Georgetown Financial Technology Newsletter

Blockchain: What it is and why it is not just a form of currency

By Patrick Alberts

How Bitcoin Changed More Than Just Currency

What forms the foundation of any human exchange? The two main components are communication…

Fintech Enroute: This Week’s Industry News

Fintech Shutdown

The consequences of the 3-week government shutdown is causing anxieties not just for federal employees or on Wall Street, but also for tech firms across the country. The immediate losers here are companies gearing…

Fintech Enroute: This week’s industry news

Heavy Air Drop: Blockchain offers $125 million to the public for free.

Startup and cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain is offering an air drop of $125 million worth of their proprietary token Stellar Lumens (XLM). Since the…

FinTech Enroute: Old Guard Interest in FinTech Ventures, Philadelphia’s Cash Crusade, and more

Fintech Enroute: This Week’s Industry News

Celebrities Slammed With SEC Fines for ICO Promotion

The SEC’s existential crisis regarding ICOs and its struggle to curb fraudulent activity related to token offerings has recently claimed two unexpected victims: Floyd Mayweather…

Bloq and The Metronome Project: Bringing Longevity and Cross-Chain Interoperability to the Blockchain Ecosystem

Fintech Enroute: This Week’s Industry News and Analysis

No-Deal Brexit’s Impact on British Fintech

As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, British Fintech startups brace themselves for the consequences. A hard Brexit will mean that British…

Fintech Enroute: This Week’s Industry News

Global Finclusion: M-Pesa’s Deal with Western Union

Fintech’s favorite buzzword “finclusion” has been put to the test this week in Kenya, where M-Pesa, the country’s incredibly successful mobile money transferring and…

Blockchain Demystified

By Ben Hebert

In the financial world, the archetype of the wonky bitcoin guy is growing stronger than ever. These are the people secluding themselves in their basements trading tokens on Poloniex. The people who are known to bring up crypto in any and every…