The US banking sector had its worst week in the last 50 years.Yes, it was even worse than the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. In a week, three large banks collapsed. All of them were either VC-facing or crypto-facing: Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank. Only Silvergate...
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Our mission at iBlockchain Bank & Trust Technologies for the past three years has been to create a new generation of a unified bank. That converges traditional banking and the decentralized financial, energy, and real estate sectors created by blockchain technologies. The focus is two-fold. First, the new bank...
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Many banks make mortgage loans so people can buy a home but then do not keep the loans on their books as an asset. Instead, the bank sells the loan. These loans are often “securitized, ” bundled into a financial security sold to investors. Investors in these mortgage-backed securities...
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If you own shares in the Walt Disney Company, you can spend an extra $50 to buy a fancy paper stock certificate. But there is an important disclaimer on the website where you buy the certificate: “Please note: This is a decorative item being sold, not a valid, negotiable...
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Preface ICOs, also known as “token sales,” are a relatively new fundraising phenomenon used to launch new companies or fund a development project. According to ICOStats, nearly $2.3 billion has been raised in 2017 in ICOs. This amount eclipses the amount of money raised by early stage venture...
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J. R. Willett’s “The Second Bitcoin White paper” describes (among other things) user currencies which track value of a specific assets without being backed by that asset by issuer. At first this seems to be counter-intuitive… You can’t create digital gold out of nothing. However, something very similar happens...
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The ICO25 Average Index or as it was later renamed the ‘Token Industrials Average” was created on May 3rd, 2018 by Tony Valamontes The ICO25 Average Index, or simply the ICO25, is an Ethereum Token market index that tracks how the top 25 tokens have traded during a standard trading session in the...
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