Digital assets experienced a remarkable surge in 2024. The prospect of regulatory clarity and a “crypto-friendly” U.S. Administration propelled the total market capitalization of the sector to an all-time high of +$3.79 trillion with the price of bitcoin reaching +$108,000 in December 2024. Lawmakers calling for a national Bitcoin Strategic Reserve have gained traction in several countries including the United States, Japan, Poland, and Brazil where a bill was proposed to hold up to 5% of the...
Social media is experiencing a renaissance. The Big Tech walled garden strategy from social media companies is being challenged by open social networks providing users with the ability to own their content and connections. From Myspace to Tik Tok, the social media landscape is centralized and dependent on companies storing your personal data in servers owned by the company. For example, when you use Facebook, you are asking the company’s servers permission to access your data. If Facebook or ...
A seismic shift reshaping the global financial landscape and nature of money is underway. The BRICS nations represent an emerging Global South who seek to reform the international economic system while reducing dependence on the U.S. Dollar and Western dominated financial institutions. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) a bloc of developing economies, formally expanded membership to Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 2024. Combined, BRICS n...
In September, the Federal Reserve initiated a fresh liquidity cycle, reducing the federal funds rate half a percentage point from a 23-year high. This unwinding of the economic tightening cycle follows 11 rate hikes dating back to March 2022 and similar measures from several Central Banks including the Bank of England, European Central Bank, and People’s Bank of China. Following the Federal Reserve’s statement, China announced fiscal and monetary stimulus measures “bold by historical standard...
Software is disrupting banking and financial services. For a fraction of a cent, stablecoins facilitate transactions at the speed of the internet...
The future is tokenized. Boston Consulting Group forecasts the tokenization of assets could reach $16.1 trillion or a “best-case scenario...
The global financial system stands at the forefront of a new era, a seismic shift reshaping the foundation of our economic transactions a...
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have become a novel solution for organizing and managing communities and corporations in a ...
The DeFi (Decentralized Finance) space has grown rapidly this decade, with innovative applications emerging in various sectors of the financial industry. The TVL (Total Value Locked) in DeFi is hovering...
Emergence of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization, or DAO, has ignited a transformative...
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