Opinion

Editorial opinions and perspective on Fintech.

SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Alternative Assets and Retail Investors, Arbitration Clauses

Next week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) will meet to discuss several topics. Perhaps most interesting is the topic of “Mainstreaming of Alternative Assets to Retail Investors.” The second issue is Examining the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses by Registered… Read More

Trent Sorbe from FIBT Shares Insights on Regulatory Shortcomings of Banking as a Service (BaaS)

  Trent Sorbe, Chief Payments Officer at First International Bank & Trust (FIBT), has shared key insights with CI. Kotapay, a division of First International Bank & Trust (FIBT), has launched Kavinu, a direct-to-bank BaaS platform that eliminates the “instability of middleware-reliant models.” By re-centering… Read More

Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins Selected by Trump to Chair the Commission

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner, to lead the nations top securities regulator as the Chairman of the Commission Announcing the appointment on Truth Social, Trump stated: “I am delighted to announce the nomination of Paul Atkins to be the… Read More

Representative Brad Sherman Takes Gratuitous Broadside Shot at President Elect Trump & Crypto During House Financial Services Committee Hearing

President-elect Donald Trump has emerged as the top advocate of digital assets and the need to enable crypto innovation. This contrasts with the outgoing President Joe Biden, whose administration sought to crush digital asset innovation at every opportunity. Today, during a House Financial Services Committee… Read More

Coinbase CEO Issues Warning to Law Firms Hiring Former Government Officials that Targeted Crypto

The 180-degree transformation of the regulatory approach to crypto is just around the corner. The Joe Biden presidency has been exceptionally detrimental toward digital asset innovation. While the Securities and Exchange Commission took a regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto, ignoring the profound opportunity to transform capital markets, other… Read More

Fireblocks CEO Expects Reversal of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, 180-Degree Shift in US Crypto Regulatory Environment

Payment firms are said to be one of the fastest growing customer segments on the Fireblocks Network, with their number reportedly doubling within a year as the share of stablecoins continues to expand steadily. During the last year, Fireblocks claims that it has processed $3… Read More

UK Private Markets Firm Globacap Comments on Rise of Asset Class, Secondaries and Fintech Boost

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

Revolut Co-Founder, With an Estimated Worth Over $1 Billion, Worries that Affluent UK Talent to Flee Country as Tax Changes Loom

The UK is expected to make some major tax changes in the coming year to ostensibly fill the budget “black hole.” The new Labour government has messaged its intent to levy a higher tax on capital gains and remove the so-called “non-dom” status, which allows citizens… Read More

deVere CEO Calls for UK Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

With Bitcoin soaring to nearly $100,000 and gaining unprecedented recognition on the global stage, the time has come for the UK to embrace the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green said this week. There has been chatter in the US… Read More

Regtech ComplyAdvantage Predicts Public-Private Partnerships Will Leap Forward in 2025 if Compliance Teams Get Their Way

Regtech ComplyAdvantage has shared 2025 predictions from professionals working at the Regtech company, which specializes in financial crime intelligence. As mentioned in the update from Regtech company ComplyAdvantage, the predictions span the future of sanctions during a Trump presidency, as well as corporate transparency/beneficial ownership… Read More

Lightspark CEO David Marcus Reveals How Facebook-led Libra Initiative Was “Killed”

David Marcus, the current CEO and co-founder at Lightspark, which claims to be building the open Money Grid on Bitcoin (and previously who ran Payments/Crypto and Messenger at Meta) recently shared via social media just how the Facebook-led Libra(at one point called Diem) initiative was… Read More

Nearly 80% Probability Bitcoin Will Reach $100K by January 1, 2025, According to Research Analyst

CI has received comments and extensive Bitcoin-focused analysis. This has been provided to shed light on the current state of the BTC markets. These trading insights are from Dr. Sean Dawson, Head of Research at onchain options DeFi protocol, Derive ($79.8M TVL, $7.2B total trade… Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) Is Far From Being a “Bubble” According to Pantera Capital’s Dan Morehead

Bitcoin’s (BTC) record-breaking rally might just be getting started, according to experienced digital assets investors. Dan Morehead has shared recently an interview, while referring to when Pantera Capital Management bought Bitcoin, that people thought they were really crazy back in 2013. I wanted to share… Read More

Reg CF Investment Crowdfunding Trends: Report Highlights Need for Online Capital Formation, Access to Capital

  Last month, at the CfPA [Crowdfunding Professionals Association] Summit, a presentation was delivered that highlighted the demand and need for access to capital and the growing sector of online capital formation. Investment crowdfunding mainly covers three separate securities exemptions in the US. Reg D… Read More

Fintechs Comment on FCA’s Crypto Roadmap

The UK initially expected to reveal new rules to manage the burgeoning stablecoin sector of digital assets this year. In recent days, the UK government revealed that stablecoin rules were being pushed back until 2025, but the change will incorporate broader regulations that will enable… Read More

Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki of Concordium Shares Perspective on Whether Crypto Markets Can Sustain Positive Momentum After Trump’s US Election Win

  Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of digital identity authentication and security enablers Concordium, recently shared his views and insights with CI. Bohrer-Bilowitzki, Concordium’s Chief Executive Officer, discussed whether the crypto and digital assets market can sustain its dramatic increase in value following Donald Trump’s US election victory. In… Read More

UK Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq Says Stablecoin Regulations Slated for 2025

UK Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq now expects stablecoin rules to emerge next year. Originally, stablecoin regulations were on the calendar for 2024. Bloomberg reports that the delay is due to the change in government, and the new Labour leadership needs more time. Simultaneously,… Read More

US Bitcoin ETFs Reportedly on Track to Surpass Gold ETFs

US Bitcoin ETFs are reportedly on track to surpass gold ETFs in terms of overall size by this coming holiday season (around end of December 2024), with current assets valued at approximately $107 billion. Notably, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust is the dominant player this past… Read More

Capital Ideas: Financing Opportunity with Jennifer Schulp on the Role of Markets, Regulation, and Risk

Jennifer Schulp from the Cato Institute on Financial Services and Regulation In a recent episode of Capital Ideas, Nick Morgan and Dara Albright of the Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) welcomed Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute. Schulp, co-author of Financing Opportunity: How… Read More

Abrigo CEO Blandford: AI, Rate Cuts, Compliance, Depositor Battle Key 2025 Themes

Abrigo CEO Jay Blandford believes AI [artificial intelligence], Fed rate cuts, compliance pressures, and the fight for depositors will be some of the themes defining 2025 1. Artificial intelligence to be increasingly integrated Blandford said AI will accelerate its transition from a buzzword to an… Read More

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