Julian Klymochko is founder and CEO of Accelerate Financial Technologies, a fast growing alternative investment solution provider. The Calgary-based firm announced an NFT Fund for investors earlier this year and recently purchased several new “blue chip” NFTs. [Read more…] about Q+A with Accelerate CEO on how Investors can Invest Safely in NFTs
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Shopify Embraces NFTs with ‘Tokengated Commerce’
Shopify is well aware of the buzz surrounding non-fungible tokens.
Buy them, sell them. Sounds commerce-y, right? Yes, but Shopify is looking to extract more dynamic value from the emerging blockchain technology. [Read more…] about Shopify Embraces NFTs with ‘Tokengated Commerce’
Blockchain Foundry Launches Web3 Educational Platform Covering Blockchain, Crypto, NFTs & More
Toronto’s Blockchain Foundry has launched Metacademy.com, a free-to-use, risk-free, hands-on learn-to-earn platform that teaches users about blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, Web3 and other associated technologies. [Read more…] about Blockchain Foundry Launches Web3 Educational Platform Covering Blockchain, Crypto, NFTs & More
Disrupting Factors Ensure That Banking in Canada Will Never Be the Same
For decades, the pace of change in Canada’s banking industry was predictably glacial.
Competition was controlled, and the Big Banks were largely unthreatened—not by scrappy upstarts, nor by groundbreaking technology. [Read more…] about Disrupting Factors Ensure That Banking in Canada Will Never Be the Same
Purpose Launches World’s First Solana ETF With Built-In Staking on TSX
Purpose Investments, the firm behind the world’s first spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, has launched a new exchange-traded fund offering direct physical exposure to Solana (SOL), one of the fastest-growing blockchain platforms. [Read more…] about Purpose Launches World’s First Solana ETF With Built-In Staking on TSX
Tokyo Fintech Pafin Brings Flagship Crypto Tax Platform to Canadian Market
Tokyo-based financial technology firm pafin announced this week that it is bringing its flagship cryptocurrency calculation service for tax filing to the Canadian market. [Read more…] about Tokyo Fintech Pafin Brings Flagship Crypto Tax Platform to Canadian Market
Feeling Undervalued, Fintech to ‘Remain Active’ with Buyback Program
A longstanding Canadian financial technology company unveiled this month that it bought back nearly half a million company shares in 2023. [Read more…] about Feeling Undervalued, Fintech to ‘Remain Active’ with Buyback Program
Three Trends Impacting the Trajectory of Canadian Fintech in 2024
We started the year 2023 in something like a state of chaos: Tech was in the middle of layoffs, remote work was in a tug-of-war with a return to physical offices, and generative artificial intelligence was just beginning its all-permeating takeover of newspaper headlines and humanity’s imagination. [Read more…] about Three Trends Impacting the Trajectory of Canadian Fintech in 2024
Gen Z Hammers Big Nail into NFT Coffin
In September, we mourned the non-fungible token market.
Hype around NFTs peaked in a 2022 bull run that captured worldwide attention, but trading volume of the asset in 2023 is barely 3% of its 2021 peak. [Read more…] about Gen Z Hammers Big Nail into NFT Coffin
Canadian Fintechs, Investors Reel from NFT Collapse
In a recent discussion at a major technology conference about generative artificial intelligence, the topic of buzzwords arose.
In the technology space, we agreed, one constant is change—but change can be anything: good or bad, forward or backward, signal or noise. [Read more…] about Canadian Fintechs, Investors Reel from NFT Collapse