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King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
All around the world, central banks are exploring and experimenting with the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), with around 100 countries having launched projects related to the technology to date. While the technology is still in its infancy, it has the potential to fundamentally alter the global payment landscape and internationa...
29 August 2022 /wholesale /crypto Asia Financial Services
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Role of the Monetary Authority of Singapore In June 2021 the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) commenced an investigation into the Singapore-based investment fund ‘Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd.’ (3AC Singapore) (MAS 2022). On the face of it this consisted of a one-year investigation which culminate
26 August 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Introduction In Parts V and VI of this Crypto Analysis Case Study, we will seek to tie together the issues raised regarding the crypto hedge fund ‘Three Arrows Capital’ (3AC), and the ultimate failure of its Singapore-based investment fund ‘Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd.’ (3AC Singapore). 3AC Singapore
25 August 2022 /crypto /markets Cryptocurrency Insights
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
Futures trading has become a popular product among cryptocurrency traders in recent years. Unlike spot trading, derivatives trading is highly demanded and requires much more attention to detail from users. Using the right platform and improving your trading skillset is something that will lead to improving your chances of success in the market. W...
25 August 2022 /crypto
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
In the traditional Onprem software paradigm, a Customer pays the full License Fee of the software upfront and gets the rights to use the software in perpetuity. If he wants maintenance and updates, he additionally pays AMC every year, which is typically 18-22% of the LF. Upgrades are charged separately, as and when they're available. In the modern...
23 August 2022 /cloud /crypto
Indra Chourasia Industry Advisor at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
After the frightening market distress triggered from crash of Terra Luna - engulfing prominent players like Three Arrows Capital and Celsius in recent months, the crypto ecosystem is still finding a way. At the same time, the recent turmoil in crypto-asset markets has underlined increased risks from intense volatility and structural vulnerabilitie...
21 August 2022 /regulation /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Retired Member
The crypto industry has been subject to a great deal of criticism because of security issues. Hacks, fraud, and other types of activities have caused millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency to end up in the pockets of criminals. Yet, in reality, many crypto hacks happened not because of blockchains’ failure but due to users’ poor security meas...
18 August 2022 /payments /crypto Business
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
Crypto market is going through wild changes, and record drawdown of key coins during the last five months has made people nervous. However, the current decline is a natural and, in my opinion, temporal event. Vitalik Buterin proclaimed the beginning of the crypto winter in February 2022. In his interview for Bloomberg, he said that the stagnatio
17 August 2022 /crypto /markets Trends in Financial Services
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
I am a music fan. Of all sorts, from classic, to pop, to etc. In the sixteenths I visited the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Plumpton South England. And there I saw Deep Purple for the first time. It was great. Recently I read that, notwithstanding the music industry is an incredibly big business, many artists still have a pover life. This whi...
15 August 2022 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Mykyta Grechyna
Recently, the European Parliament and the European Commission have provisionally agreed on the regulation project aimed at the cryptocurrency market called Markets in Crypto-Asset Regulation (MiCA). We can already notice certain principles by which respective authorities worldwide will highly likely regulate the crypto asset projects. MiCA is the ...
12 August 2022 /crypto Innovation in Financial Services
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