In Latin America, lack of confidence in financial institutions has long hampered financial inclusion, political participation and startups. On this side of the world, the challenges that are being worked on are impressive. The ongoing digital transformation of the region, the rapid changes that keep entrepreneurs in the region in…
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In 2018, the crypto-winter and thus the year of stablecoins started. What these are, how they work and what types are there, will be shown in this article. By the end of 2017, blockchain projects sprang up like mushrooms When the Bitcoin price collapsed in early 2018, the blockchain hype…
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The FINTECH Revolution’ has been celebrated, in which the hand of many specialists have analyzed the new existing ways of providing banking services beyond the regulated formulas as well as the challenges of the digital transformation of the financial sector in Spain. Among the participants has been, deputy director in…
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The payment giant PayPal has made its first investment in a blockchain company. They have invested in Cambridge Blockchain. A company that helps financial institutions and other companies manage confidential data, such as personal identification in shared ledgers. The PayPal financing was part of an extension of the Series A…
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In an apparent first global online payments company, PayPal has made an investment in a blockchain startup that focuses on leveraging technology to give users more control over their digital identities. The news was reported by Forbes on April 2. The investment is part of an extension of a round…
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Social trading platform and crypto exchange eToro has announced that it has bought up the smart contract developer Firmo. Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO of eToro, said in the press release that the acquisition will help his company increase the supply of “tokenized” assets. To that end he states: “We…
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The Blockchain system continues to expand all over the world. Now Tribe, the accelerator financed by the government of Singapore, has announced its new alliance with the car manufacturer BMW and the technological giant Intel. The aims The objective of this alliance, according to the press release published last Friday,…
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The character string “0bs” in 0bsnetwork stands for “Zero Bullshit”. The Vienna Blockchain startup wants to offer a faster, more financially easier to plan and easier to handle alternative to Ethereum. We talked to founder Srdjan Kupresanin. “Our slogan ‘Zero Bullshit’ in the name is a clear reference to 95…
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The blockchain hype train has been derailed as people realize that the technology won’t change things overnight. That’s the view of Fintech heavyweight Chris Skinner, Chair of the European networking forum The Financial Services Club and Nordic Finance Innovation. In a blog post, he says, “I used to blog about…
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Emilio Castellote, senior analyst at IDC Research Spain, explained that blockchain is interesting for the banking sector because it allows entities to improve the security of transactions. Their traceability and the ease with which to clarify things in case of research on movements . That is why it is estimated…
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