Ray Buckton

  Ray Buckton is an investor and financial services industry professional with a focus on emerging fintech and digital asset management. His primary interest is emerging financial technologies and their potential applications. He also builds and delivers educational material for fintech ranging from intro-level courses to C-suite overviews and consultation. When not spending time with his wife and daughter, Ray bridges the existing financial industry and cutting edge tech stacks using articles, courses, and individual consultations.

 



5 Stories by Ray Buckton

Volcker Act Gets Sacked, Corporate Giants Stand to Benefit

No surprises in that statement, the show must go on. Financial markets are incredibly complicated. While manageable by a central authority to some degree,...
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How Wirecard Concealed Its €1.9 Billion Plothole

Good luck squeezing out of this one. Wirecard, the major German payment processing company, has shown in an audit that its books are missing...
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Blockchain Reduces Risk and Costs in Trading Commodities

This article is the second in a series on exogenous and endogenous assets tracked on the blockchain. For a definition of these topics, as...
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The American Power Grid is Vulnerable

And That’s Dangerous for National Security The US bulk power system, which provides electricity and supports national defense, vital emergency services, and critical infrastructure,...
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What Repo Market Injections Say About the Economy – Follow the Breadcrumbs

How did we get here? One big clue lies in the repo market. We’ve found that people tend to forget (ourselves included) important factors,...
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