The story and insight of the Ethereum project
Ethereum is a digital platform based on blockchain technology and Distributed Ledger Technology. It is the platform on which the Ether cryptocurrency (ETH) and also thousands of distributed applications run. Behind the Ethereum project, there is the idea of Vitalik Buterin, a developer born in 1994 in Kolomna, Russia, but raised in Canada. Bitcoin and […]
Business Applications of Blockchain & Real Use Cases
Blockchain has become a term so abused that it is difficult to understand, given the vast and indefinite technological environment to which many would like to apply it. This is due to the excessive hype that accompanied this new technology, where blockchain was advertised as a magic recipe capable of innovating any business. All this […]
Monetum becomes a member of the Financial Services Standards Association (VQF)
Monetum Gains Swiss Regulatory Approval We are now a member of the Swiss Financial Services Standards Association (VQF). VQF itself is the largest cross-industry Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) with the longest history that meets the standards established by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Officially authorized by FINMA, VQF is entrusted to oversee the compliance of […]
DeFi’s Amazing Market Growth
The economic value present in DeFi platforms has almost tripled since the beginning of the year, reaching 42 billion dollars. Currently it’s around 36 billion, following the downsizing of the market on February 23rd. The Index DeFi Pulse , which tracks ten of the largest tokens by market capitalization, has risen more than 260% year […]
Decrypting Crypto: Q&A with Julio Ferrón
Monetum had a chance to speak to Julio Ferrón de Jesús, a Senior Consultant, Financial Services – Financial Crime at KPMG Spain. His line of work focuses on driving opportunities within the crypto sector and also acts as a coordinator for KPMG’s European Virtual Assets Group in the area of FinCrime. It was in 2015 […]
Using Cryptocurrencies For International Transfers
Cryptocurrencies Have No Borders Bitcoin was invented to be P2P digital cash that can be transferred over the internet. Subsequently, many other cryptocurrencies have been created, starting from some fixed points taken from Bitcoin and differentiating in other characteristics. One of the founding characteristics is that cryptocurrencies have no geographical and political boundaries. Just as […]
Why Switzerland is One of the Best Countries to Start A Crypto Business
Switzerland as preferred location for crypto companies In 2014, the Ethereum Foundation chose Switzerland as the most suitable location for its activities, which now has become famous all over the world as the “Crypto Valley”. Since then, many other companies have chosen Switzerland as their headquarters up to the recent case of the Libra Association […]
Digital Gold: Making Crypto and Gold Malleable for Adoption and Usage
Bitcoin has long been described by proponents as “digital gold” with reference to the story of the first digital currency backed entirely by gold and silver in 1995. With cryptocurrencies having captured everyone’s imagination, we often forget that the digital gold boom of the 1990s was the first digital currency revolution. It proved that an alternative […]
Decrypting Crypto: Q&A with Marco Lavanna
If you’re like most people, chances are when you hear the word “Bitcoin or Cryptocurrency”, you would shrug your shoulders and say “your guess is as good as mine.” But as with much of the finance world — which deliberately uses confusing and complicated language — you feel lost and skeptical. Marco Lavanna, Founder and […]
CEX and DEX: Why are CEX even better
Starting in the summer of 2020, the Ethereum network has been overloaded with heavy use of DeFi smart contracts that allow users to transact directly with each other, without relying on centralized exchanges (CEX). One of the most common cases is that of an exchange between ERC-20 tokens using decentralized exchanges (DEX), an idea that […]