Today I’m going to offer you a brief overview of how to define market manipulation and some common examples of what constitutes market manipulation. Market manipulation is an action (e.g. entering into a transaction, placing or cancelling an order, disseminating information, Read more…
Today I wanted to address a few most common questions about FATCA and the most common elections that usually apply to FinTech startups. As you probably know by now – there is no way I could fit in the mountain of Read more…
I recorded this video to reflect on why people might be afraid of GDPR 😉 By the way, in just few days myself a several dozens of other FinTech experts are starting together a 5-Day Privacy Policy Challenge which will Read more…
I was at #ArtBasel Hong Kong exhibition in March 2019. If you don’t know about Art Basel – it’s one of the most prestigious art fairs, mainly focused on contemporary art. One of my main curiosity points this time around Read more…
Based on my observations, 2018 was a year when smart FinTech startups deliberately focused on building online communities. From what I have seen, very few startups were able to improve their profitability or add substantial new revenue streams. Very often, Read more…
It is not uncommon to see regulatory requests for cryptocurrency-focused businesses to split activities into 2 parts: regulated and non-regulated. For example, the licensed (e.g. regulated) entity may be dedicated to operations with fiat funds and fiat deposits, and Read more…
“How to get more partnerships and get them faster” has been a common theme during 2018. Many startups joined acceleration programs not because they needed exposure to get funding, but because they needed exposure to secure partnerships. Even regulatory approvals Read more…
It’s been reported recently by a number of news outlets (here or here) that Luxembourg introduced a new Blockchain law. Why I refer to it as an “unfortunate hype” is because, factually speaking, this regulatory statement did Read more…
If you work in compliance, you have told your business partners (multiple times) that they must “own their risks” and make the final decisions – and that the role of compliance is to remain independent and to offer expert advice. Read more…
