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In recent days Bitcoin has skyrocketed like never before; something people haven’t seen in several months. There were also some Cryptocurrencies of smaller companies that reached higher numbers as well. This was all set off by a buyer who is at this moment unknown. The Asian trading has seen a 20% increase in with their bitcoin rates. Their curre...
09 April 2019
David Creer Technology & Innovation Lead at GFT
There has been some exciting news from Digital Asset Holdings (DA) this week, with their announcement of various measures to increase accessibility and visibility of their platform. Firstly, they have stated that their DAML software development kit (SDK) will now be available on a free basis without request. As there is no longer an approval stage ...
05 April 2019
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
It is getting crowdy in the world of Blockchain Associations in Europe. Following the examples of The European Blockchain Partnership, The Blockchain Association of Europe, the EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum, and many others, end 2018 a number of leading blockchain corporates including Ripple joined forces to create the Blockchain for Europ...
31 March 2019 /regulation
The highly flexible nature of blockchain has started to become really apparent in recent years. The technology has managed to find its way into many areas of life, and various companies in many different industries have been actively experimenting with it for various purposes. And while some of those experiments have ultimately proved fruitless, t...
25 March 2019
With the rise of national digital identity in several countries, and the very real need for one billion people around the world without an official identity, there are many questions around how best to do it; what is the right kind of technology? What level of privacy is required? Who should be responsible for it? I’ll say it now; there are no perf...
20 March 2019 /regulation
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
The cryptocurrency industry is on the rise, and it is no longer just an industry dedicated to currency. Many thought that 2017/2018 was the peak year for the crypto industry when hundreds of currencies and startups were created and destroyed. This is no longer true. While the currencies might have been experiencing a decline as of late, the indust...
18 March 2019
CIOs of companies are increasingly showing their interest in blockchain technology. In PwCs 2018 survey amongst a large number of business executives from 15 different industries in various countries, more than 80% of the respondents said their company was actively involved with blockchain technology. Some more than others. This is not surprising ...
12 March 2019
Around 80% of all US corporate bond volume (based on dollar amount) is still traded telephonically, while 90% of all US equities volume (based on dollar amount) is traded electronically. This disparity is quite shocking on the surface, but when you look under the hood of the two markets one can understand why this is the case. Equity markets are m...
07 March 2019
Blockchain is hard to ignore these days, as the technology is all around us, and it looks like we’re only touching the tip of the iceberg at the moment. It’s very likely that we’re going to see even more developments in this field later on, and while it’s hard to tell just how far we’re going to go in terms of developing blockchain and its surroun...
22 February 2019
Though blockchain is not yet well understood by many treasury people, and tangible real-world applications for the corporate treasurer’s day-to-day activities are still scarce, this technology is getting increased interest in the treasury world. In August 2016 I wrote a blog in Finextra named “The Corporate Treasurer and Blockchain”. My conclusion...
19 February 2019
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