Monthly Archives: February 2022

Regulators And Cryptos; We Pick A Winner

From a recent News item – a moment of digital reflection… Irresistible forces and immovable objects have a fair bit of history. Inevitably, the irresistible force ends up the winner. In FinTech, cryptos are the coming thing. And nothing, it seems, can stop them. The UK’s top financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is […]

FinTech Sector Seeks Faster-Paced Innovation

Statism and entrepreneurism make uneasy bed fellows. Part of the problem is the difficulty of government remaining hands off while also providing stimulus. Our friends at Finextra report on the FinTech sector’s impatience at the state’s benign attempts to create the a benign environment for growth. In an open letter to the UK Government, almost […]

Ahead Of New Loan Offer Arrivals – ‘Creeping Crypto’ News

Ahead of the arrival of a suite of loan offerings – coming soon – we bring you more from the “creeping crypto” school of news. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report on the latest step in the integration of cryptocurrencies and “mainstream” life: The team at Fintech Deel notes that if your business holds money in stablecoin USDC, […]

Europe Sets Feet On CBDC Trail

The relentless march of digital currencies continues. We run an extended excerpt from our friends at Crowdfundinsider on the proposed launch of a pan-European central bank digital currency. As pointed out several times on this News site, and in our blogs, a CBDC is a digital token, not a cryptocurrency. That has ramifications for oversight, […]

Irresistible Crypto Force To Best Immovable Regulatory Object

Irresistible forces and immovable objects have a fair bit of history. Inevitably, the irresistible force ends up the winner. In FinTech, cryptos are the coming thing. And nothing, it seems, can stop them. The UK’s top financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is reduced to little more than whining in this report from our […]

NFTs The New, New Black In Crypto World

In Japan, it’s been possible to have monthly salaries partially paid in Bitcoin since well before the cryptocurrency’s first big price spike at the $20,000 level in December 2017. As regular visitors to this News site will know, we see cryptos as a key component of the financial future. But the new, new thing is […]