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News: crypto ban, Coinbase and CBDC
This week, Alexander, Jonas, and Michael rank the relevant developments around digital central bank currencies (CBDCs) and cryptocurrencies in a new news episode. What’s it about this time? This episode focuses on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro and the launch of the world’s second CBDC in the first part. In addition, in part…
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Crypto buzzword bingo
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday, Alexander Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke explain a question of the crypto community in a short and crisp way in five minutes. Let he who is without…
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Revolution or doomed to failure? What do digital cats, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet and a dunk by basketball legend Lebron James have in common? The common denominator here is so-called non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one of the hottest topics in the crypto world right now. But what exactly are NFTs? And what do NFTs…
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The ECB’s digital euro – Will banks now become superfluous?
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Blockchains must be able to talk to each other
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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The Wirecard Case and the Committee of Inquiry: An Interview with Florian Toncar
FinTech Podcast #311 In the Bundestag, a committee of inquiry is trying to clear up what is probably the biggest case of fraud in post-war history. It’s about losses in the billions, massive damages for investors and the unprecedented crash of a stock market star. The interim assessment of several parliamentary groups, which last met…
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Digital central bank money and cash abolition
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Female Future of Payment & Banking: The #IWD 2021 Talk Roundtable
Female leaders want to make a difference The number of women in the top echelons of the financial industry is on the rise. But there is still no real equality of opportunity. How can female leaders help to better target women, even when it comes to products? On International Women’s Day, we discussed the future…
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kompany – The principle of the data platform for KYC/KYB data
FinTech Podcast #309 Ever heard of kompany? The Vienna-based company is the leading RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC (KYB), delivering real-time, audit-proof and legally binding business information and documents directly from the registers themselves. Her clients include international and regional banking groups, FinTechs, Big Four accounting firms, law firms, BaaS and…
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BigTech goes Digital Currencies – now Amazon too?
The Bitcoin, Fiat and Rock’n’Roll News This week, Alexander, Jonas, and Michael rank the relevant developments in the CBDC and crypto scene in a new news episode: Lagarde forges ahead on the digital euro. The Chinese CBDC project DC/EP is progressing inexorably. The bitcoin price is going through the roof and is already correcting again.…
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Bitcoin is not a means of payment
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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The digital yuan: China leads the way in CBDC
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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What do bitcoin, blockchain and innovation have in common?
Alex von Frankenberg and André Bajorat in conversation at Bitcoin, Fiat, Rock’n’Roll What happens when a long-time VC investor and a banker with a FinTech background sit down for an hour and talk about Bitcoin, blockchain and innovation? You’ll find out in the latest podcast episode of Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing…
