Many of the largest employers in the country are changing how they approach offering training and education benefits to their employees. In some cases ...

If “pandemic” was the buzzword of 2020 (and, you know, 2021), then “sanctions” feels…

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Goldman Sachs is relocating some of its Moscow-based staff to the United Arab Emirates as a result of Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine, numerous news agencies reported Sunday. The Wall Street behemoth is sending some of its employees to Dubai, a key financial hub in the Middle East, as foreign corporations reevaluate their Russian operations as…

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In Asia Pacific (APAC), the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce has fueled demand for cross-border payment capabilities and embedded financial solutions as small, online businesses embrace digital technologies to broaden

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Crypto and blockchain adoption move ahead despite – or even because of – political uncertainty in February.

On Friday (March 4), former White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci, who is the founder and managing partner of global alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital (“SkyBridge”), shared his latest thoughts on Bitcoin. SkyBridge Capital is “an SEC-registered investment adviser and global alternative investment manager that invests in hedge funds, digital assets, private equity, and real estate.” On […]

Algorand (ALGO) trends lower with the rest of the crypto market. Larger cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, broke below critical support and seem at risk of future losses unless liquidity comes up at current levels. Related Reading | Algorand Foundation Names Former JP Morgan Executive as CEO, ALGO Soars 10% As of press time, Algorand (ALGO) trades at $0.76 with a 3.7% loss in the past 24-hours. On higher timeframes, the cryptocurrency records a 20.5% loss in 30 days and a 35% loss in one year. Despite the recent bearish price action, the Algorand ecosystem continues to expand. Recently, the network saw the launch of Vest Equity. Created as an NFT platform, this project runs on Algorand with the objective of providing real estate owners with more power over their assets. The platforms enable users to tokenize a property and “easily” offer a portion on the market. The platform has the additional objective of letting users benefit from the value of their properties, turning them into tokenized digital assets. At the same time, Vesta Equity: (…) simultaneously advancing housing affordability, economics, and frictionless investor accessibility to residential real estate. Vesta Equity offers users access to a native marketplace which removes friction from the process of transacting with real-estate-backed NFTs. The platform has a catalog of properties, price ranges, addresses. In addition, an owner or potential investors looking to purchase a portion of this Algorand backed NFTs can view the percentage of equity available, of equity listed, and equity sold. Other features of the property are visible, as seen below. Vesta Equity is user-friendly and provides additional data as the property value forecast for up to 30 months, and its home price index (HPI) to estimate the property’s potential value over the coming years, and its expected returns. Algorand To Disrupt $23.6 Trillion Real Estate Market? The Algorand based platform attends to automatize and remove third-party intervention from the real estate sector by leveraging the power of NFTs. Thus, providing users with more access to property investments. Michael Carpentier, CEO, and Co-Founder of Vesta Equity said the following on the project: Imagine a world where with a few clicks of your mouse you can access the entire accumulated value of the equity in your home without incurring debt or selling and moving. At the other end, investors can participate by purchasing into the future appreciation of the property and build a portfolio of real estate assets like they do with stocks. Imran Rahaman, COO at Vesta Equity, called the launch of the platform an “innovation” in the home equity sector. In addition, Rahaman believes the project is a new use case align with the ultimate goal of blockchain technology: we become an example of a company using blockchain for what it was designed: to remove friction from traditional exchange of value systems, and to open up new financial opportunities for people everywhere. Related Reading | Algorand, Solana, And More Lead List Of Biggest Losing Altcoins The Algorand network also revealed improvements to its mainnet with the expansion of smart contract functionalities. Users will now be able to benefit from contract-to-contract calls, and a new component called Falcon Keys designed at advancing the network on its towards “trustless cross-chain interoperability”.

$20B in new funding across the nation; here's a look at the top rounds. Everything you need to need to know about the largest US startup funding rounds of February 2022; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…

With AI, machine learning, and big data initiatives driving change, financial institutions look to these technologies to optimize processes and improve customer experience.  But what are the technologies used in banking today? And which ones should financial institutions prioritize moving forward? In this article, we explore key retail banking trends that every financial expert should […]

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Growing competition from new cloud native technology players, and rising demand from customers for digital-first, intelligent services are forcing banks in Asia-Pacific (APAC) to migrate to cloud-based infrastructure and become

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Bitcoin has become one of the most valuable currencies globally after overtaking the Russian ruble.

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Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain, officially reached the 1 million unique NFT buyers mark on Sunday, seven years since the first NFT was minted on Ethereum blockchain. As rival ecosystems have seen formidable growth, threatening Ethereum’s dominance, the announcement shows that Vitalik’s offspring still lead the NFT game for the time being. According to the most [...]

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