why American regulators will not try to kill Bitcoin, despite some temptations to do so; businesses like Coinbase will be a good ... Read more ›
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Since last week, bitcoin’s price dropped over 25 percent, from a high over $58k to around $44k, as I write this post. This is its worst drop in a week, in nearly a year, since March 2020. Janet Yellen ripped into bitcoin, calling it highly speculative and inefficient: “Bitcoin is an extremely inefficient way of ... 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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Bitcoin Plunges $10,000. Writing about lending encompasses the whole world of risk taking with other peoples money. After all what does a bank do or supposed to do? Take in deposits ie surplus money and lend it to people who need it. By this process monetary assets are deployed where they are needed ... Read more ›
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I learned to never underestimate Bloomberg in the ‘90s on Wall Street when everybody said open that data feeds would beat a closed terminal like Bloomberg – all were wrong. Then we had a lot of hype about Symphony messaging as a Bloomberg killer. It made sense. Messaging among traders was what kept traders hooked ... Read more ›
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important XBRL news stories from the last week. 1 SECR: energy and carbon data in UK annual reports With so much recent discussion of standards for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure, particularly sustainability metrics, it is interesting to revisit the example of one country that is forging ahead ... Read more ›
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Commercial insurance plays a crucial role in global economies. It shields businesses from failure by assuming risks in production of goods and services. In USA alone, there are over seven million small businesses, ranging from construction firms to grocery stores to home-based businesses. Without right coverages, each could be devastated by disasters or lawsuits. In ... Read more ›
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Privately issued Stablecoins are a BIG deal! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. In January 2021, stablecoins processed $308 billion in transactions compared to bitcoin’s $297 billion. Clearly people find them a valuable short term store of value as they allocate funds across the entire Crypto ... Read more ›
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Politicians and media are all over this story like a cheap suit. Much change will come from all of this. Here is my rating (high, medium, low) on 8 possible changes: Front running by buying order flow becomes illegal; high. This part of the story is easy to understand and as soon as people understand ... Read more ›
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This week, on Tuesday, Bitcoin’s price set a new all-time high of more than $50,000. This week, on Friday, Bitcoin’s market cap exceeded $1 trillion. This week, on Saturday, Bitcoin’s price set another all-time high, crossing $57,000. What a week it’s been. Certainly, we are going to see more weeks like this one ahead in ... Read more ›
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