Today, a new player – financial services giant JPMorgan Chase – is upending that landscape. Today they’re in the process of expanding Kinexys, a blockchain-based payment platform that’s destined to revolutionize global commerce. Adding the British pound (GBP) to Kinexys just made that progress even more exciting! If enacted, this...
Then I bought this weaving business — Fatima I recently caught up with Fatima, who operates a small but growing textile enterprise in Lagos. When we exchanged ideas on payments, her face darkened. She exports colourful Ankara fabrics to the UK. “These fees are killing us,” she admitted, “and the...
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and investors alike are deeply invested in market predictions for 2025. These forecasts paint a broadly bullish picture for all digital assets. These projections take into account many different aspects, from past price trends to advancements in technology, to adoption rates and overall market mood. Forecasts are never...
As for all that supposed change, let’s be honest—it’s been more of a whimper than a bang. The numbers don't lie. Only a couple dozen projects approved since April 2023. That’s hardly setting the world on fire. So, why the slow burn?Activity Limits Too Restrictive?The core issue? The Pilot Regime,...
The EU's DLT Pilot Regime. Sounds impressive, right? An exciting leap forward in the future of finance. Cost aside, let’s be honest, the adoption rate is… well, embarrassing. Two projects approved? That’s not even the number of times I’ve had to explain blockchain to my uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. The...
In a bid to deepen its blockchain-based payments system, Kinexys, JPMorgan has expanded it to support British pound-denominated accounts. This expansion is the latest step in JPMorgan’s ambitious plans to bring blockchain tech to its corporate client services. The Kinexys platform originally set out to be transaction-agnostic but was led...
Has JPMorgan really seized the future of global finance? Or is this just stablecoin trend following that we’re seeing with their integration of GBP into Kinexys? We've seen this movie before. It seems like everyone touting blockchain claims that it will deliver results that are faster, cheaper, and better. But...
French and Italian regulators have joined forces to propose amendments to the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Pilot Regime. Their aim is to make some of its provisions more competitive and effective. The latest round of changes seek to improve the framework and to spur innovation while fostering European financial markets.The...
So, we're hearing whispers of an Ethereum comeback, a potential 5x return to its all-time high, maybe even a moonshot to $10,000. And with it, the dream of an imminent 7x altcoin season, showering fortune upon the true believers. But hold on a minute. Before you mortgage the house and...
The U.S. government is researching the use of blockchain technology to increase transparency and accountability in international humanitarian assistance. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is preparing to re-develop itself into the U.S. International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA). To further illustrate this transition, the new organization plans to start a...
