Blockchain: three platforms to build your smart contracts

31 July 2018 | Laurent Leloup

There is the Bitcoin blockchain of course, and its famous rival Ethereum. If these two platforms are the best known, other competitors have emerged in the past months, offering solid alternatives to build “smart contracts”: Waves, NEO, EOS, Stellar, etc.

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European Fintech Mapping Week #6: ShapeShift, Cardlay, Bunq and Evo Banco

19 July 2018 | Team Europe

Every week, Techfoliance highlights four promising Fintech start-ups across Europe in various verticals: lending, payment, investment, etc. In this weekly FinTech mapping we will focus on ShapeShift, Cardlay, Bunq and Evo Banco.

ShapeShift

ShapeShift is a Zurich-based FinTech that has … Read More

The banking industry needs more blockchain research like UBRI

7 June 2018 | Team Europe

Students and faculty around the world are emerging as major contributors to the creation of a more robust and valuable blockchain and payments ecosystem.

New business use cases are emerging with the use of the blockchain to make cross-border … Read More

MoneyConf 2018 is back in Dublin for its biggest conference ever

5 June 2018 | Team Europe

Join Techfoliance next June the 11-13th in Dublin for MoneyConf, one of the most important Fintech summit in Europe addressing top trends in the industry, as well as in insurtech and big data.

For this new edition 2018, MoneyConf is gathering more … Read More

An inevitable march towards regulation for ICOs

10 May 2018 | Laurent Leloup

ICOs are gradually finding better recognition everywhere. Faced with a new mode of financing which has proved its worth, the inevitable march towards regulation has begun, France having decided to jump onboard before missing out on the opportunity.

In a … Read More

Only 8.5% of crypto investors are women, says eToro

17 April 2018 | Team Europe

Cryptocurrencies received a massive coverage in the past few years with the promise of disrupting finance, but study shows that investors’ gender profile isn’t that different from the traditional finance industry.

A recent study published by leading social trading platform … Read More