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Bitcoin enthusiast and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently put his mobile payments company Square at the center of one of the most talked about areas of innovation in finance.

Between negative-yielding bonds, the frothy equity market and looming inflation, institutional asset allocators have been forced to look for alternative means of generating yield. 

Between negative-yielding bonds, the frothy equity market and looming inflation, institutional asset allocators have been forced to look for alternative means of generating yield. 

Bitcoin may be down, but it's not out. Plenty of investors remain captivated by digital currency and as this universe evolves and matures, more ways to access it are coming to market.

In the beginning there was blockchain, and it was good. It opened the door, and let the rays of light of a new decentralized digital economy shine in. However, the wider we pushed that door open, the less bright that light shined.

Cryptocurrency is often described as “digital money.” This description may be true, but it fails to capture what makes cryptocurrency unique and so appealing to many investors.

The movie industry is usually one that’s credited with innovation and development. The industry is barely a century old, yet film production and distribution techniques have changed dramatically over the years. And crypto can take it a step further.

During a webinar with Microsoft, ‘Reimagining Global Markets: How Marketplace Technology is Driving Economies Forward,’ we explored the intersection of cloud and the technology that powers some of the world’s largest marketplaces.

While headlines from the blockchain industry have recently been dominated by Bitcoin, the biggest story in the space has still largely been overlooked (or missed) by most news outlets: the rise of DeFi, or Decentralized Finance.

Since its introduction to the world in 2008, blockchain technology has given rise to hundreds of cryptocurrencies, starting with the ever-popular Bitcoin.

The era of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies ushers in developments that have the potential to transform many industries as we know them.

Blockchain technology has removed the need for trust and replaced it with consensus.

Weighing the cost-benefit of financial freedom and the state of energy consumption

Only halfway through 2021, and DeFi has become an ecosystem that sprawls over the entire landscape of blockchain platforms.

The current high growth & adoption of financial applications can be traced back to the arrival of cloud storage in 2006. The big idea was the creation of a simple, scalable, service that could easily plug into existing software. The world of DeFi will mirror this trajectory.

The blockchain industry is expanding globally, harboring diverse applicability and ability to disrupt every business sector, as experts often claim.

Even with ESG’s ascendency, impact investing practices are globally fragmented, with developed markets serving as a focal point of activity.

As many from the global blockchain-cryptocurrency community would agree, the steady rise of Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) is a welcome sign.

The Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), more commonly known as blockchain, was introduced to the world along with bitcoin. While the attitude towards bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remains mixed, the interest in its underlying technology is unambiguous.

Know Your Customer or KYC is a regulatory requirement that underpins today’s global economy, but its current processes are inefficient and outdated.