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FTX US, An Solana Based NFT marketplace soon to have Ethereum Support

NFT trades and minting can be made with the Solana blockchain, and yep, you got that right. The West Realm Shires Services Inc., a parent chain of the FTX has made this announcement on Oct 11, 2021.F

12 Oct 2021
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Alejandro Gutierrez

Asset-Backed Lending; The Future of Yield Farming

With the explosion of complex yield farming products, which move the risk to the next link in the chain, how can yield farmers prepare for a new harvesting season? DeFi asset-backed lending is the ans...

07 Oct 2021
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Paul Kitchener

After The Hype: There’s More to Smart Contracts than Collectable NFT's

Smart contracts have struck mass public consciousness in a big way in the form of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT's). More than $2 billion was spent on NFTs, during the first quarter of 2021 - representing ...

06 Oct 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
Alejandro Gutierrez

Traditional lending is broken and a “quick fix” won’t do it for SMEs

According to the World Trade Organization, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent over 90% of the business population, 60–70% of employment and 55% of GDP in developed economies. Despit...

02 Oct 2021
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Gustavo De La Torre

Sorry, Warren and gang, but crypto isn't going anywhere

Legislators come and go, but some things stick around, despite the best attempts to make a change. Enter center stage Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues—as well as a few academics in the likes of Ro...

30 Sep 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
A Finextra Member

White label crypto exchange solutions - No More Development Delays

Have you ever imagined a never existing currency will have such demand and scarcity, thanks to the blockchain and the DeFi, which made it possible? The Crypto’s are having huge traffic, and the vigor

30 Sep 2021
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
A Finextra Member

A Complete Guide to Developing an NFT Marketplace for Art

Introduction Nonfungible tokens or NFT as they are commonly known have become a buzzword not only for crypto enthusiasts but also for artists and investors. It has become one of the most lucrative

29 Sep 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI): the European way to get most out of blockchain

While the crypto world is getting huge attention worldwide, one would almost forget the promising technology behind it: blockchain or more generally named distributed ledger technology (DLT). There ar...

28 Sep 2021
Blockchain Observations
David Creer

Should banks embrace cryptocurrencies?

A new world of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is emerging. Due to the advantages of taking part in such initiatives, many are now in advanced stages and vari...

27 Sep 2021
Sean Salloux

The SWIFT Payment Network & Its Alternatives

Everything you need to know about SWIFT plus the alternative networks revolutionising payments. Today, it seems like funds can be transferred instantly across borders. But the vast majority of interna...

22 Sep 2021
Fintech
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Gallop into profitability with an NFT horse-racing game platform like Zed Run

History of horse racing It has been noted that no new animals were domesticated in the past 20,000 years by humans. This would mean that even without technical intelligence, human beings understood t

22 Sep 2021
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
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Orchestration: the key for banks to capitalize on digital assets

The IPO of Coinbase earlier this year was a moment of great symbolism. The listing of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is another manifestation of crypto going mainstream. But it also under...

16 Sep 2021
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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