Welcome to this week's edition of Digital Bytes which includes the following articles:
DAOs: a new-fangled term to bamboozle novices into parting with their cash, but what role can they really serve? - in the crypto sector, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) have only been around since 2015 but their DNA arguably harks back much further as groups of people collate and then mutually benefit from making investments without third parties taking huge management or performance fees on the profits generated. Could DAOs offer a challenge to the mighty asset management and venture capital industries?
2022: the year of further decentralization - despite the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw a significant shift in gear for new technologies with record amounts of capital flowing into blockchain businesses. If 2021 showed us that even the best laid plans can go awry, it equally served as a demonstration of the extent to which innovation can continue and thrive, even during uncertain times. There is no doubt that this will also hold true for 2022. In this review, industry experts at cheqd look ahead to the top tech trends they expect to see take off in 2022.
Financial markets face an inflection point, but will regulators and organisations capitalise on the opportunities with which they are presented? - the amount of capital attracted to FinTech is huge. As we see more technology being harnessed, it is inevitable there will be some will be some winners and some losers in terms of corporates as well as at a national level. The benefits of a slew of new products and services will potentially impact across the whole economic landscape and the questions is, how quickly will governments and their regulators embrace this tidal wave of change surging upon them?
‘High Five’ for the digital assets road to HyFi - the digital transformation of the financial services industry has gained accelerated traction over the last few years with the increasing adoption of blockchain solutions and digital assets. Nonetheless, as the era of Finance 4.0 evolves, there is a growing demand to access and offer a full range of digital products and services alongside traditional ones. This suggests the need for some kind of dual approach. But how can this be achieved in practice when most financial participants are still off-chain? And even if they are on-chain, there is fragmentation as a result of multiple blockchains and lack of integration into their traditional systems to ensure a cohesive approach
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Jonny Fry / James Tylee of Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain on Cyber.FM 19th January 2022 ft: Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group