When it comes to blockchain, India cannot be ignored. Why? It is a vast country with more than a billion people who recently went through demonetization. This article is brought to you by Bi... Read more
Bahrain’s ongoing efforts to establish the Gulf nation as a regional center of financial innovation moved ahead this week with the announcement of Bahrain FinTech Bay, a facility designed to... Read more
If the ownership of bitcoin is as concentrated as some estimate, then the liquidity issue distills down to the actions of the top tier of owners. Whenever I raise the topic of bitcoin and cr... Read more
Six of the world’s biggest banks have partnered on a cryptocurrency that will enable the clearing and settling of transactions over a blockchain. Financial institutions have been takin... Read more
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (“EDB”) and FinTech Consortium (“FTC”) announced today the launch of “Bahrain FinTech Bay” (“BFB”), the largest dedicated FinTech hub in the Middle Eas... Read more
Fintech, blockchain and A.I. are revolutionising the banking industry and have the potential to replace a significant percentage of the human capital, eliminating a chunk of their cost bases... Read more
How much money exists in the world? This updated visualization compares the world’s richest people, companies, and markets with the world’s money supply. Source/More: All of the... Read more
In 2016, the Russian government was convinced bitcoin was a danger to its economy and a threat to its national security, so much so that politicians introduced legislation that, if passed, w... Read more
I recently finished the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, one of the most popular and influential science fiction series ever, and I found myself getting pulled into it for many of the same... Read more
Hong Kong and Singapore have agreed to cooperate on a cross-border trade project based on blockchain technology as part of a broader joint strategy on financial technology. The two Asian pow... Read more