In this episode, Yana shares with you her recent research around NFTs, their regulatory framework, and how they are currently offered and traded. You can also find more information about Yana’s personal NFT here. If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leave Read more…
First of all – what is an NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) from the regulatory perspective? Or, in other words – what do you actually buy, when you buy an NFT? In most cases, what you buy is a digital certificate linked to an image, graphics, video or audio file, gaming avatar, Read more…
This is a short and sweet episode about the reasons that the vast majority of retail public investors want to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and the tokens that you should and shouldn’t consider offering to your customers if you are a fiat-focused fintech looking to branch out into the crypto Read more…
FinTech companies rarely can survive without banks, processors, and other financial partners. The more the merrier. Today, I’d like to share with you my view on having too many partners and how do you know when it’s too many. One notorious example of an epic failure with too many too-big-to-fail Read more…
It is my opinion, and the opinion of many experts who have been working in the space for a long time, that the new US Crypto bill is flawed in many ways. The bill makes assumptions and proposes to impose regulations which, as I will explain today through a number Read more…
Today’s article is inspired by my conversation with a taxi driver about money and Putin. I came to Salzburg for the Opera Festival and a taxi driver asked me (mixing Russian and German with some heavy Slavic accent) if I was pro or against Putin. I said “obviously against” and Read more…
Today, I wanted to debunk a widely-held industry myth that everyone who has customers from Germany needs to arrange for a custodial solution in Germany and register with BaFin. THIS IS JUST NOT TRUE. I get why you may have this idea. In fact, it often happens in the financial Read more…
The pan-governmental regulatory body, The Basel Committee, recently released a draft document that contains a proposal that is sure to change the cryptocurrency landscape. In this episode, I explain what the proposed regulation means for banks who are holding cryptocurrencies, and the opportunities that this brings about for Fintech companies Read more…
If you are like many of my followers, you may be asking yourself a question, whether or not now is the right time for you to invest time and money in the FCA Program, when so many other things are uncertain and up in the air. To answer this question, Read more…
The doors to the FCA (FinTech Compliance Acceleration) program are closing on June 1st, so… imagine… what becomes possible for you when by the end of summer 2021 you will be well known and established in your specific FinTech industry niche, equipped to connect with media and influencers, have practiced how sharing your unique Read more…