During a week that featured a dramatic battle over crypto taxation in the U.S. Senate, a major recovery in the price of bitcoin and ether, and the most bizarre crypto hack and recovery ever, the steady interest in decentralized finance by institutional investors continued. The evidence: a steady stream of comprehensive DeFi research for institutional investors. The … [Read more...] about Institutional DeFi 101
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In FinTech We Trust
As the digital revolution becomes more and more ubiquitous, the question of what’s going to make FinTechs stand out from the pack becomes increasingly more pressing. The answer, that said, is as old as business – reputation and trust are the drivers that will make or break any financial company no matter how cutting-edge their technology products. How best to build that … [Read more...] about In FinTech We Trust
FinTech Innovation: It’s About People
FinTech innovation has driven a revolution in financial services that has, over the past year, truly come to the foreground as digital banking increasingly becomes the trusted norm for many customers. From groundbreaking new services in mobile payments, digital currencies, blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, and much,, innovation has long been an important focal point in the … [Read more...] about FinTech Innovation: It’s About People
Stablecoins, Innovation, and FinTech Funding
Our Week in FinTech columns for July covered three of the more pressing themes in finance, technology, and money and show just how far innovation in finance is shaking up our traditional infrastructure. Would you have thought that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell would be talking about stablecoins? Or that investment in financial technology would break records in the first … [Read more...] about Stablecoins, Innovation, and FinTech Funding
Who Will Regulate Stablecoins in the U.S.?
U.S. financial regulators are calling for stablecoin regulation with representatives of the nation's primary regulatory offices making the rounds of Congress and the financial media over the past two weeks. That stablecoins, cryptotokens backed by national currency or other fixed assets, pose risks and should be regulated is not the primary question. It's which office has … [Read more...] about Who Will Regulate Stablecoins in the U.S.?
CFTC Commissioner Urges Caution for DeFi Investors
DeFi – short for Decentralized Finance – continues to be a hot topic on the cutting edge of financial trading. The appeal of somehow cutting away from intermediaries to a pure peer-to-peer trading and lending experience has a strong allure for a lot of technologically inclined investors, and as investments in the space grow, the market potential seems huge. But, like … [Read more...] about CFTC Commissioner Urges Caution for DeFi Investors