While there will likely be a change in how organizations use sanctions as a tool, their increased use looks to continue.
In this conversation, we chat with Daniel Finlay – a former Apple software developer, co-founder and co-lead developer on MetaMask – a non-custodial Ethereum wallet, allowing users to store Ether and other ERC-20 tokens and make transactions. Further. With the growth of DeFi and NFTs over the past year, MetaMask has increased in prominence as an entry point for novice users. So much so that its user base is now over 20 million monthly active users.
More specifically, we touch on how Dan went from teaching kids to code to having an app rejected by the Apple App Store to MetaMask, the philosophy behind e-government, questioning the role and job of software engineers, how crypto wallets compare to neobanks, and so so much more!
In this conversation, we chat with Elizabeth Rossiello – the CEO and founder of AZA, an established provider of currency trading solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. Elizabeth founded the company in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya and has expanded it to 10+ markets across Africa and Europe.
Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, consulting for Grameen Foundation, Gates Foundation and the Acumen Fund, as well as working with regulators and policy-makers on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth co-chairs the World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain and holds an M.A. in International Business and Finance from Columbia University.
More specifically, we touch on ratings agencies and the activity of rating intitutions, M-Pesa and how it influenced the thinking towards a crypto-centric future, Africa’s banking landscape and some of the outstanding issues it faces, Bitpesa and how it became Aza, banking infrastructure in Africa, and so so much more!
Avanti now needs FDIC insurance and acceptance into the Federal Reserve payments system to function as a bank and offer stable coin services.
The Cion Digital Blockchain Orchestration Platform accelerates integration, provides optionality, prevents technical debt from the onset, and removes friction from creating blockchain-based innovative real-time payment and financing.
The paper, published by the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, argued that regulation must address defi money laundering and terrorism financing to create broader investor protection.
Powered by their $300-million fundraise over the summer, Fireblocks is looking to drive infrastructure efforts of digital banking and crypto companies as the industry is poised for explosive growth.
This week we continue the discussion of the shape of DeFi 2.0. We highlight Tokemak, a protocol that aims to aggregate and consolidate liquity across existing projects. Instead of having many different market makers and pools across the ecosystem, Tokemak could provide a clear meta-machine that optimizes rewards and rates across protocol emissions. This has interesting implications for overall industry structure, which we explore and compare to equities and asset management examples.
The crypto firm enables users to buy and sell crypto, earn credit rewards on their accounts, and send money peer-to-peer: it will open up the Mastercard network to the cryptocurrency world.
Buying carbon offsets has become a popular way for organizations and individuals to mitigate their carbon emissions, thereby reducing their overall carbon footprint.