Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming a viable payment option in various markets and jurisdictions. If there is a tool that significantly expands the usability of digital currencies in a world still dominated by traditional payment systems, it is the cryptographic debit card. A growing number of reliable platforms offer the fintech…
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Huw van Steenis, Senior Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of England (BOE), believes that cryptocurrencies do not meet the basic requirements of a financial resource. He made similar remarks on January 21 in an interview with Bloomberg. Van Steenis joined the English Central Bank in 2018 after…
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Bank credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) does not live its best moment. After reaching its peak in 2014 (when the business portfolio stood at 25.3%, including microenterprises), it has been decreasing until reaching 17.7%, according to figures from the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) to November 2018.…
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In the past year 2018, Swiss tech startups have collected as much venture capital as in any year before. This is clear from the Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019 published by startupticker.ch on January 29th. According to the report jointly published by Startupticker.ch and the Seca investor association, 1.236 billion…
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In the course of digitization, traditional banks are increasingly being challenged by FinTechs. The development of flexible, customer-oriented offers is not rocket science. On the basis of suitable data and in cooperation with start-ups, IT managers can work together with specialist departments to design new apps to support the business.…
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As a way to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Bitcoin network launch, we teamed up with Unbankd to create “Code meets money,” an explainer developed in the style of a graphic novel. A decade ago, the Bitcoin network was in its first days of life. Today it is the…
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What is the Best Bitcoin Mining Hardware of 2019? Bitcoin mining requires highly energy-hungry hardware and a firm understanding of the underlying blockchain technology that drives the Bitcoin network. The Bitcoin mining arms race, however, has created a specialized breed of computational hardware dedicated solely to solving Bitcoin blocks. Selecting…
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The accompaniment of accelerators makes more projects become successful because they provide support to jump obstacles. Many countries are generating technology-based companies in scale and this is the beginning of a transformation for the region. Although less than a decade ago the explosion of tech startups began, Latin America already…
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Overregulation in Ukraine has been reported to prevent the crypto currency industry from developing further in the country. This is clear from a comment by an employee of the Ukrainian Central Bank (NBU) to the local crypto news platform LetKnow on Tuesday, 8 January. Mikhail Vidyakin, director of the strategy…
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The value of Bitcoin has fallen by three quarters this year, sending the original crypto-currency and the largest one back to levels not seen before its bubble. And the price is not the only aspect of the trading that has changed. Retail investors responsible for the rapid rise of bitcoin…
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