IMO as an expert

After nearly 10 years of exploration of blockchain technology, we are at the pinnacle of innovation, with a range of major corporations to small businesses exploring blockchain opportunities and use-cases to cut costs and add value throughout the business process. However, these recent developments have equally attracted interest from regulators across continents; prominent amongst them being Europe.

The WannaCry malware, that attacked 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, exploiting a vulnerability of the Windows operating system, was developed to promote Bitcoin.

The World Bank are estimating that money flows from migrant workers to developing countries were worth US$ 440 billion last year, more than double foreign aid.

Just because Grindelwald and Dumbledore had a deadly brawl during their quest to revolutionise magic doesn’t mean two great powers cannot be used in concert to change the world. This could be the worst way to start an important conversation about financial technology, but stick with me, it gets more interesting.

ICO (InitialCoinOffer) is a term that has lately gained popularity in the cryptocurrency environment. This term is used to define a process of raising investments for some particular project.

Blockchain is an inherently democratising technology, so it’s not surprising to find it driving economic activity at the grassroots in Russia and around the world.