7 Years Ago

Jonny Fry

7 Years Ago |
Facebook and Telegram just the start of global brands launching Digital Assets –Facebook with 1.5 Billion active daily users and $110Billion in cash on it’s balance sheet. Telegram have 300 million users globally and raised $1.7Billion from their ICO, both have the capital and critical mass to create a Digital Currency that can achieve meaningful adoption rapidly. Details about Telegram’s plans are still scant but Facebook is rumoured to have over 50 staff working on their project, which is headed up by a senior ex PayPal director and they are looking to launch Facecoin in 2019.These global brands will be...

Log In or Become A Member To See More

South America’s biggest bank issues a real Estate backed Digital Asset

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Banco BTG Pactual is to launch a Digital Asset linked to distressed Real Estate and aims to raise $15m.

BTG will pay investors a share of the rental income from the property and expects the returns to be approximately 15% p.a. BTG claim they decided to launch the token as Crypto investors are looking for high-risk investments. The bank is going to provide liquidity using their own capital and at $15m is a  sign this large Brazilian bank is just putting a toe in the water to test the appetite for this type of offer.

#FrontierInsights
Banking
Crypto
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02...cked-token

Sharon Henley

7 Years Ago |
We have just over a week untill Blockchain Tech World In London. Good news is tickets are free! So be sure to grab yours. And please let us know if you are going to be there or if you are speaking, presenting or have a booth; the BBFTA will be sure to help raise your profile for all the good work you are doing in the space. https://www.blockchaintechnologyworld.com 

Maltese Digital Asset trading platform reports 200% increase in volume

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

OKEX, based in Malta, is seeing strong growth in Crypto derivate trades as they do more business with institutions.

OKEX offers risk management tools for those wish to trade the crypto market so one potentially can avoid losses as a result of extreme volatility of prices by taking positions in various crypto derivatives.

However, with Cryptos prices falling as well as rising at short notice coupled with up to 100x leverage these services surely are for organisations and traders who are fully aware of the risks and potential profits in this evolving asset class!

#FrontierInsights
Cryptocurrency
Risk Management
https://www.institutionalassetmanager.co.uk/201...two-months

Barry James

7 Years Ago |
"Why Tokens (Often) Beat Equity"

This excellent, clear and concise, post by Mike Cagney cofounder of Figure.com sheds a clear light on the value of tokenisation making clear distinctions - in operation and features as well as benefits - between the two.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-tokens-often-beat-equity-mike-cagney/
  • Comment
  • Capital Markets
    Venture Capital
    Venture Capital & Private Equity

Jonny Fry

7 Years Ago |
Survey suggests millennials trust Bitcoin more than the stock market - Guy Hirsch, Managing Director of eToro U.S., sees the increased interest and investments in Digital Assets as a clear “generation shift.” He stated via press release:“we’re seeing the beginning of a generational shift in trust from traditional stock exchanges to crypto exchanges. at the heart of this change are the asset classes themselves. younger investors’ experience with the stock market has seen a great deal of loss of trust, with the fall of Lehman brothers…”One of the benefits of people investing in digital assets is that companies can know who their actual...

Log In or Become A Member To See More

Evolution of the Digital Asset Market

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

People often are frustrated at the speed of developments in the Digital Asset sector with a thirst for more clarity from tax offices, governments and regulators.

However, the market has and continues to mature relatively quickly as ICOs are giving rise to STOs and exchanges and custody services are being created.

There are now an incredible 178 Crypto exchanges globally, so start looking out for consolidation and mergers of exchanges. Asia now dominates Crypto trading while Bitcoin volumes continue to rise despite the fall in its price. This review of Digital Assets from Anton who has a PHD in Blockchain from Berkeley in the USA is worth a read.

#FrontierInsights
Digital Asset
ICOs
STOs
https://blockchainatberkeley.blog/the-evolution...f4c5de176c

Blockchain regulatory 2019 trends in 12 jurisdictions

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), found 19% of the institutions they interviewed claim they will be investing in Digital Assets by 2021.

Sandra Ro, CEO of the GBBC, said that “by 2027, crypto and Digital Assets would consist of at least 10 percent of the global GDP”. Interestingly 40% of companies surveyed consider the invention of blockchain technology as the most important technological innovation since the invention of the internet. Although it also discovered over 63% of executives believe that a lack of understanding of what blockchain technology can offer is THE feature holding back wider adoption.

#FrontierInsights
Digital Assets
Technology
https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/596d1089592fec0...%20(1).pdf

KPMG continues to embrace Blockchain

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

KPMG has been active in the Blockchain sector for a while, recently publishing a report on the three big areas for institutions to explore blockchain and now have unveiled a tie-up with software security firm Guardtime.

The Blockchain platform that Guardtime have developed is currently being used by the Dutch government, the mobile telecom firm Virizon, China Food Cloud and other organisations around the world. The alliance will enable KPMG and Guardtime to help companies address some of the complex challenges in supply chain, data rights management, compliance procurement, finance, identity management, cloud audit, and security.

"Our alliance with Guardtime gives clients access to a secure digital platform," said Arun Ghosh, KPMG's National Blockchain leader. "KPMG's deep business and technical experience along with Guardtime's blockchain platform drives business transformation in areas that are encumbered with manual processes...


