Tagged: research

January 5, 2022 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash writes that while you’re busy summing up the results of the year, they’ve taken a look back on what December 2021 could be most remembered for. Robo.cash notes that last month, their investors “funded €18 M loans.” The platform’s investor base was… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyle Waters and Nate Maddrey from Coin Metrics have noted that after a “transformative” 2021 marked by all-time highs for most of the major digital assets and “key on-chain metrics,” expectations are now quite high for the crypto and blockchain space this year. In their… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes that for the week ending December 31, 2021, the firm saw yearly inflows of “US$9.3bn in… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent Harris Poll reveals that US consumers are concerned about long-term finances and expect their employer to assist them with preparing financially for the foreseeable future. This study, commissioned by Funding Our Future campaign and DailyPay, polled over 2,000 American adults between the ages… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital is the “name of the game” when it comes to attracting auto insurance clients, according to an update from Notarize, which helps consumers with signing and notarizing “life’s most important documents online.” The Boston-based financial services firm writes in a blog post that the… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Modulr, which supports a new digital payment account for businesses and is specifically building services for companies needing a faster, easier and more reliable way to move money, notes that when they analyzed the results from their Digital Now survey (looking at consumer “attitudes… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes that advances in quantum computing are “stoking fears” that Bitcoin’s wallet structure is “vulnerable to exploits,… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist has shared their review of the blockchain security industry in 2021. The blockchain security firm reveals that international losses for the sector surpassed $9.8 billion. As mentioned in the update from SlowMist, 2021 was a year of “ups and downs” for the blockchain or… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) ended 2021 at an average price of $47,400, as Ray Dalio noted that BTC has “proven itself.” Meanwhile, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) continued to acquire more of the leading cryptocurrency to strengthen its corporate treasury, the team at Blockstream noted in a recent market… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s online pension provider PensionBee notes that their clients take the lead on their product development. During the past few years, many clients have become “increasingly vocal about their desire to address some of the world’s biggest problems, such as climate change, through their investments,”… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Coin Metric State of the Network Report #135 notes that decentralized finance (DeFi) has experienced tremendous growth during the past few years. At present, the most widely-used metric to measure DeFi adoption is called “Total Value Locked”, or TVL. According to Coin Metrics researchers,… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 6:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis reveals that scams were once again the largest form of cryptocurrency-based crime by “transaction volume,” with more than $7.7 billion worth of crypto taken from unsuspecting victims globally. As noted by Chainalysis, that represents an increase of 81% compared to last year, a year… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide House Price Index reveals that the price of a “typical” home in the country grew by 10% YoY in November, which is a just bit higher than the 9.9% recorded in October 2021 (on a monthly basis, prices surged by 0.9%, up… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 2:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This week, crypto (again) reached “record levels” of investment while industry professionals gathered to predict the key trends for the sector in 2022, the team at Sygnum Bank wrote in a blog post. At the same time, Sygnum has introduced a structured product offering (what… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Irving Fisher Committee or IFC report, shared by the BIS, has summarized the results of a survey carried out on sustainable finance statistics among its members. There were 63 answers, offering extensive information for 28 advanced economies (AEs) and 31 emerging market economies (EMEs)…. Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a global supporter of evolution of digital P2P payments, shared the results of a consumer survey that offers insights into cross-border money transfer flows going into 2022. Results reveal that as the requirements of family and friends abroad continue to… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service firm, shared the results of a survey exploring the adoption of digital finance tools and e-commerce in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. Even though the region has a fairly large unbanked population, the survey revealed that among those with active bank accounts,… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized applications store DappRadar recently published their annual Dapp Industry Report, highlighting records for the decentralized application (dApp) space. As noted in a release shared with CI, 2021 saw the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) industry expand “across verticals, with usage growing sevenfold as… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Interest for peer-to-peer loans is expected to gain traction across Europe, according to an update from Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash. As noted in a blog post by Robo.cash, the number of Google requests for P2P lending in Europe has been growing steadily this year. An… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2021 continued to be another “unprecedented year in the financial services industry,” according to an update from payments specialist Banking Circle. The team at Banking Circle points out that not only did the impact of COVID-19 “continue to accelerate change, but a number of new… Read More