Regulations are the operating system of the financial world. Strategy in finance starts with the market needs of the ecosystem parties (whose existence is often based in the regulatory structure), the regulations, and only then, the choice of technology. There is a necessary feedback loop in here, as new technology can make new products possible […]
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Coinbase Announces Stellar Lumens (XLM) Support On Coinbase Wallet App
Coinbase Announces Stellar Lumens (XLM) Support On Coinbase Wallet All the major crypto exchanges in the world are currently making an effort to support more and more tokens. Now, Coinbase has recently added Stellar Lumens (XLM) to its Coinbase Wallet, according to the official blog of the company. At the moment, the Coinbase Wallet already […]
Bancor’s Galia Benartzi: Investor Hodling Stance Must Shift if Focus is on 1 Billion Bitcoin Users
Galia Benartzi, one of the founders of Bancor stated that in order to make digital currency mainstream, and get 1 billion or more users, crypto investors should not be the only focus. Crypto Assets As Products Not Just As Investments She also stated that to meet high user numbers, there should be tokens created which […]
JPMorgan is Posting Blockchain Positions at a Higher Pace than Any Other Wall Street Firm
As of late March 2019, a Forbes publication detailed recent job postings for blockchain positions from the largest financial firms in the United States. JPMorgan is continually trying to fill more blockchain related jobs than any other firm on Wall Street. How JPMorgan is Filling More Blockchain Roles than Any Other Financial Firm JPMorgan is […]
WSJ: ICO Funding is Now 58 Times Less Than It Was Last Year
On March 31st 2019, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published analysis on the current state of funding via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Using data from ICO analytics website TokenData, the report provided factual findings to demonstrate precisely how ICO funding has sharply dropped throughout the last year. How ICOs Have Disappeared within the Past Year […]
No Shock Value Here as Q1 2019 ICO Token Sales Generate 50x Less han Q1 2018: WSJ Report
Data from ICO analytics website TokenData shows that fundraising from Initial Coin Offerings in Q1 of 2019 has been declining. It has raised only close to $118 Million in the first quarter of 2019 which is in stark contrast to the $6.9 billion raised in 2018 in the same period. TokenData had tracked about 2,500 […]
Tezos Price Surges After Coinbase Custody Launches XTZ Token Staking Support
Tezos (XTZ) has registered a price increase of more than 60% in the last days after being supported by Coinbase Custody as the first cryptocurrency investors would be able to stake in their platform. Although the market is seeing how many altcoins are surging, Tezos seems to have performed very positively. Tezos Surges After Coinbase […]
SPiCE VC Co-Founder: Why Asset Quality is More Important than Tokenization, Future Evolution Needed for Security Token Industry
A recent Security Tokens Uncensored podcast featured Ami Ben-David, co-founder of SPiCE VC. Ben-David shared his informative vision on why asset quality is more important than mere tokenization, and how security token ecosystems will need to evolve in the near future. Why the Quality of an Asset is More Important than its Tokenization SPiCE VC […]
Down the Bitcoin March Memory Lane when BTC Surpassed $1 Billion in Market Cap for the First Time
In the present time, this week we saw popular South Korean exchange Bithumb being hacked that lost millions of EOS in a suspected insider job. A little known Singaporean cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx was also hacked for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and number of other tokens. Another case has been of CoinBene that involved a […]
Universal Protocol Alliance to Launch Euro Stablecoin
The blockchain interoperability project Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA) has announced they will be releasing a Euro-backed stablecoins called the Universal Euro (UPEUR). The UPEUR can be staked for interest. There’s been much speculation over stablecoins. Many analysts have hailed their rise in 2018 and early 2019 as the predecessor to widespread blockchain adoption. Still, those […]
