Tagged: research

July 25, 2018 @ 8:18 am By Cali Haan  |  

Researchers at the Bank of Canada have published a working paper stating that the proof-of-work reward system and large network size of Bitcoin protect it against attacks. The study, “Incentive Compatibility on the Blockchain,” is something of a vindication of Bitcoin’s high energy consumption. It… Read More

July 21, 2018 @ 2:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report on crypto-assets, including cryptocurrency and blockchain based securities, last week. The document is being presented to the G20. The document is a byproduct of the G20 meeting which took place in Buenos Aires in March. The member… Read More

July 15, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK research firm Beauhurst published a report recently that highlighted foreign investment into high growth UK firms. According to their numbers, foreign investment is booming in the UK – in spite of Brexit induced jitters. The report states that during 2017 foreign investment hit £6… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, the Deloitte Center for Financial Services (DCFS) and LendIt Fintech joined together to publish a survey on online lending and the current state of the ecosystem. The numbers were highlighted this past April during the LendIt Fintech conference but Deloitte has recently shared… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Allied Crowds, a tech firm dedicated to lessening information asymmetries, has published a director of cryptocurrency exchanges in emerging markets. Allied Crowd states: “[This report] establishes which cryptocurrency exchanges will trade which currency pairings. In other words, it answers the question where a member of… Read More

July 8, 2018 @ 9:18 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Early-days monitor of the German crowdfunding market, Crowdfunding.de announced in its latest quarterly report that Germany passed the half billion-euro mark in cumulated in SME crowdfunding at the end of June 2018. The report monitors only equity crowdfunding and crowdlending on marketplaces open to German… Read More

July 6, 2018 @ 11:54 am By Cali Haan  |  

  The European Banking Authority (EBA), charged with harmonizing banking across the EU, has devoted 13 pages of its latest 56-page Fintech report to assessing two potential use cases in banking for “distributed ledger technology” (DLT, although sometimes called “blockchain”). And while its not all… Read More

July 4, 2018 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

A report created at the request or the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, addresses the topic of “virtual currencies” or cryptocurrencies. The paper entitled “Virtual Currencies and Central Banks Monetary Policy: Challenges Ahead,” seeks to present an analysis of the phenomenon of… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

In recent years most Fintech Hub reports have pegged the UK, and more specifically London, at the top of the list when it comes to ranking Fintech centers of excellence. The UK has been widely lauded due to various characteristics but always included in these… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Q2 2018 Sees Increase in Crypto Theft and in Cryptocurrency Money Laundering CipherTrace has published a report on Crypto Theft and money laundering. Their research covers the second quarter of 2018 and according to the document there has been a dramatic rise in Crypto crime… Read More

June 27, 2018 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Global financial services firm ING is out with an interesting report on cryptocurrency. Partnering up with Ipsos to create Cracking the Code on Cryptocurrency, ING surveyed much of Europe to gain insight into this emerging sector of finance. According to the research; 66% of individuals… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 7:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is out with a report on cryptocurrencies that hammers the new technology. Created in 1930, a time of profound economic uncertainty, BIS serves central banks by promoting financial stability and cooperation. The BIS is actually owned by 60 central banks,… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

    The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), at the Judge School of Business at Cambridge University, has launched their annual research initiative pertaining to the global alternative finance industry. While in years past CCAF has staggered the research, this year they are commencing… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orvium, an open-source and decentralized platform for managing scholarly publications’ lifecycles and associated data reportedly run by employees and technology solutions experts of several institutions and businesses, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Amazon, Oracle, as… Read More

May 27, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

In April, a policy advisor in Fintech working at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco took a stab at establishing the value of a Bitcoin. His conclusion?  Bitcoin is overpriced, informed investors are likely taking profits now and we may be about to enter… Read More

May 21, 2018 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The Economist has published a report on digital banking and the need for established banks to become more agile and adapt to the changes in technology. The document has been published with the support of Temenos, a provider of banking and finance software. The Temenos… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 4:45 pm By Cali Haan  |  

ICOData.io, a company that rates Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) to remedy an “intelligence deficit” in the market, has published data showing that ICO investing dropped by almost two-thirds in the first four months of 2018. The organization has just published a chart showing that funds… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 5:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance has published a report addressing the UK Fintech sector and the need for qualified executives to staff this burgeoning sector of finance. The UK association that represents the Fintech industry states the failure to maintain a flexible immigration policy could hinder the UK and… Read More

April 28, 2018 @ 5:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CB Insights published their quarterly report on global investment into Fintech and following the numbers from Q1 the authors are making a bullish prediction. They expect global Fintech investment to hit a new high during 2018. The first quarter of 2018 saw 323… Read More

April 16, 2018 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones VentureSource is out with their quarterly report and their numbers indicate a decline in venture capital funding during the first quarter of 2018. According to the report, investment declined by 16% in the number of funds and delivered a 29% drop in capital… Read More