4 Years Ago

How DeFi will enable participants to reimagine financial markets? 

Written by Timo Lehes, co-founder Swarm Markets, a regulated DeFi exchange

Financial infrastructure touches every part of our lives, from paying for a coffee to buying a house, whereby playing a critical role in economic development and stability. In recent years, FinTechs have emerged to improve the user experience of institutions and offer additional services through an API. They have sought to democratise access to global markets by making them more transparent and give some level of control to the user. We’ve seen this happen in other industries where new technology improves user...


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SSI: self-sovereign identity explained

Written by Ross Power at cheqd, which helps companies leverage SSI to enable new business models for verifiers, holders and issuers.

 

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) has seen a rapid adoption within finance, interestingly both centralised (CeFi) and decentralised (DeFi). In the context of DeFi, it is often referred to as its enabler. Beyond finance, its application has been growing too - spanning travel, e-commerce, supply chains, crypto, and other sectors. What remains a stumbling block for many is understanding what SSI is and what is so magical about it that it can fill in so many cracks across industries?...


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