Retired Member
When cryptocurrencies stole the spotlight a few years ago, formal regulation was slow to track the explosive growth. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) and new cryptos came into the forefront with ‘dot-com’ bubble speed until early 2018, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slapped the wrists of lawyers advising the crypto ICOs which...
23 December 2019 /regulation /crypto
Urvish Macwan Team Leader at Hyperlink Infosystem
In every 30, 40 or 50 years, the status quo must be challenged, modified, transformed, in order to avoid the accumulation of power, centralization, totalitarianism, and corruption. Corruption is inherent in power systems, and there is no more tyrannical power than power over money. Only one billion people worldwide have access to banking services...
16 December 2019 /crypto Blockchain Observations
This morning, while evaluating official activity over the last 24 hours globally regarding cryptocurrency and FinTech regulation, this speech in Malaysia caught our attention. The speech highlighted impressively high crypto usage data. The data was eye-popping enough to justify delving into the 60+ page report released by the OECD today. Back...
11 December 2019 /regulation /crypto Digital Asset Class (DAC)
George Zarya CEO at Bequant
Germany is traditionally seen as a trustworthy player in the financial space, not least because of its approach to regulation. Deutschland’s compliance approach and traditional conservative values when it comes to finance made it an unexpected, but natural successor to carry the crypto torch when it put itself on the path of allowing banks to acce...
03 December 2019 /crypto Fintech
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