Opinion

January 7, 2025 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

EU area inflation is on the rise, with Eurostat reporting that annual inflation is expected to be 2.4% in December 2024, up from 2.2% in November. Services are expected to have the highest annual rate in December at 4.0%, compared with 3.9% in November. Energy… Read More

January 7, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Deal flow in 2024 has picked up significantly compared to last year, and AI deals have predominantly dominated headlines due to megadeals like those involving OpenAI, Grok, and others. While later-stage companies have seen a bulk of the funding, seed activity in the space… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase‘s (NASDAQ:COIN) 2025 Crypto Market Outlook provides key insights focused on the web3 and blockhain ecosystem. The Outlook provides investors with deep dives that span the crypto space, from altcoins to ETFs, staking to gaming, and other important developments. As noted by Coinbase, the following… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ryze Labs has shared its review for the year 2024 as well as its 2025 outlook with CI. Ryze Labs has shared the following key insights, as part of its comprehensive Market Outlook for 2025: The cryptocurrency market displayed “remarkable” maturity and institutional acceptance in… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Bitcoin reaches unprecedented levels following yesterthe US election results, thousands of first-time investors are rushing to enter the cryptocurrency market. But new research from CertiK – the blockchain security firm that has protected over $3 trillion in user assets – reveals concerning vulnerabilities that… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Imrich (Imo) Bábics, Chief Growth Officer at Relai, noted last week the company added 13 BTC to their balance sheet, bringing the total Bitcoin holdings in our corporate treasury to 30 BTC. Bábics has shared why they are doing this. He claims that it is… Read More

January 3, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gilles Gade, Founder and CEO at Cross River Bank, said that when he thinks of 2024, he’s reminded of a quote by the Austrian philosopher Viktor Frankl: “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” As… Read More

January 3, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Max Rabinovitch, Chief Strategy Officer at Chiliz & Socios.com, has shared key insights with CI, reflecting on the most impactful developments of 2024 and predictions for the year ahead. As noted in the update, the Chiliz Chain is the Layer-1 blockchain for sporting brands to… Read More

January 3, 2025 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitstamp CEO  Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux says 2024 was a transformative year for the digital asset sector. Bitstamp is a European crypto exchange that claims to be the world’s longest-running marketplace for crypto. In 2024, Robinhood acquired Bitstamp for $200 million as the broker sought to expand its… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Harrison Seletsky, director of business development at digital identity platform SPACE ID, predicts 2025 will be the year privacy comes into focus as the EU launches the digital euro and organizations battle data leaks. He also expects to see a proliferation of AI agents launching… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

DeVere Group is distributing a release that claims that 42% with UK financial ties want out of Britain. This follows the recent Labour budget, which aims to increase taxes on various aspects including capital gains. While DeVere did not distribute the complete survey and its… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2024 came to an end, Coin Metrics says that the year stands in stark contrast to the crypto winter of 2022. As mentioned in the report from Coin Metrics, 2024 was one of the “most consequential years in the history of crypto” across multiple… Read More

January 1, 2025 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released its Financial Stability Report. The update highlights key developments in the country’s financial ecosystem and what we can expect in 2025. Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO, BCT Digital has shared insights with CI on the nation’s banking sector…. Read More

December 31, 2024 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we get closer to the new year, the team at Melio has shared key trends that they believe are shaping the B2B payments landscape. Melio commented on what we should expect to see in 2025. In 2025, Melio noted that we should expect to… Read More

December 31, 2024 @ 1:56 pm By Timothy Li  |  

FINTECH in 2025! It’s been a whirlwind since my last Fintech predictions for 2024. I forecasted AI ubiquity, the end of BaaS, digital twinning, and Elon Musk’s ambition to dominate Fintech. Some of these predictions came true, others fell flat, but as they say, truth… Read More

December 30, 2024 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

On Friday, Representative Patrick McHenry, the outgoing Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a parting shot to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding her profound failure to enable the emerging digital asset sector. The letter was signed by both Republicans and Democrats, displaying a… Read More

December 30, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nick Jones, Founder and CEO, Zumo, has shared three trends that he thins will shape the digital assets sector in 2025. According to Nick Jones from Zumo, the regulatory gaze will intensify. He noted that it is fair to say that regulation usually “lags behind… Read More

December 30, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shyft Network shared that in 2024, the anticipated collision between regulation and innovation gave way to an “unprecedented” collaboration. This year marked a turning point, Shyft network noted while adding that this is the point where regulatory frameworks and technological advancements joined forces to prioritize… Read More

December 29, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s chief of markets, Ruslan Lienkha, said recent decisions by a relatively healthy United States would affect world markets, even if they knew they were coming. Lienkha said markets expected a rate cut, given Fed signals at previous meetings. While a 0.5% rate cut was deemed bold… Read More

December 28, 2024 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past month, the Bitcoin price surpassed the $100,000 barrier. According to Bitso, this is a monumental moment for Bitcoin and the crypto industry. Bitso noted that breaking the $100,000 mark, surpassing both price resistances and the psychological milestone, cements BTC as “one of the… Read More