Business transformation January 24, 2023

5 ways to get metaverse-ready right now

4 min read - Building customer experiences for the metaverse isn’t about the headset, it’s about the mindset As a specialist in spatial computing and extended reality (XR), Jeffrey Castellano helps clients and partners separate hype from the real-world value in this ecosystem of…

Banking April 19, 2022

Why central banks dislike cryptocurrencies

5 min read - Cryptocurrencies, often depicted as an escape from fiat currency and legacy banking, have become a constant focus of bank and government activity. The most recent Executive Order from the U.S. President is just one example of governments carefully considering how…

Banking December 16, 2021

Take digital assets into the enterprise with blockchain

4 min read - Digital assets have been ubiquitous in the news these days: cryptocurrencies, stablecoins or non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to name a few. Their applications are even more varied, from representing financial instruments to safeguarding authenticity and ownership of digital IP or physical…

Banking November 18, 2021

Navigating the broader digital asset and cryptocurrency markets

4 min read - The cryptocurrency and broader digital assets evolution has continued to grow in earnest, showing promising signs of maturity through 2021 as industry-wide regulatory bills have reached the Senate floor in Washington D.C. while prices have appreciated to new all-time highs.…

Banking October 19, 2021

Picturing the digital assets momentum, framed through a European lens

3 min read - The birth and rise of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency paved the way for several waves of innovation that are gradually shifting paradigms in the financial ecosystems. The digital asset momentum, empowered by tokenization and underpinning blockchain technologies, is now undeniable. Amongst…

Banking May 20, 2021

The financialization of cryptocurrencies

5 min read - What does it mean to “own a Bitcoin?” It means there is a recorded transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain where someone sent one bitcoin to your public key address and that you (and you alone) know the address’s private key.…

Banking May 18, 2021

Making sense of digital assets

4 min read - Bitcoin, tokens, Ethereum, and stable coins oh my! These are a few names and phrases you may frequently hear when attempting to understand the emerging digital asset class. CNBC now lists the price of Bitcoin on its ticker but what…

Blockchain December 9, 2019

Blockchain beyond cryptocurrency

5 min read - I still find the word blockchain elicits thoughts of cryptocurrency much of the time, which does disservice to this disruptive new technology. Bitcoin launched in 2011 and was the first large scale implementation of blockchain technology. Media, investors and bleeding…

Banking November 12, 2019

When are stable coins useful?

4 min read - Global payments revenue grew by 11 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the McKinsey Global Payments Report, and is projected to grow a further 9 percent per year until 2022. Counter-intuitively, this can be partly attributed to the declining…

Blockchain November 4, 2019

Blockchain in higher education: Preparing students for the future

4 min read - Blockchain is rapidly becoming a force within higher education, even going so far as to challenge the very foundation of how skills and qualifications are measured. Innovations such as microcredentials and blockchain-based certifications have made blockchain one of two key…