Fintech’s responsibility to balance usability with consumer protections

By Vanessa Malone The digitization of financial services has blurred, if not completely erased the lines between finance and technology.  Fintech has been making waves for years, but a tsunami in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic expedited its position as the clear new business model. For example, Microsoft’s CEO says the company has seen […]Continue Reading

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Blockchain Research Bytes #5- Can Blockchain fight poverty?

By Ashish Rajendra Sai Article: “Potential roles of Blockchain in fighting poverty and reducing financial exclusion in the global south.” Authors: Nir Kshetri Affiliation: The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA Article Category: Use Case Why this article? We have all heard the bold claims that Blockchain is going to revolutionize the global economy. We have also heard all the […]Continue Reading

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Why Using a Transfer Agent is a Critical Component for Truly Compliant Digital Securities Offerings (updated for 2020)

By Vanessa Malone Key Points: Blockchain technology may not eliminate third-parties from a digital securities offering, but it will definitely evolve them Regulators have hinted that the blockchain is not a valid source of truth, making the use of a transfer agent crucial Technology can be used to provide the necessary digital securities custody tools […]Continue Reading

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Ethereum 2.0 - Deus Ex Machina

By Dr. Andrew Le Gear, Chief Technology Officer of Globex I face a hostile room of academics and industry heads. I know what’s coming next — it always does. “But it doesn’t scale, does it?” How do you answer that? I googled “ethereum transactions per second” and the first article I get is “How will Ethereum Scale?” — not […]Continue Reading

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