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Is this war?: Blockchain vs. Fintech, all you need to know about this issue

Although EU blockchain companies had a record year in VC investment, they were still lagging behind in fintech investments. They looked at Innovate Finance’s FinTech VC investment landscape report from 2018, which shows that fintech companies worldwide have raised $ 36.6 billion from VC investors. In contrast, blockchain and crypto-currency…

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BTC will continue to thrive

The first Bitcoin (BTC) transaction took place exactly ten years ago on the 12th of January 2019. The first transaction involving BTC ten years ago marked the beginning of a new era for the global monetary system. The transaction was carried out between Satoshi Nakamoto the anonymous creator of Bitcoin…

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A prestigious Chinese university associated with a cryptocurrency. Guess which one?

One of the most important names in the cryptographic space is Ripple. The firm is known for making new connections and partnerships almost weekly and will now partner with the Fintech Research Institute, Tsinghua University (THUIFR) to launch a new Blockchain Technology Research Fellowship Program (BRSP). The main focus The…

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Why cryptocurrencies (and ‘blockchain’) will eat the software industry

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, published in 2011 the mythical article Why Software is eating the world on how software was penetrating all businesses, transforming all these business models into software companies. In 2011, neither the technology nor the bitcoin price had yet captivated the collective imagination of humans.…

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