As the definition above implies, DeFi is not necessarily the friend of community financial institutions. In its purest form, it seeks to completely eliminate the need for traditional FIs in much the same way that [...]
Before we get into what cryptocurrency is, it’s important to clarify what cryptocurrency isn’t. Specifically, cryptocurrency is not blockchain. The two are connected at the hip, but you can’t use these terms interchangeably. Simply stated, [...]
To understand distributed ledger technology, or DLT for short, you first need to understand the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency. It’s easy to conflate these two, so let’s be very clear. Blockchain is a technology [...]
This may seem like a simple enough definition. However, within its confines lies two completely opposite business models. Exactly how you describe BaaS beyond this definition depends on who is supplying the digital services and [...]
Do you remember about 20 years ago or so when account aggregation first became a thing? Various companies, known as account aggregators, allowed consumers to view their accounts from multiple institutions on a single screen. [...]
