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Cryptocurrency, stable coins are become central
The new bet in the Fintech field concerns equity-like digital tokens that appreciate when underlying stable coins increases. As Olga Kharif and Alastair Marsh underlined on Bloomberg, they allow to reduce the volatility to facilitate the exchange between tokens.
Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council: “Taxes paid with cryptocurrencies”
Ted Knutson on Forbes explains that this measure represents the main reccomendation presented in a panel organised by IRS. This instrument could help the agency strengthen its collection enforcement.
Europe is the leader of financial technology
Munich, Singapore and Amsterdam in the next two years will become the world's major fintech hubs. Ryan Swift writes it on the South China Morning Post quoting a survey by US law firm Reed Smith.Moreover, according to KPMG network, territorially 39 percent of...
Blockchain, pharmaceutical industry and new paradigms
Mohamad Zahreddine on Forbes writes that the blockchain could transform the pharmaceutical industry and become the most useful instrument in terms of transparency, privacy and traceability. This would encourage a direct dialogue between physicians and patients based...
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are not synonymous
Many people still confuse the blockchain with cryptocurrency, but digital currencies only represent an its application. Yoav Vilner on Forbes explains that many companies are only using it to store their company data reducing dependence on centralized systems.The...
IMF: “National cryptocurrencies regulated by central banks”
The International Monetary Fund well-disposed towards cryptocurrencies in a regulated context in which national governments create their own cryptocurrencies and central banks take them into their services. As reported by Phillip Inman on the Guardian, Christine...
U.S., a single regulatory framework for cryptocurrency
The American Treasury department recently said that it intends to soon propose some sort of guidance for a single regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. This would include the Financial Services Oversight Committee (FSOC). Federal Reserve Chair Donald Powell, SEC...
U.S., the future of the healthcare is the blockchain
Bill Frist on Forbes describes the benefits that the blockchain could bring in the healthcare. In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services is working on blockchain acquisition and five health care organizations have launched a pilot program...
Cryptocurrencies, institutional investors enter the market
The entrance of the new actors, encouraged by the digital currencies stability in the past year, is transforming the sector. As Andrew Arnold reports on Forbes, miners are now scheduling regular, over-the-counter (OTC) coin sales. Here are two examples: Goldman Sachs...
Blockchain, J.P. Morgan is betting on three firms
J.P. Morgan has listed three public companies that could benefit long-term from the blockchain. As Kate Rooney explains on CNBC, these three companies don't base their own business on bitcoin.The financial institution supports the private (closed and authorized) use...
Blockchain and healthcare to save money and time
Blockchain could be a precious instrument to improve certain critical elements: excess of centralization, bureaucratic deficiencies and fraud. As Jefferson Nunn underlines on Forbes, particularly in the United States there is need for a transition from the old...
Singapore, the blockchain applied to renewable energy
Melissa Goh on the CNBC website explains that in Singapore companies can manage renewable energy certifications thanks to the blockchain, with lower costs and better transparency of operations.In Singapore there is a renewable energy demand higher than supply and the...