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Behavioral finance in the financial services industry has been very widely discussed, seriously explored and, finally, now starting to be implemented into financial advisor business models and client engagement practices.

The US government has turned a keen eye to cryptocurrencies in recent years.

As the threat of COVID-19, better known as coronavirus, has been soliciting reactions from institutions of government, media and finance, the cryptocurrency community has offered a number of novel insights and practical approaches.

In early 2019, Latin America, and much of the rest of the world, woke up to the announcement of the $5 billion SoftBank Innovation Fund – the largest-ever technology fund focused exclusively on the fast-growing region.

We have lots of crypto-enthusiasts, but as far as crypto adoption by the masses is concerned, the U.S. has a lot more work to do.

Since its inception, blockchain has been hailed as a generally safer way to carry out financial transactions, and it is. But there are still vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.

The 2019 crypto derivatives market saw a host of developments across the board as several trading avenues opened across the globe.

To make innovation happen, to enable it to create tangible new solutions and successful startup businesses, it takes more than just a village.

Venture capital (VC) flows between the US and China hit an estimated $22 billion in 2018, surpassing the $18 billion generated through direct foreign investment – for the first time in history.

Innovation Contests Offer Financial Services Firms Access to Game-Changing FinTech

Few events have had as a profound impact on the blockchain industry as the announcement of Facebook’s digital currency Libra.

The adoption of cryptocurrency continues to accelerate despite persistent market uncertainty. Since touching record highs in 2017, the market has seen both significant gains and losses, generating a continuous stream of competing forecasts.

In line with Nasdaq’s continued effort to demonstrate the power of our Execution Platforms, Carl Slesser and Scott Richard presented on the topic of Technology as a Differentiator at the TradeTech FX conference in Miami.

Crypto is considered a risky investment due to its price volatility. If an investment is considered volatile, it means that its price is prone to frequent and extreme price movements.

As many news outlets have reported, the Wuhan coronavirus has hit China hard, and with it, the country’s native blockchain industry has been forced to react.

Quantum computing is no ordinary technology. It has attracted huge interest at the national level with funding from governments. Today, some of the biggest technology giants are working on the technology, investing substantial sums into research and development

In the first days of February 2020, information technology giant IBM (IBM) announced a wide array of new blockchain initiatives that it is planning as part of a wider effort to develop sophisticated distributed ledger technology.

The year 2019 was great for the markets — the S&P 500 gained 30% — but it was terrible for crypto and the absolute worst for yours truly.

With regulatory mandates behind them, CSDs are focusing on new opportunities.

From January 21 to 24, 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) took some first steps to formally establish a coherent international framework for the world’s governments to regulate the cryptocurrency industry.