The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today released a consultation paper on proposed guidelines for a “regulatory sandbox” that will enable financial institutions (FIs) as well as non-financial players to experiment with financial technology (FinTech) solutions… Source: http://www.mas.gov.sg/News-and-Publications/Media-Releases/2016/MAS-Proposes-a-Regulatory-Sandbox-for-FinTech-Experiments.aspx
The chief executive officer of Swift, the interbank messaging system embroiled in a global bank-hacking controversy, says to expect more information about breaches to emerge as fully armoring the network’s defenses is likely to take years. “We don’t think this is going to be solved overnight, so we’ll be looking for a number of quick […]
R3 has released a report evaluating how Ethereum could be used by banks engaged in consortium and private blockchain initiatives. Quelle: R3 Publishes Vitalik Buterin Report on Ethereum for Banks – CoinDesk
Dezentral, autonom, menschenlos: Die Investmentfirma DAO existiert nur als Code. 140 Millionen US-Dollar hat sie gesammelt. Zwei Deutsche haben sie programmiert. Von Hannes Grassegger – (*1980) ist Ökonom und schreibt u.a. für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, das SZ-Magazin und ZEIT ONLINE. Er ist Autor von Das Kapital bin ich (Kein & Aber, 2014) zu Fragen von […]
This op-ed explores The DAO’s creation in the context of existing stock exchanges, as well as the overall evolution of technology. Quelle: The DAO is a New Dow – CoinDesk
An automated business run on computer code, with no human input beyond its anonymous backers, has raised the equivalent of $120m in digital currency. The financial support for the vehicle, called The DAO, makes it the most advanced embodiment yet of Quelle: Automated company raises equivalent of $120m in digital currency – FT.com
While blockchain technology is certainly worth investigating, chief information officers should not be fooled into thinking it is the panacea for all the potential use cases currently under discussion. It’s advisable to apply a healthy dose of scepticism Source: http://www.techcentral.co.za/blockchain-hype-getting-ahead-of-itself/63813/
Venture capitalists make the same classic investment mistakes most investors do: Thinking they can pick winners ahead of time. A concentrated portfolio dials up the risk for investors. Follow-on investments are usually made at high valuations and further concentrates risk. Herd mentality — chasing popular deals reduces returns. Thinking that skill, rather than luck, drives returns. Please […]
Upon the completion of the ‚Series A’ round, Coinsecure plans to enter the enterprise blockchain solutions space. Delhi-headquartered Bitcoin trading platform Coinsecure announced today that it raised over $1.2 million as part of its ongoing ‘Series A’ investment round. The fund-raising round started in January this year and the exchange expects to close the round […]
Perhaps you’ve heard the term DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) or one of it’s variants thrown around. To the average person, this probably sounds like gibberish. That’s unfortunate because the potential for DAOs to reshape our world is arguably even greater than that of game-changing inventions like the printing press. The topic of DAOs, like many […]