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The cryptocurrency market is moving towards mainstream adoption. There are several firms that are signing new partnerships with institutions and other firms to increase their presence in the space. Ripple has been working in order to offer financial services to more than 200 firms located around the world. A new…
Lithuania is known for its fintech-friendly ecosystem. Interest in the region is primarily due to the fact that, in addition to the benefit of regulation outside the UK, license applications can be processed faster than in other countries. These factors can lead to the emergence of new fintech centers, but…
Although EU blockchain companies had a record year in VC investment, they were still lagging behind in fintech investments. They looked at Innovate Finance’s FinTech VC investment landscape report from 2018, which shows that fintech companies worldwide have raised $ 36.6 billion from VC investors. In contrast, blockchain and crypto-currency…
The European nation presented a new bill that includes a legal framework for the securities issued through the blockchain network. The Luxembourg parliament – Chamber of Deputies – passed the bill with 58 members who voted in support of the legislature. The bill’s document says that Bill 7364 aims to…
The first Bitcoin (BTC) transaction took place exactly ten years ago on the 12th of January 2019. The first transaction involving BTC ten years ago marked the beginning of a new era for the global monetary system. The transaction was carried out between Satoshi Nakamoto the anonymous creator of Bitcoin…
Although the opinion about cryptocurrencies and their potential varies a lot, the perception of Blockchain technology is more or less uniform throughout the world. The big industries, companies, governments and even central banks have recognized that the chain of blocks is a great advance for humanity. However, there are people…
A personal talk with Cornelia Stengel. Your personal conclusion to the blockchain year 2018? As far as the legal and regulatory side is concerned, the blockchain year 2018 in Switzerland focused on the analysis and classification of new business models and activities based on distributed ledger systems. For example, the…
One of the most important names in the cryptographic space is Ripple. The firm is known for making new connections and partnerships almost weekly and will now partner with the Fintech Research Institute, Tsinghua University (THUIFR) to launch a new Blockchain Technology Research Fellowship Program (BRSP). The main focus The…
A Canadian banking company has shown interest in the idea of using blockchain technology for a digital identification system for residents. This was reported Tuesday, January 15 by the national news agency The Canadian Press. The Executive Director of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), Neil Parmenter, spoke during a presentation…
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, published in 2011 the mythical article Why Software is eating the world on how software was penetrating all businesses, transforming all these business models into software companies. In 2011, neither the technology nor the bitcoin price had yet captivated the collective imagination of humans.…