As blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies become more popular, they can help overcome financial bias, strengthen financial markets and enhance law enforcement, Bas Lemmens, SVP & GM International, Chainalysis, explains in an interview with ZAWYA. In the popular mind, the blockchain and cryptocurrencies are often linked with ransomware and money laundering. But according to Bas Lemmens,…
How do the pros spend their time? Jeff Wilser of CoinDesk asks two of the best. Charts, charts, and more charts. Then more charts. If it’s a day that ends in a Y, a crypto trader is looking at charts. “I have to be on top of things at all times,” says Adrian Zdunczyk, a…
The crypto industry can provide novel opportunities to generate value, but some of those avenues can’t all be found in traditional finance, writes Tongtong Gong on CoinDesk. Crypto is a $900 billion global market that institutional investors are sizing up. Despite the inherent risks involved in participating in any nascent sphere, institutional financial players are…
Experts weigh in on the future of crypto as currency ahead of CoinDesk’s I.D.E.A.S. conference. Since 2009, when Bitcoin was quietly launched by its creator, the technology spurred thousands of digital money projects, creating a vibrant and lucrative landscape for investors. Investors now come in all sorts of flavors. What once was a small group…
Web3 browsers, like Brave and Opera, allow users to access DApps, integrate cryptocurrencies, and surf over the decentralized web with greater privacy and security – describes Onkar Singh on Cointelegraph. A software program called a web service enables computer-to-computer communication over the internet. However, web services are nothing new and typically take the form of…
Window between Web3 and wealth generation is all set to open in the MENA region, says Farbod Sadeghian, the founder of artèQ and Qlindo, on Arab News. As is true for most of the world, the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Middle East and North Africa have been quite punitive. With stringent…