Tagged: perspective

January 30, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephen Pair, co-founder and CEO of BitPay, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Stephen Pair from Bitpay talked about the current state of crypto adoption and how the financial services sector can be enhanced with digital currency transactions. Stephen also talked about… Read More

January 29, 2024 @ 12:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite it being more than 60 years old, it is thought that around 70% of large corporations – including those in the government, banking, finance, insurance, and automotive industries – still rely on the programming language COBOL for much of their mission critical work. Anne… Read More

January 25, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After many shakeups in the past year, 2024 is expected to be a difficult year for the entire banking sector. We recently connected with Jeff Nowicki, VP of Banking at Treasury Prime, the embedded finance software company, to discuss banking trends for 2024 and beyond…. Read More

January 23, 2024 @ 6:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrew Charnley, MD, Assetz Capital, says that housing has been a popular topic of discussion, as both the Conservatives and Labour start to gear up for the next general election. Andrew Charnley from Assetz Capital notes that the UK faces many pressing social issues, but… Read More

January 20, 2024 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Valmar Capital, a digital assets multi-manager multi-strategy platform, notes that volumes, in particular, the 7-day ADV across spot and futures markets are all markedly “lower than the prior week as activity going into the BTC ETF event has waned.” Valmar Capital stated in an extensive… Read More

January 20, 2024 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dan Morehead, the Founder and Managing Partner of Pantera Capital, recently looked into whether altcoins can outperform Bitcoin during this bull cycle. Dan Morehead noted that this is a question they often hear from digital assets and blockchain industry participants. His colleagues Cosmo Jiang and… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Open Banking adoption and integration into the financial ecosystem remains steady with over six years of ongoing developments. CI recently received insights regarding open banking and its “transformative” potential as payments via this method become more widely recognized. Saturday 13th January marked the sixth… Read More

January 14, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Carlisle, the Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Elliptic, noted that on January 10, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) undertook the landmark step of approving 11 spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs). David Carlisle, who brings a wealth of experience… Read More

January 14, 2024 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda has commented on why they think spot Bitcoin ETFs are a “game-changer” for the crypto market. Bitpanda notes in a blog post the crypto world has “reached an important milestone as major financial institutions receive approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Many insiders expect the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to decide today whether to approve or not approve a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The possibility of a spot Bitcoin vehicle trading on the Nasdaq or the NYSE has driven the price of Bitcoin higher… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a video on X discussing the recent Staff review of the definition of an Accredited Investor. The video states that the review of fhe definition is mandated to take place every four years, according to Dodd-Frank. The… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

John Reed Stark, a former employee of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and longtime crypto critic, has taken to X to hammer Bitcoin just as expectations that the SEC will approve Bitcoin ETFs later this month. Stark has been vocal for years now regarding… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The property industry has reacted to the latest mortgage approval data from the Bank of England. The latest figures show that mortgage approvals for November 2023 sit “at 50,067, up from 47,888 in October.” According to an update shared with CI, this marks “a YoY… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coincover thinks the crypto industry could be on an upward trajectory heading into 2024 with the anticipation of approval for a Bitcoin ETF and “a remarkable 51% decline in hacks in 2023.” Coincover‘s Head of Legal, Yoann Leokowitz, has recently shared his… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital securities are broadly acknowledged as the future of all securities. Yet, progress has been slow for regulators around the world to craft the needed rules to enable digital to replace existing analog securities. The advent of distributed ledger technology (DLT), or blockchains, is expected… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we enter 2024, Madhusudan Ekambaram, Co-founder and CEO at KreditBee, has shared insights on the Fintech-sector at large as well as his outlook for 2024. Madhusudan Ekambaram, Co-founder and CEO at KreditBee said that we “have seen a robust demand for credit in the… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance’s CEO has shares his 2024 predictions with CI. In a detailed note, the firm has commented on key 2024 industry predictions, which are attributed to NEXT Insurance’s Guy Goldstein. Guy’s insights aim to reflect on the major developments and trends in the insurance… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year 2024 is set to be an exceptional period for the digital assets and blockchain sector. Throughout most of 2023, there were a number of key developments that will now shape the future of the crypto industry in the coming year and even the… Read More

December 31, 2023 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brad Kelly, Managing Director at Payment Services, has shared his forecast for the coming year. According to Brad Kelly, 2024 is going to be “a tough year for payment fintechs in Australia with startup corporate and business card issuers likely to fail with little value… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gavin Wood, an Ethereum co-founder who has focused on Polkadot noted that we are seeing a global return to normalcy and resurgence of (in-person) events with it (even though various of COVID still seem to be affecting a significant number of people despite vaccinations being… Read More