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How Many Stablecoins Are There?
With 147 projects announced throughout the year, 2018 was dubbed the year of stablecoins. This year, the rate of stablecoin announcements has stabilized , with 19 diverse projects announced throughout the first quarter of 2019.
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Meet the Universal Euro – Universal Protocol
UPEUR is a stablecoin pegged at a 1:1 ratio with the Euro. Once a Universal Euro has been minted, a record of this transaction is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain. It will be Euro-pegged, and available directly on Uphold and other participating exchanges.
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World Economic Forum: Three things you need to know about securing a blockchain
Blockchain technologies are revolutionary in many ways, but the simple fact that blockchain is different need not require a wholly new security paradigm.
tags: FinTech Blockchain CyberRisk
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Kenya’s financial inclusion rate passes 80%
In Kenya, formal financial inclusion has risen to 83% from 27% in 2006, while complete exclusion has narrowed to 11% from 41%. Also, the disparities in financial access between rich and poor, men and women, and rural and urban areas also declined remarkably.
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Western Union Integrates With Crypto Wallet to Expand Philippines Remittances
Western Union has teamed up with blockchain startup Coins.ph to enable residents of the Philippines to more easily receive cash remittances. While Western Union has previously teased possible relationships with Ripple and Coinbase, neither came to fruition.
tags: FinTech Blockchain
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According to InWara’s quarterly crypto space report the number of ICOs declined by nearly 60% dramatically during Q1 2019, but the number of STOs increased by 130%.
tags: FinTech CryptoAssets ICOs STOs
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Ripple Building: First Fiat–InterLedger Protocol (ILP) Connector Launched
“The Ripple development team has launched the first fiat InterLedger Protocol (ILP) connector, and it is expected to be a big step towards interoperability with traditional financial systems and gain massive adoption.”
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Real-time-payments monopoly puts financial system at risk
“The Federal Reserve Board is considering a decision about the future of digital banking that goes well beyond the narrow question of whether now is the time to transition to immediate payments. The board will decide whether the Federal Reserve will continue to play an operation role in digital payments.”
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Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets for Asset Managers
Law firm Davis Polk discusses the current US regulatory framework applicable to cryptocurrency and other digital asset investment funds offered to US investors.
tags: FinTech CryptoAssets Regulation
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BigTech and the changing structure of financial intermediation
Differences in the development of FinTech credit reflect differences in income and financial market structure. The higher a country’s income and the less competitive its banking system, the larger the FinTech credit volume.
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Tunisian central bank explores digital dinar
Tunisia is looking to be a pioneer in implementing blockchain as the country’s central bank explores the use of the technology for a national digital dinar.
tags: FinTech CryptoAssets CBDC
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A Fight Over Specialized Chips Threatens an Ethereum Split
“Businesses looking to experiment with blockchain, including Microsoft and JP Morgan, have often looked to build their projects on Ethereum first, she notes. But newer blockchains are releasing designs that are faster and more adaptive; and “permissioned” alternatives from companies like IBM, that offer some of the benefits of blockchain but without the core component of decentralization, are making inroads with corporations.”
tags: FinTech CryptoAssets AltCoins Ethereum
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New report evaluates stablecoin contenders and the sector’s likely evolution
A new report from Techemy Capital identifies winning and losing business models, explores underwriting options beyond “cash in the bank” and predicts the likely stablecoin market evolution through to 2022.
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Chinese Bitcoin Investors Are Happily Paying a Markup For Tethers
The Tether (USDT) premium is going up because after the PBoC ICO/exchange ban, the most convenient way to buy cryptos in China, is to buy stable coins like USDT first using OTC, and then trade it into any cryptos on exchanges.
FinTech 04/08/2019
