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Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023: Opposing pressures dovetail to spur blockchain growth

Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023: Opposing pressures dovetail to spur blockchain growth


21 Aug 2023

This is an excerpt from The Future of Fintech in the Middle East 2023 report. There is an interestin...

How the future of decentralised exchanges will impact financial services

How the future of decentralised exchanges will impact financial services

Olga Klein
15 Aug 2023

Decentralised Exchanges (DEX) are playing a significant role in the financial services industry, pre...

Future of Fintech in Africa 2023: Blockchain is shaping Africa's digital currency based future

Future of Fintech in Africa 2023: Blockchain is shaping Africa's digital currency based future


08 Aug 2023

This is an excerpt from The Future of Fintech in Africa 2023 report. Africa’s crypto market is surgi...

Digital currency strategies and their consumer potential

Digital currency strategies and their consumer potential

Sehrish Alikhan
27 Jun 2023

As digital currencies become integrated into the mainstream, payments service providers and technolo...

Central bank digital currencies: Why it's time for commercial banks to lead

Central bank digital currencies: Why it's time for commercial banks to lead

Gilbert Verdian
21 Jun 2023

Anyone who has ever been involved with a technology project will know that they are notorious for be...

Metaverse progress unlikely in 2023

Metaverse progress unlikely in 2023

Níamh Curran
16 Feb 2023

The metaverse is a hot topic which everyone seems keen to pontificate about, but less so to actually...

Why is intellectual property protection essential in the virtual world?

Why is intellectual property protection essential in the virtual world?

Dale Carter
02 Feb 2023

This article was co-authored by Jasmine Walters, technical assistant at Reddie & Grose LLP. In 2...

The golden circle: Are gold-linked digital assets the future?

The golden circle: Are gold-linked digital assets the future?

Níamh Curran
25 Jan 2023

Richard Nixon un-pegged the US from the gold standard over 50 years ago, and with it the rest of the...

CBDC infrastructure in 2023 – scapegoats, politics, and interoperability

CBDC infrastructure in 2023 – scapegoats, politics, and interoperability

Níamh Curran
11 Jan 2023

The potential progress of CBDC remained in the headlines throughout 2022. Towards the end of the yea...

What is a Web 3.0 job?

What is a Web 3.0 job?

Madhvi Mavadiya
12 Dec 2022

Web 3.0, the next stage in the evolution of the Internet, allows data to be interconnected in a dece...

Cryptocurrency sustainability: how do we solve a problem like Bitcoin?

Cryptocurrency sustainability: how do we solve a problem like Bitcoin?

Níamh Curran
08 Dec 2022

Bitcoin uses significant amounts of energy, more than any other cryptocurrency. If cryptocurrencies ...

Questions unanswered: Dissecting the CBDC business case

Questions unanswered: Dissecting the CBDC business case


16 Nov 2022

“This round table achieved great debate, provided a forum for insightful and differing opinions and ...