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Alisa Dicaprio

‘The DLT Down-Low with DiCaprio’: Interpreting 2022’s blockchain failures

Projects sometimes fail. But when there are lots of headline collapses in a short period, it’s time to look for patterns. Was it all hanky panky or was there a more legitimate reason for failure? In t...

27 Dec 2022
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Sergei Romanov

CBDCs for Cross-Border Money Transfers: Threat Or Opportunity?

CBDCs for Cross-Border Money Transfers: Threat Or Opportunity? Twelve years ago, the first real-world cryptocurrency transaction took place; this event is now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza day. Since th...

27 Dec 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A Finextra Member

Latin America's Moves to Regulate Cryptocurrency Industry

According to the 2022 cryptocurrency market research conducted by Chainanalysis, Latin America is the second largest region of the world after the Middle East & North Africa for year-over-year cry...

27 Dec 2022
Bitcoin payments
Abhinav Paliwal

Why SuperApps Are Planning Crypto Rewards

Fintechs have the super high CAC They need high ARPU by acting as one-stop-shops So SuperApps are planning Crypto Rewards — Details 👇 They all are chasing growth in a regulated environment with simi...

22 Dec 2022
Digital Banking Trends
Sean Salloux

Understanding Why Banks and Neobanks Need to Offer Digital Asset Solutions

With over 14 million British adults owning a digital only bank account, the need for access to digital assets has never been greater. Digital asset rates are higher than ever, and both banks and neo...

21 Dec 2022
Fintech
Viacheslav Syvolob

WEB 3.0 impact on the business and legal issues

The definition of WEB 3.0 and what is important to know about it Web 3.0 (Web3) is an idea of a version of the Internet that is based on the concepts of openness, decentralization, and changing the co...

19 Dec 2022
Blockchain Geek
Sean Salloux

How Digital Technology is Transforming Industries

The digital revolution is showing no signs of slowing. Today, more and more industries, including real estate, music, healthcare, banking, and even gold and silver are adopting digitization to meet us...

14 Dec 2022
Fintech
Pavlo Farb

Security audit of smart contracts: verifying DeFi

Once deployed, a lot of smart contracts cannot be easily changed. So, it would be wise to take a close look at potential weaknesses, exploits, and built-in mitigations when it’s not too late for chang...

13 Dec 2022
DeFi
Nish Kotecha

Why the demise of FTX has to be a turning point

The recent and very public demise of cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, has once again dented wider faith and trust in the crypto world. Despite raising $400 million at the start of the year, rumours of F...

08 Dec 2022
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Roel Mels

Data, Data Everywhere: Managing New Digital Assets in The Market Data Mix

The financial services industry is known for its complexity in terms of the multitude and proliferation of market participants, vendors, products, user requirements, agreements and pricing structures....

07 Dec 2022
A Finextra Member

MiCA regulation overview

For a long period, the crypto-asset market has remained unregulated in the European Union. A group of EU member states has developed cryptocurrency legislation at the national level, but unified rules...

06 Dec 2022
Fintech World
Yuliya Barabash

Firewall To ArtNFT: Another Bubble Or NFT Rebirth?

In 2021, a friend of mine bought an NFT for €1800. Today, it costs €10. The difference is impressive. With the market decline, all token purchases made a year ago lost 80–90% of the margin. The loudes...

06 Dec 2022
Trends in Financial Services

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