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Are NFTs a Money Laundering Gold Mine?

The bad actors are looking for the ways that are most likely for them not to be caught

Oct. 6, 2021 • Richard Paxton

NFTs are hot. Sales of NFTs jumped from $13.7 million in the first half of 2020 to $2.5 billion in sales during the first half of 2021. What’s an NFT? NFTs are defined as non-fungible tokens,...

Crypto Could be in Trouble after China Declares all Crypto Transactions Illegal

An expected move from China has crypto investors scrambling in uncertainty as they wait for the world to react.

Oct. 5, 2021 • Samuel Feldman

The People's Bank of China has declared all cryptocurrency-related transactions illegal, vowing to crack down on trading and banning overseas exchanges from providing services to Chinese i...

Card payments for dummies

Let's have a look at the payment cards

Sept. 27, 2021 • Joris Lochy

At my current company Monizze, we issue social vouchers, like meal, eco and gift vouchers. These vouchers are consumed using a specific Monizze payment card via a physical terminal. As a result...

El Salvador Made Bitcoin Legal Tender. Now What?

Lawmakers voted in favor of Bitcoin, with a supermajority of 62 out of 84 lawmakers supporting the law

Sept. 23, 2021 • Samuel Feldman

What Happened: El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender. Lawmakers voted in favor of Bitcoin, with a supermajority of 62 out of 84 lawmakers supporting the ...

Evaluating NFTs beyond the hype - [Part 3/3]

Part:3 - Real-world potential of the NFTs

Sept. 21, 2021 • Sam Ghosh

Currently, the NFT technology is being used for digital items such as digital arts, virtual goods for metaverse or games, sports collectibles, and even for scientific data , etc. The potent...

The Future War of CBDC's

80% of the central banks around the world have agreed that they are working on creating their own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Sept. 17, 2021 • Himanshu Kolhekar

As a contributing Author with my article "The Digital Smart Programmable Money" for The PAYTECH Book, published by Wiley in 2019, I have been developing concepts and researching on ...

Evaluating NFTs beyond the hype - [Part 2/3]

Part:2 - Legality of NFT ownership

Sept. 16, 2021 • Sam Ghosh

What does owning an NFT of an asset really mean? One of the important requirements of ownership is control. How much control do we get over an asset owning an NFT of it? If we buy an NFT on an ...

Which countries of the world are the most forward-looking in implementing Fintech solutions?

The geographical picture of the most advanced crypto countries is undergoing substantial change

Sept. 15, 2021 • Yulia Barabash

I must admit that many countries are looking to become Fintech innovators since investments in the industry are impressive, and everyone wants to get their “piece of the pie”. However, the lead...

Evaluating NFTs beyond the hype - [Part 1/3]

Part:1 - How unique and rare NFTs are really?

Sept. 13, 2021 • Sam Ghosh

Lately, everyone is talking about NFTs, and seems like everyone is investing in NFTs. NFTs burst into the limelight when MetaKovan aka Vignesh Sundaresan bought an NFT for a digital art pro...

Will Apple's upcoming service “Buy Now, Pay Later” be able to rival Affirm and other competitors?

With a new transaction system sweeping the nation and the world, can Apple effectively capitalize on this new market?

Sept. 9, 2021 • Samuel Feldman

A new form of digital payment system is taking the world by storm and is finding relative acceptance in the U.S. “Buy now, pay later” options, referred to as BNPL, allows consumers to split pur...