How Big is the Tokenized Securities Market?
Asset tokenization enables investment in the form of digital tokens backed by real world securities or assets.
Digital Innovation for Financial Services
Any financial institution wanting to remain competitive probably needs to focus on digital as a driver for other priorities.
Why Hasn’t Blockchain Changed the World Yet?
Michael Hiles December 10, 2019 With so much hype surrounding the technology over the past few years, you’d think blockchain was a cure for cancer. But not only has it deflated, unless you’re a deep-in-the-weeds developer working on solving very specific
Goodbye Notary Public
The notary function has been a necessary aspect to most common law systems with a “notary public”, a public official who validates documents and can administer oaths and attestations or affirmations.
HSBC Putting $20 Billion In Assets Onto Their Blockchain
HSBC announced they will be shifting $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March 2020. This is a vast improvement of the previous system as the HSBC platform will digitize paper-based records of private placements.
Quantum computing threats to blockchain security, are they real?
Encryption protects all kinds of electronic communications, as well as things like passwords, digital signatures, and health records.
The Dark Side of Central Bank Digital Currencies
In the late 1700’s, an English philosopher named Jeremy Bentham enumerated some controversial ideas about social reform. Among his many musings, he believed power should be visible and unverifiable.
The Next Global Reserve Currency Will Be Digital and the U.S. Is Far Behind
China’s president, Xi Jinping, called on his nation to “seize the opportunity” and take a “leading position” in the development of blockchain technology.
The “Robinhood Effect”? Traditional brokerages experiencing their own Amazon Moment
Just as Amazon radically altered the retail landscape with Jeff Bezos’ mantra, “Your margin is my opportunity”, now it appears Robinhood is throwing hard punches at the retail financial investment market.
