Blockchain technology and digital assets rose to new heights in 2021; with a record $30 billion in investments, interest in this sector of FinTech has never been stronger. But what's happening with all that money? That was the subject of 1871's recent Tech Talk: Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency: A Breakout Year, with experts weighing in on where developments in digital assets … [Read more...] about The Future of Digital Assets: Not a Zero-Sum Game
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DAOs: The Next Blockchain Frontier?
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) came back into the news in 2021, generally falling into two categories: blockchain projects generally centered around the issuance of Ethereum-based tokens, and blockchain-powered crowdfunding ventures for investors. To say that DAOs got off to a rocky start would be something of an understatement. The original DAO, formed in … [Read more...] about DAOs: The Next Blockchain Frontier?
Fed Releases Digital Assets Report
The Federal Reserve issued its long-awaited report on the status of its research on whether the U.S. should issue a digital currency. It isn't a story that makes for exciting headlines, but it's all good: The Fed released the report, it's designed to create discussion, and any decision will rest with Congress. American Banker headlined its report, "Fed defers to elected … [Read more...] about Fed Releases Digital Assets Report
FinTech Forecast 2022
FinTech investments surpassed every year prior in 2021 – $131.5 billion. That’s more than double 2020’s final tally, and 2020 had already set records for that year. It is safe to say that FinTech’s moment has arrived. The digital transformation of finance hit a transition point to become an integral part of business as usual for financial services across the board. In … [Read more...] about FinTech Forecast 2022
Can Digital Assets Really Disrupt Payments?
As digital assets continue to become more and more mainstream, what role they’ll play as they move beyond a token for professional traders to something more widespread and ubiquitous remains a primary question. To some extent, there are no clear answers – yet. A lot depends on the moves that government organizations and banks make moving forward, and the answers they come up … [Read more...] about Can Digital Assets Really Disrupt Payments?
Crypto Rules
It was a crypto week. I didn't think it would but that's mostly what I worked with this week. The week started with conversations about inflation, mostly on how to talk about it lest our communications make it worst. It's too late for that with so much news showing the highest measure of this or that inflationary measure in this or that number of decades. Bitcoin hit a … [Read more...] about Crypto Rules