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Synthetic dollars have become a practical bridge between “stablecoin-like” price stability and market-rate yields, packaging professional hedging and cash-equivalent income into assets that behave like dollars onchain. This article explains the core concepts and profiles three leading projects: Falcon Finance (USDf), Ethena (USDe), and Elixir (deU...
01 October 2025 /crypto /markets
Alex Malyshev CEO, Co-founder at SDK.finance, white-label FinTech Platform
Transactions per second (TPS) has become the payments industry's favourite vanity metric. Every year, headlines celebrate Visa's 65,000 TPS peaks or Alipay's half a million transactions in a single second. These numbers impress. But for 90% of banks, fintechs, and wallet providers, they are irrelevant - and chasing them is a costly distraction. Wh...
30 September 2025 /retail /markets Fintech
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
Visa's data indicates that stablecoin transactions hit $44.7T over the last 12 months, and money rarely sprints that far unless it has found a faster track. I am not in the prophecy business, yet scale like this usually means a technology has crossed from novelty to infrastructure. What does the $44.7T actually represents? It is not a single u
25 September 2025 /crypto /markets
The cryptocurrency market has matured significantly over the last decade, yet it remains one of the most volatile and fast-paced financial environments. Traders, both retail and institutional, often struggle to keep up with sudden price swings, emerging opportunities, and round-the-clock market activity. To address these challenges, many investors...
22 September 2025 /crypto /markets
Ankit Dash Senior Manager Marketing at Bankai Infotech
Private 5G solutions are redefining enterprise connectivity, offering newer opportunities for businesses to innovate and thrive. Unlike public networks, private 5G networks provide enterprises with exclusive control over their communication infrastructure, ensuring enhanced security, elevating the overall VoIP experience for the end users, ultra-l...
22 September 2025 /markets
Priyanka Naik Fintech Professional
The global energy crisis of 2022 was not just an energy-sector issue — it became a financial shock with direct implications for markets, consumers, and policy. For investors, banks, and Fintech platforms, the crisis raised urgent questions: how do commodity shocks ripple into electricity prices, and how can technology help us model and respond to ...
21 September 2025 /sustainable /markets Financial Risk Management
Giorgio Ippoliti Technologist for Field Applications Engineering at Sandisk
It’s no secret that for global financial trading to be successful, speed is paramount. Transactions must occur within milliseconds, and being able to access and process data as quickly as possible to make real-time decisions is critical. Almost every aspect of financial trading now relies on fast access to data; from conducting risk assessments,
19 September 2025 /markets /predictions
Trading simulators are a valuable starting point for new investors. They let you practise trading without risking real money. However, not all platforms are created equal. Choosing the right simulator requires a careful assessment of features, usability, and tools. This guide breaks down what to evaluate so you can start learning confidently! Test...
18 September 2025 /inclusion /markets
Daniel Schlaepfer CEO at Select Vantage Inc
For years, southern Europe’s markets were dismissed as risky, stagnant, or peripheral. Investors crowded into Germany’s DAX or France’s CAC, while the Athens, Milan, and Madrid exchanges languished on the margins. But that story is quickly changing. This year, the stock indices of Greece, Italy, and Spain have surged ahead of their northern peers, ...
17 September 2025 /inclusion /markets
Yamen Bousrih Manager Business Expert at Vermeg
On June 16th, 2025, the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS) officially went live. A major milestone for the European financial infrastructure and a personal achievement for me as well. Having been involved in this transformative project from its early stages from the Vendor side I’d like to take a moment to reflect on this journey and ...
16 September 2025 /payments /markets Banking
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