Category: Off The Ledger

The New Face of Finance: Stablecoins?

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Stablecoins: Knights in Shining Armor? The roots of the existing financial system run too deep to be overturned. But with the unmatched liquidity, higher returns, and more transparency that comes with cryptocurrencies, it became harder to accept the status quo.   The world got stuck in the middle.  On one side of the camp are those that believe the “stable” financial structure, which has been around for centuries, does not need replacing. The other side could not ignore the disruption that crypto brought to the very financial system we thought to…

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Open Banking has the Potential to Change Everything. So, What’s the Hold-up?

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Effectively, sometime in the last two decades, we went from being the desired consumer to the sought-after product. With the digital era’s industrial boom came a seemingly endless hunt for access to a trove of consumer information, and it can feel like we’ve lost ownership of our own personal data. And, as the world becomes increasingly data-driven, it doesn’t look like the hunt is going to slow down any time soon. This can all seem very bleak, but there’s hope.  In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on…

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What a Biden-Harris White House Means for Cryptocurrencies

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Editor’s Note: Welcome to Off the Ledger, our blog series focused on highlighting current events and hot topics shaping the new economy. Covering everything from crypto, fintech, blockchain, Ecommerce, and more, we’ll unpack the top trends defining the future of finance. To provide you with an in-depth look into the digital world of commerce. The Biden-Harris transition team includes experts that are no strangers to the world of blockchain and crypto. Gary Gensler Leading the team is Gary Gensler, a financial policy veteran with roots on Wall Street. Upon his…

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