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All posts tagged "Decentralised Finance"
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151BlockchainWhy Blockchain Innovation Is Reshaping Finance
In January 2024, BlackRock filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF, and within three months the fund attracted over $17 billion in assets....
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The Growing Importance of Blockchain in Fintech
When Circle published its 2024 attestation report, it revealed that USDC, the company’s dollar-backed stablecoin, had processed over $12 trillion in cumulative...
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The Evolution of Blockchain in Financial Technology
On 3 January 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first Bitcoin block, embedding a headline from The Times: “Chancellor on brink of second...
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Why Blockchain Is Becoming a Core Fintech Technology
In 2020, Revolut listed cryptocurrency trading as a feature alongside currency exchange and budgeting tools. By 2024, blockchain was embedded in the...
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114Blockchain
How Decentralised Technologies Are Changing Financial Services
On 15 September 2022, Ethereum completed the Merge, switching its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake and reducing the network’s energy consumption...
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158Blockchain
The Future of Decentralised Financial Infrastructure
In October 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore completed the first live cross-currency transaction on Project Guardian, a decentralised financial infrastructure pilot...
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119Blockchain
The Rise of Blockchain-Based Financial Platforms
Uniswap processed more spot trading volume than Coinbase in multiple months during 2024. A decentralised exchange, governed by smart contracts and operated...
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102Blockchain
How Blockchain Is Reinventing Financial Trust
When FTX collapsed in November 2022, $8 billion in customer deposits vanished because customers trusted a centralised exchange to hold their money...
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84Blockchain
How Blockchain Platforms Are Powering Digital Finance
In November 2024, Solana processed over 65 million transactions in a single day, more than Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon combined. The same...
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88Blockchain
Why Decentralised Technologies Are Gaining Momentum
In December 2024, the total value locked in decentralised finance protocols exceeded $100 billion for the first time since the 2022 market...
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115Blockchain
The Evolution of Blockchain Ecosystems
In January 2020, the total value locked in all DeFi protocols across all blockchains was $650 million. By November 2021, it was...
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87Blockchain
Why Blockchain Is Changing Financial Networks
SWIFT, the financial messaging network that connects 11,000 institutions across 200 countries, began testing blockchain interoperability in late 2023 with over 30...
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70Blockchain
The Future of Blockchain-Driven Financial Services
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, told shareholders in his 2024 annual letter that tokenisation of financial assets would be “the next generation...
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91Blockchain
How Blockchain Is Reinventing Financial Systems
A wire transfer between New York and Tokyo still takes one to three business days to settle. The sender’s bank debits the...
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98Blockchain
The Rise of Blockchain-Powered Financial Platforms
Coinbase reported $6.6 billion in revenue for 2024. Uniswap, a decentralised exchange with no corporate headquarters and roughly 80 employees, facilitated over...
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72Blockchain
The Growth of Blockchain in Financial Services
Deutsche Bank spent $5.4 billion on technology in 2024, with blockchain infrastructure accounting for a growing share of that budget. The bank...
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97Blockchain
How Blockchain Is Transforming the Fintech Landscape
Stripe added stablecoin payment processing in 2024, allowing merchants to accept USDC and settle in dollars without handling crypto directly. The company...
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99Blockchain
How Blockchain Enables Transparent Financial Services
When FTX collapsed in November 2022, auditors discovered that the exchange had been lending customer deposits to its sister company Alameda Research...
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The Rise of Blockchain-Enabled Financial Ecosystems
Ethereum hosts over 4,000 decentralised applications, processes $50 billion in weekly DeFi volume, and secures more than $80 billion in total value...
