An increasing number of non-bank lenders are looking to initial coin offerings (ICOs) as a source of funds for trade finance lending. ICOs – also referred to as token sales – are unregulated... Read more
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Australia’s financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC, are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural International Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Codeath... Read more
Blockchain is hurtling into the mainstream, and it’s easy to envisage a not-so-distant future where it forms an integral part of almost all businesses. Blockchain may have gained fame due to... Read more
Bitcoin has become one of the most controversial financial instruments across the globe. Based on a shared public ledger named after a blockchain, the bitcoin has rapidly become known to the... Read more
Gangsters, pranksters and outright fraudsters are flooding the market with initial coin offerings. Sober voices are calling to rein them in, before they bring down the US$196 billion sector... Read more
In about 2014, most bitcoin companies quickly pivoted to the “next big thing”: blockchain. Among them were the financial and fintech houses that were eager to avoid SEC scrutiny of their cry... Read more
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Deloitte today published their first report on how the world’s central banks could deploy distributed ledger technology (DLT). Singapore’s... Read more
Although they got in early, the most popular cryptoasset exchanges face costly technology upgrades or ugly meltdowns as trading volumes surge. Someday soon, crypto-enthusiasts think big fina... Read more
As the crackdown on cryptocurrency continues in China, research and development is running full steam ahead in Hong Kong. Recently, James Henry Lau, Secretary for Financial Services and Trea... Read more
“Bitcoin is Punk Rock. You can’t stop it,” says Andreas M. Antonopoulos, the protagonist in ‘Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It’. However, the Indian government, unwilling to learn and... Read more
