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Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk
The recent approval of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) by the European Parliament marks a significant milestone in the regulation of the crypto-assets industry in Europe and beyond. MiCA will establish the first harmonized and comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets and related services and activities in Europe, whic...
07 May 2023 /crypto
Todd Crosland Founder and CEO at CoinZoom
Some of the world's biggest brands are already involved - Nike, Disney, Budweiser, Warner Music and Starbucks. What exactly? Well, as Harvard Business Review put it, the “confusing, contested, exciting, utopian, scam-ridden, disastrous, democratizing, (maybe) decentralized world of Web3.” So, what's the hype all about? The term, first coined by Et...
05 May 2023 /inclusion /crypto
Kyla Curley Partner at StoneTurn
Stablecoins are designed to be stable and immune from the price volatility that plagues their crypto brethren. This makes stablecoins an integral part of the crypto ecosphere and an illustration for the use case of digital assets for business transactions, payment systems, and treasury functions. Stablecoins provide accessible on- and off-ramps be...
04 April 2023 /crypto /markets
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 / Nucleus365
Cryptocurrency’s resilience to market volatility remains strong. As the decentralised finance (De-Fi) markets continue to recover from the ‘crypto winter’ crypto’s facilitation in e-commerce is on the rise - with an estimated 100,000 businesses worldwide now accepting crypto payments. For example, several world-renowned sports teams now accept cry...
04 April 2023 /payments /crypto
Benas Skridulis
Cryptocurrency scams are still rising. Thieves are using old techniques and coming up with new ones to steal crypto assets. Here are some of the common cryptocurrency scams to watch out for. Crypto giveaway There are many scam posts on popular social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Usually, they pretend to be major cryptocurrency exch...
22 March 2023 /crypto
Arijit Goswami Innovation Manager at Capgemini
India recently launched the digital version of its domestic currency, thereby embarking on its journey with Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The “Digital Rupee” or “e-Rupee” had been made available for retail and wholesale use in December 2022 with hopes of adoption among the masses. However, the past two months have sufficiently proven that ...
28 February 2023 /inclusion /crypto
Eugenie Casier Director of GRC at Clausematch
Crypto had been having a tumultuous season. Still, to see household name FTX fall, came as a surprise to many. The much-discussed cryptocurrency platform was launched in 2019. By 2021, they reported revenues of $1.02 billion, a figure evidence of their exponential growth from $85 million the previous year. That soaring increase meant an exchanged ...
22 November 2022 /regulation /crypto
Chris Principe CEO at APB, Inc.
CBDCs – But WHY? Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are being researched by central banks and governments of 87 countries and has already been launched in 11 countries. The key question is: But WHY? What follows is my view of the good, and the evil of CBDCs. CBDCs: the GOOD For you and for other people, the good things bought by CBDCs include...
14 November 2022 /wholesale /crypto
David Ritter Director, Financial Services Strategy at CI&T
There’s an anonymous quote that circulates social media, often used to lament today’s ‘Age of Undiscovery’ and the drab lack of exploration, and excitement, within: “Born too late to explore the Earth, born too early to explore the galaxy.” This may be true in the physical sense. Yet it’s easy to forget our generations are the first to navigate mul...
14 November 2022 /regulation /crypto
Retired Member
The world of science fiction has always been amusing people with innovative concepts from authors across the globe from time to time. Some of those have even become true, astonishing people as a result. Every element of the Web3 space might have been inspired by such futuristic stories, which continue to evolve as we transition from the centraliz
28 October 2022 /startups /crypto
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