Crypto
Overcoming crypto’s trust issues: An interview with Diederik Van Wersch, Chainalysis
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Despite rapid growth in recent years, the crypto industry has historically faced a lack of trust from consumers and established financial entities. Blockchain data analysis firm Chainalysis, is looking to change this. In an interview at FTT DeFi, Diederik Van Wersch, Head of Mid-Market Sales EMEA at Chainalysis, told Future Identity Portfolio Lead, Laura Camplisson,
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In conversation with Zumo Enterprise at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps
Tuesday 19 July 2022
We recently hosted FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps, a live event exploring the technologies, innovations and trends re-defining the future of how financial services are crafted and distributed. A huge community of innovators and industry leaders, including retailers, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, telcos, fintechs and tech providers came together, offering a unique diversity of
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Rethinking financial services to unlock inclusive DeFi
Tuesday 05 July 2022
The traditional banking systems in place across the world have served billions of people and allowed them to save, invest and borrow for decades. But there are also billions of people who have been left behind as the conventional banking offering fails to meet their needs and they find themselves being excluded from the global
Can we clean up crypto?
Thursday 16 June 2022
Both the hardest critics and proponents of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can agree on the fact that, for better or worse, these digital currencies are fundamentally different from fiat currencies. One of the under-discussed differences between these two currencies is their energy consumption. In a 2022 report, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) estimated that Bitcoin
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Do rising hacks threaten the future of DeFi?
Tuesday 14 June 2022
With hundreds of billions of dollars of total value locked into the decentralised finance (DeFi) market, this burgeoning sector is rapidly becoming an attractive target for cyber criminals and hackers. According to a CertiK State of DeFi Security Report released earlier this year, more than $1.3 billion was lost across 44 DeFi hacks due to centralisation
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Zumo launches pioneering full-stack B2B crypto solution
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, has announced the launch of Zumo Enterprise, its new B2B ‘Crypto-as-a-Service’ solution that enables companies to offer crypto products and services to their customers. The first of its kind in the UK, Zumo Enterprise is the market’s only full-stack, embedded crypto solution. Zumo Enterprise allows fintechs and
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Will CBDCs be built on digital identity?
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Economists, governments, financial institutions, and crypto players are showing a growing interest in the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The term refers to a digital token of a country’s official currency, providing the public with direct digital access to central bank reserves. Issued and regulated by a national monetary authority or central bank,
- Published in Content, Identity, Opinion, Payments, Regulation
The rise of crypto lending – FTT Chats Lending 3.0 series
Tuesday 22 March 2022
- Published in Content, Embedded Finance, FTT Lending
The Metaverse and Me – What does it mean for Retailers
Tuesday 15 March 2022
- Published in Blockchain, Content, Embedded Finance, Fintech, FinTech of the Week
5 must-read books for digital identity enthusiasts
Tuesday 08 March 2022
For World Book day 2022 we wanted to credit some of the authors whose insights into digital identity have helped to shape the vision behind the Future Identity brand. Exploring data privacy, identity management, self-sovereign identity, algorithm bias, and digital currencies, here are 5 books we think all digital identity enthusiasts should read. Identity Reboot: