Understanding How Blockchain Works and Why it Will Transform FX

We are surrounded by centralised ledgers. For the uninitiated, a ledger is simply a record of something — whether it be trades executed by…

A journey to the parallel cryptoworld

Every day we do numerous things that we don’t even think much…

Why We Need Bitcoin and How to Make Money from It: 12 Questions for Perm State University’s Cryptocurrency Expert

Cryptocurrency is a term heard increasingly often these days. A virtual analog of money, its creators describe it as belonging to nobody…

Some Thoughts about Startups

A big problem for startups, which no one is talking about, is that a guy who starts a business puts all his eggs in one basket. Because of that, he’s highly susceptible to…

Interview with the Lykke Team — Richard Olsen

Lykke team consists of people across the world, with a large number of us working remotely. Recently, we had a team meetup and decided to take the opportunity to interview some of our team members. We’re kicking this off with Lykke founder and CEO…

Richard Olsen about blockchain, innovations and the future of markets

Richard Olsen, Lykke founder and CEO, answered questions of users of blockgeeks.com, a global Blockchain marketplace for learning and…

How one man’s single minded obsession with improving the financial system worldwide led to an industry-changing company and created opportunities for smart, socially aware people across the globe.

Why you don’t pay for your coffee with crypto

By Igor Samohin, Lykke Pay product owner

Lykke Research Team: interview with Vladimir Petrov

With this interview, we would like to shed some light on the work of the Lykke research team. Lykke’s policy, as one of the innovators in the financial technologies market, has always been attractive to young and talented researchers and…

Disrupting Finance with the Blockchain: Risk Management Tools from Position Information

The financial system architecture has grown organically over the last decades — individual steps of settlement of…