The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has initiated legal proceedings against Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, by submitting a demand for the company to pay civil fines and disgorgement in the amount of billions of dollars. The SEC has filed a petition in response to a judgement in a civil matter, … Continue reading SEC Seeks $5.3B Judgment Against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon
In an announcement made on the Binance Support Center, Binance Futures revealed that the BOMEUSDC Perpetual Contract will be launched on April 25, 2024, at 07:00 (UTC) with up to 50x leverage. Additionally, the TIAUSDC Perpetual Contract will be introduced at 07:15 (UTC) with the same leverage, followed by the MATICUSDC Perpetual Contract at 07:30 … Continue reading Binance Futures to Introduce USDC-Margined BOME, TIA, and MATIC Perpetual Contracts with Up to 75x Leverage
We conducted an interview with Alessio Quaglini, the Managing Partner of HEX Trust who has extensive experience in Investment Banking, Financial Services, and regulation. He shared with us his views on the digital asset custody sector. What is the difference between custody of traditional vs digital assets? To answer this question, we can look at the … Continue reading Blockchain.News Interview with Managing Partner of HEX Alessio Quaglini on Digital Asset Custody
Since the launch of the Bitcoin in 2008, interest in cryptocurrencies continue to increase exponentially over the years. As the space matures, investors are increasingly eager to add cryptocurrencies into their portfolios for more diversification, whether it is for long-term value investing or short-term profit maximization. Investors can no longer afford to ignore the impact … Continue reading Blockchain.News Interview with Co-founder and CIO of CryptAM, David Demmer on Digital Asset Management
Exclusive interview with Timothy Leung: Part 1 Artificial intelligence is one of the emerging fintech trends in Hong Kong. While there are some great minds and AI companies in Hong Kong, they can’t survive without sufficient funding and technical support from government and industry leaders. We had the opportunity to invite Timothy Leung, Executive Director … Continue reading Exclusive: Talent Shortage is The Key Pain Point in the AI Industry
Over 50 financial and blockchain professionals gathered at “Financial Inclusion and FinTech Adoption in Emerging Markets” for the latest fintech development of Africa held in Eaton Club, Central. The event commenced with the sharing of Elliott Hoffman, Growth Specialist of Paxful on the adoption of M-Pesa in Kenya and Paxful’s educational efforts to students in … Continue reading How to Leverage FinTech Opportunities in Africa
Following the latest update of Paxful, Ray took a step back and shared to us his inspiration to set up Paxful and what he learnt from 11 failed startups! He then identified arbitrage as the key business opportunities by blockchain and instead of decentralization, peer to peer should be the core value preposition of Bitcoin! … Continue reading Exclusive: Arbitrage – the Key Business Opportunity Brought by Blockchain
Exclusive interview with Prof. Aris Stouraitis: Part 1 In FinTech, the talent shortage is always a pain point in Hong Kong. It is our pleasure to discuss with Professor Aris Stouraitis, Department Head of Finance & Decision Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University, to share with us the culprit of FinTech talent shortage. He also … Continue reading Exclusive: Lack of Interdisciplinarity – Culprit for FinTech Talent Shortage
Exclusive interview with Paul Sin: Part 2 How does Deloitte Blockchain Lab envision the future of blockchain? Dr. Paul Sin believes that blockchain is at the stage of technology convergence with IoT, big data and artificial intelligence. He also explained the three challenges for enterprises to implement their own blockchain and various blockchain auditing services … Continue reading Exclusive: Blockchain at the Stage of Tech Convergence
Facebook’s Libra drew fire as Senator Sherrod Brown likened it to the 2008 subprime mortgage fiasco. Yahoo Finance has conveyed Senator Brown’s fierce sentiments about Libra as he recalled bankers proposed the innovative product that they deemed to be a game-changer. This would, however, not be the scenario as subprime mortgages instigated a turmoil. The … Continue reading Facebook’s Libra Likened to 2008 Subprime Mortgage Fiasco