Tagged: insights

August 28, 2023 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Many investors are eager to embrace cryptocurrency, but don’t feel they “have the data to do so safely,” according to an update from Chainalysis. With traditional assets, there are established providers “for a variety of metrics that investors can use to assess opportunity and risk:… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Addepar platform has shared updates, research insights and client, partner and company developments. In August, Addepar made their Help Center more accessible by “bringing it in-app and introduced group automation to simplify and streamline group management.” Addepar released new research “on manager selection in… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As the banking landscape rapidly evolves, we decided to speak with Amit Dua, President at SunTec, a technology partner that claims to work with the world’s largest banks, helping them to improve their customer experience, pricing strategies, and ESG approach through technology-led solutions. Amit… Read More

August 24, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yahoo announced the acquisition of Commonstock, a broker-agnostic social and community-based platform that drives insights for retail investors. The acquisition advances the power of community for Yahoo Finance and “accelerates the brand’s strategy to deliver unparalleled retail investing resources, solutions and experiences to investors of… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthony Leutenegger, Head of Growth at Aragon, the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) platform that grows with you and allows users to mint tokens, set governance, and easily onboard members, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Anthony Leutenegger of Aragon discussed the launch… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Addepar recently held a discussion with Three Bridge Wealth Advisors and Navigator’s Rajiv Sharma. Recently, Addepar sat down with the co-founders of Three Bridge Wealth Advisors, Brett Sharkey and Eric Thurber, and product lead for Navigator, Rajiv Sharma, in order “to glean… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Lasha Atandze, CEO of Rarify Labs, a service provider for Rarimo, the interoperability protocol making digital identities and the decentralized social layer multi-chain. During our conversation, Lasha sheds some light on the importance of multi-chain access for social identities in today’s… Read More

August 19, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Head Of Research at CoinShares, has shared the firm’s thoughts on what’s behind the recent Bitcoin price crash: Butterfill notes that the recent crash may have been “prompted by the market realizing that the SEC approval of a Bitcoin ETF in the US… Read More

August 18, 2023 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today published a report showing striking confidence and investment in digital exports, beyond typical trade routes. It finds that a wide cross section of businesses are “planning ambitious expansion into new international markets, from the largest enterprises to… Read More

August 18, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lucas Kiely, chief investment officer of digital wealth platform Yield App, says that today’s tumble in crypto asset prices, driven by macro factors, will likely be short-lived. He adds that a wave of good news this week, “including the launch of Europe’s first spot bitcoin… Read More

August 16, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently caught up with the former CEO of Midas Finance, who built a $300 million crypto-fund that has gone bankrupt with the CeFi market collapse and who claims he has taken all his lessons with him to revive growth back into DeFi with… Read More

August 14, 2023 @ 1:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At the mid-point of 2023, Gen Z consumers (born between 1995 and 2005) increasingly find themselves with new access to credit products. The newly released Q2 2023 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) shows “that relative to the consumer population as… Read More

August 13, 2023 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pension fund net-zero transition plans are “dramatically” underestimating the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, industry experts claim. A new report from the Economics of Energy Innovation and System Transition (EEIST) project, led by the University of Exeter, argues “for fundamental change in the… Read More

August 13, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tanay Ved, Lucas Nuzzi & the Coin Metrics team have examined the various features and risks associated with DeFi lending in an extensive report. The researchers at Coin Metrics noted that “over the years, the digital asset ecosystem has spawned diverse use-cases.” Among them, decentralized… Read More

August 13, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Yield App is pleased to announce that they’ve registered as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) with Italy’s Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM). According to the update from Yield App, this marks a huge step in their long-term commitment to compliance with… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 2:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora notes that we are more than halfway through the year. Like with any goal, it’s essential to acknowledge achievements along the way to stay motivated on the path to success, the team at Bondora noted while adding “that a lot has happened already, and… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jordan Wexler, CEO of EarlyBird, recently discussed the importance of family finance and how this is a pivotal moment in US history in relation to the great wealth divide. During his recent interview with CI, Jordan highlights the growth of fintech is now more accessible… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils a brand new product creating unique, actionable insights for brokers and traders. The latest innovation from news technology company Acuity Trading is here: ‘NewsIQ,’ a unique tool designed “to turn media coverage analysis into… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The last couple of months have been anything but “dull” for the digital asset industry – enforcement actions, regulatory proposals, the first ever SPBD approval and, of course, the landmark Ripple decision, the team at tZERO recently noted. tZERO Group, Inc., which claims to be… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, Co-founder & CEO of Circle, a Fintech that’s focused on stablecoins and other services supporting the blockchain and crypto sector, says that despite the hype that they’re all about the US, the firm “estimates that 70% of USDC adoption is non-US, and some… Read More