The updated guidance document makes an explicit reference to crypto assets, crypto exchange providers, and custodian wallet providers.
Crypto isn’t magic. It’s math. Two trillion dollars worth of math.
We are still, often, asked incorrect questions about the crypto currency markets. Questions like — “but what is the fundamental value?”
You have to unpack the word “fundamental”. That word signals a Warren Buffet view of the world: there are companies out there, they have equity shares well specified by corporate law in a particular jurisdiction, some are expensive while some are cheap, and that bargain shopping can be determined by a spreadsheet analysis of their cashflows relative to others. It’s so fundamental!
The story of such fundamental truth is anchored in our cultural and social history. We can point to the intellectual tradition of rationalism and classical economics, and talk about the theory of the firm, and its production function. We can point to how these things grew out of governance by religion, and natural rights as granted by a deity, and all sorts of other non-empirical hand waving.
The Digital Real is one of the most ambitious undertakings of the BCB, which has been seeking to accelerate financial inclusion in Brazil.
In this conversation, we chat with Elizabeth Rossiello – the CEO and founder of AZA, an established provider of currency trading solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. Elizabeth founded the company in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya and has expanded it to 10+ markets across Africa and Europe.
Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, consulting for Grameen Foundation, Gates Foundation and the Acumen Fund, as well as working with regulators and policy-makers on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth co-chairs the World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain and holds an M.A. in International Business and Finance from Columbia University.
More specifically, we touch on ratings agencies and the activity of rating intitutions, M-Pesa and how it influenced the thinking towards a crypto-centric future, Africa’s banking landscape and some of the outstanding issues it faces, Bitpesa and how it became Aza, banking infrastructure in Africa, and so so much more!
AllianceBlock Fundrs aims to take the best elements from venture capital, blockchain, and social media and combine them to create a more effective, 21st-century model to fund promising startups.
A week after halting customer withdrawals, BlockFi said it is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Monday morning.
Endaoment is celebrating Green Giving Month this April by recognizing nonprofits working to conserve and advocate for the environment.
Meet Islands of Cool, a blockchain-based carbon removal project out of New Zealand that wants to make carbon offsets cool.
Argentina's inflationary economy has reached new highs leading more people to crypto. Binance hopes to serve them with a seamless solution.
The DeFi world hasnt had the best year, with multiple entities entering law suits and bankruptcy. Yet, another crypto exchange is launched.