Look around your room. Chances are that everything has been in a container, on a plane, or inside a truck at some point. The miracle of international trade is a complex beast, a series of arteries feeding goods to each corner of the globe. And most of us know nothing about it.
Canadians are on the cusp of financial sovereignty. As fears of impending inflation and economic uncertainty take hold, individuals and corporations alike have turned to bitcoin.
Communicate, communicate, communicate. That is the key to a successful digital transformation, according to executives from ASX, OCC and Stifel, who spoke on a panel at this year’s virtual Technology of the Future (ToF) conference.
Kraken, a prominent U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has received approval from the State of Wyoming for its proposal to form a new kind of financial institution: an exchange empowered to carry out some of the functions of a private bank.
Amid the market shocks of March, users quickly transitioned from “the long game of lending and borrowing” on decentralized applications, instead flocking to safe-haven assets such as stablecoins.
Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs), a wide-reaching application of blockchain technology, has seen its first incorporation onto the main Bitcoin blockchain, opening the gateway for Bitcoin users to access this technology without relying on any other chains or third-party applications.
Money transmitters like Western Union, PayPal, and cryptocurrency firms will be able to more easily expand across the United States, after 48 state regulators agreed to a single set of supervisory rules that should reduce their compliance costs.
The floodgates are now starting to open to these retail investors, and the crypto community must embrace the SEC’s regulatory framework to propel its industry into mainstream financial institutions
Already a global hotspot for bitcoin mining thanks to the availability of cheap hydroelectric power, China’s Sichuan Province is now the focus of a changing attitude from the central government, which is actively trying to court more mining operations with a variety of incentives
When the Industrial Revolution began, the gold standard was in place to help remove the risks of currency fluctuations from international trade and prevent governments from printing money and inducing inflation -- the same type of fiat inflation we are seeing now
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to profound societal and organizational changes. As sofas and dining tables turn into workspaces, organizations are being forced to re-imagine the way work is done.
In a world economy overshadowed by the fallout from Covid-19, banks and the FSI industry as a whole are looking for ways to remain relevant, solvent, and at the forefront of clients' minds.