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
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Regulators Take Aim at DeFi
Decentralized Finance, more commonly known as DeFi, has been a growing sector on the wild frontiers of digital finance throughout 2021 – we’ve covered it ourselves a number of times over the past six months. It’s a space that excites many adventurous investors, as the yields look incredibly promising. But with multiple high-profile scams and hacks marring the space even as … [Read more...] about Regulators Take Aim at DeFi
NFTs (Part2): Is It Art and What’s It Worth?
In a recent conversation on crypto and NFTs, the inevitable question came up: what's this stuff worth? It's a link on a blockchain, after all. Yet NFTs are shaking up the art world, raising questions of artistic aesthetics and investment values. Artists can benefit both economically and legally. I covered the economic and legal aspects of NFTs in How Misuse of a Technical … [Read more...] about NFTs (Part2): Is It Art and What’s It Worth?
NFTs (Part 1): How Misuse of a Technical Term Obscures an Economic and Legal Function
The record-setting price of bitcoin this week, driven by the launch of the first U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) – the most successful ETF launch in history – may support one of the year's other major FinTech stories: the rise of NFTs. The bitcoin EFT makes it possible for investors to buy exposure to the future price of bitcoin without purchasing either the futures … [Read more...] about NFTs (Part 1): How Misuse of a Technical Term Obscures an Economic and Legal Function
FinTech and Crypto: 7 Years On
This post marks the seventh anniversary of FinTech Rising. I wrote the first posts while attending the 2014 Sibos* conference in Boston. The biggest thing I learned at that conference was the emergence of bitcoin into the mainstream financial system. As I wrote in that first FinTech Rising post, "Throughout the conference, the line on Bitcoin went something like this: It may … [Read more...] about FinTech and Crypto: 7 Years On
Stablecoin: A Faster Future?
Could stablecoin be an idea whose time has arrived? The industry remains niche in terms of overall value, but as more competitors test the ground to enter the field - including large central banks in some countries like Sweden - the conversation has rapidly developed into what could be suggested to be an inevitability. Stablecoins - in this case, cryptocurrency tied directly … [Read more...] about Stablecoin: A Faster Future?