READ MORE

#FrontierInsights
Blockchain
Software Development
https://economia.icaew.com/news/february-2019/k...specialist

Jonny Fry

7 Years Ago |
A smartphone for developing markets that pays you back in Crypto– Electroneum are selling for $80 an Android smartphone that allows you to mine ETN Cryptos and earn Digital Assets while on the go. This is great example of how developing markets can get engaged with this fast-growing sector while breaking down the barriers to enable greater financial inclusion. It is claimed  it is possible to earn as much as $3 a month which when you consider according to the World bank over 10% of the world survive on $1.90 a day  this could be equivalent to a 5% increase in ones monthly...

Log In or Become A Member To See More

Latest Comments

7 Years Ago Jonny Fry Said:
I have no direct link with the company but their website may be of help  https://electroneum.com Good luck Jonny
7 Years Ago Stuart G. Hall Said:
Do you have a link to the smartphone Jonny?

Texans to Pay for Electricity Using Cryptos

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Gridplus is going to enable people who live in Texas to be able to pay for their electricity in Crypto currencies which in itself it nothing remarkable.

What is interesting is that they are going to allow customers to benefit from buying electricity when it is cheap and provided you have the right tech you could turn off devices such are swimming pool pumps or air conditioning units when demand spikes and electricity prices are high. Customers will be able to pay in real time presumably using Smart Contracts.

Gridplus is a project backed by  ConsenSys, which was founded by Joseph Lubin who was one of the key figures behind Ethereum, so no doubt if this proves successful look out for more projects like this in the...


READ MORE

#FrontierInsights
Cryptocurrency
Energy
https://blog.gridplus.io/gridplus-is-live-in-te...0c1c60e569

Elon Musk “Bitcoin is better than paper money whose days are numbered”

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Musk this week while being interviewed claimed “Bitcoin’s structure is quite brilliant, but it would not be a good use of Tesla resources to get involved in crypto”

Musk knows a thing or two about money transfers, having been a leading light at PayPal, so he is better placed than most to understand the costs and limitations that traditional payments systems face. Musk also said, “Paper money is going away and crypto is a much better value for a transfer of value than pieces of paper, but, it's very energy intensive to create bitcoin at this point."

Elon Musk, while controversial, has a keen eye for disrupting industries: look at what he has done with solar power, launching satellites and of course electric cars, so it is unlikely to ignore Blockchain...


READ MORE

#FrontierInsights
Bitcoin
Blockchain
Crypto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKeK68wK0UQ

Frontier News & Insights

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Staying on top of the world of blockchain, DLT and other frontier technologies is far from easy.

That's why we're delighted to be launching Frontier News & Insights, which will be available to full members - and to our entire network, for now.

We've made it really easy to join our network - you don't need a card and there's no cost to you - so if you haven't already, do join now so we can continue to bring you these valuable insights week on week. Click BECOME A MEMBER above.

For now, to see this weeks issue Frontier News & Insights click here.

Blockchain Regulatory 2019 Trends in 12 Jurisdictions

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), found 19% of the institutions they interviewed claim they will be investing in Digital Assets by 2021. 

Sandra Ro, CEO of the GBBC, said that “by 2027, crypto and Digital Assets would consist of at least 10 percent of the global GDP”. Interestingly 40% of companies surveyed consider the invention of blockchain technology as the most important technological innovation since the invention of the internet. Although it also discovered over 63% of executives believe that a lack of understanding of what blockchain technology can offer is THE feature holding back wider adoption.

#FrontierInsights
Blockchain
Regulatory
Digital Assets
https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/596d1089592fec0...%20(1).pdf

Jonny Fry

7 Years Ago |
Goldman Sachs claim there are three factors at work in the banking sector currently that are shaking up the market, fuelling the growth in FinTech and challenging traditional banks  especially in China, India and South America

1.Transitioning from offline to online banking. Living in a digital world, more and more customers aim to have full digital control of money matters. However, there are still conventional customers that side on the more personal approach of interactions at a bank.

2.Placing trust in digital platforms. Over half of the public in the United States feels positive about trusting finances to a Fintech company, rather...

Log In or Become A Member To See More

The first Security Token in Germany is a Bond

BBFTA News Editor | | PERMALINK

Momentum for the issuing of Security Tokens is gathering pace in Europe with a Blockchain powered company called Bitbond, announcing it now has regulatory approval from BaFin (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) to launch a bond to raise up to Euros 100million using the Stellar Blockchain.

In contrast to ICOs, the securities prospectus for token-based bonds gives investors transparency and comprehensively documents their rights and the terms of the offer. The bond is subject to BaFin’s regulatory control. Bitbond has been approved as an asset broker under the German Banking Act for its Blockchain-based lending business and is the first financial services institution of this type to be supervised by BaFin.

We have already seen BBVA the Spanish bank using Blockchain technology to issue a bond, as have NIVURA in London.

It is thought that issuing bonds on a Blockchain could reduce the issue costs by 50% to...


READ MORE

#FrontierInsights
Blockchain
ICO
Security Token
https://coingape.com/bitbond-becomes-first-regu...tification