Will the Big Banks be able to hold up against the Fintech challenge?
The legacy financial services are trying desperately to gain a competitive edge over the innovative Fintechs. Despite having all the traditional advantages - network infrastructure, solid balance sheets, regulatory approvals, physical footprint & established...
More than 150 Apps Powering the Gig Economy
The Future of Work is undergoing a fundamental change. Enabled & empowered by technology & embraced by Generation Z - a demographic who were born between 1995–2009 & who will form the biggest chunk...
An Unwelcome & Unavoidable Technological Contest
Innovation & Technological superiority have become the central themes of International influence and there is no better depiction of this than in the current tariff war between U.S & China which has converted into...
Crypto Diaries: Reviewing Major blockchain developments & Upgrades
Crypto Markets have gone into corrective mode ever since Bitcoin hit the high of $9K on May 30th. The Short term bias has turned bearish after showing signs of exhaustion with a two-month bull...
Crypto Diaries: Facebook’s secretive Project Libra coming out of the shadows
Let's start off with a quick recap of the Cryptocurrency market before I set out to discuss the issues relating to this edition of the Crypto Diaries. After a couple of weeks of consolidation...
Six Fintech trends for 2019 and beyond…
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn - Alvin Toffler
Don't be an illiterate of the 21st century -...
Irish City of Belfast launches its own digital currency
The concept of a local currency is not a new one. The first one to introduce such a currency is the Canadian city of Calgary - dubbed as “Calgary Dollar,“ which has been in existence...
Ethereum is still a force to reckon with in Cryptoverse
As the bull market strengthens with each passing day in the Cyptocurrencies, we can be cautiously optimistic that the Crypto winter is behind us. This morning Cryptos have really come alive as Bitcoin trades...
The explosion of Unicorns on the Global Landscape
Googling a unicorn turns up a strange mythical animal in the shape of a horse with a straight horn coming out of its forehead but for the tech followers it means something else now....
Crypto Diaries: IMF & World Bank cozying up to Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
It has been an important week for the Cryptocurrencies as they have continued to build on the gains that kicked off at the start of the month. There have been some important news from...
How is Decentralized Finance making Wealth building more inclusive?
The emerging model of Decentralized Finance enabled by technology, driven by innovation with the immense need for inclusiveness for the less privileged is changing the investing landscape by bringing inclusiveness to the "less privileged"....
The Bitcoin Cash Civil War now embroils Crypto Exchanges
If there is one thing I love about the Cryptoverse is that it is always buzzing with something new, interesting or controversial and today's edition of my Crypto diaries is no different. Back in...
Crypto Diaries: Blockchain gradually moving towards Mainstream Adoption
It has been a good two weeks for the Crypto markets with all the digital coins gaining ground but the encouraging thing was the sustainability of those gains unlike some of the previous rebounds...
7 best wallets for Cryptocurrencies & more…
“A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.” — Eric Hoffer
So...
The Widening Spectrum of Stable Coins
The last 12 months or so have seen the resurgence of Stable coins as a popular phenomenon in the Cryptoverse. Although the majority of them are pegged to some sort of physical asset, which...
Stellar Lumens in the spotlight after two major events
The Crypto space is increasingly getting flooded with stable coins being launched by big techs like IBM (Stronghold USD) or Big banks like JPMorgan in the U.S (JPM Coin) & Japan’s financial giant Mizuho Financial Group...
The Emergence of Decentralized Finance
The current global financial system has created enormous amounts of wealth for the people with resources, knowledge & access to the financial centers around the world. At the same time, events like the housing...
What do you know about Smart Credentials, J-Coin & c-lightning
Numerous blockchain/crypto projects are cropping up all around us promising different real-world use cases. Combing for viable ones in this haystack is difficult, but some of them stand out by virtue of their functionality,...
The Rise of Data-Driven Investing
When JCPenney reported its financial results for 2Q 2015, it came as quite a shock to the market.
The US retail giant outperformed most analyst expectations, which subsequently led to a 10% surge in its...
Will Ethereum, Tron & Ripple pave the way for a Crypto spring?
One thing that you as traders, investors or just someone interested in Cryptos may or may not like is how intertwined the prices of the Alt. coins is with the crypto kingpin Bitcoin. All...
