Blog / Blockchain

2022: A Turbulent Year for the Cryptocurrency Sector

January 8, 2023 / by Andrey Yanai

On the one hand, the cryptocurrency industry is still in the throes of the crisis caused by a series of bankruptcies and one of the biggest scandals in the world of finance. On the other hand, transparent and decentralized alternatives to the centralized financial sector demonstrate why they are so important, as well as their ability to function effectively even in times of crisis.

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The Courts and the Metaverse – Service of Process through NFTs and Other Innovations

November 2, 2022 / by Haguy Kessel

Extensive business activity in the metaverse and in the crypto sector is forcing judicial systems worldwide to evolve. Will the judicial system in Israel follow suit?

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Crypto Custody Services and Regulation – A Review

July 20, 2022 / by Anat Even-Chen , Andrey Yanai

The issue of whether a party is or is not a custodian may have far-reaching implications. Institutional investors, corporations, exchanges, individuals, and crypto miners all have strong demand for crypto custody services, as provided by special market participants.

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First US Indictment for NFT Insider Trading Offenses

June 22, 2022 / by Andrey Yanai

The indictment (US v. Chastain) marks the first time federal prosecutors have brought charges alleging insider trading with digital assets.

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Cryptocurrencies – If You Can’t Beat Them, Regulate Them

March 15, 2022 / by Zvi Gabbay

Crypto regulation – It’s the authorities’ turn to act and allow for integration of the industry into conventional economic activities.

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Will NFTs Push Regulators to Regulate the Metaverse?

January 3, 2022 / by Zvi Gabbay

Currently, most regulators and governments are on the fence with regards to NFTs, waiting to see what other jurisdictions do or how the market develops. In some instances, governments and regulators are trying to address this issue more actively, but with very different outcomes.

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) –The Future of Finance?

October 15, 2020 / by Andrey Yanai

What is DeFi? The first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is still the most well-known application of blockchain. However, this technology has since rapidly evolved and expanded in many other areas. The initial hope with Bitcoin was to make both money and payments decentralized and universally accessible. Although Bitcoin failed to live up to this promise, decentralized finance based on blockchain (“DeFi“), also called open finance, is a fledgling technology with potential. DeFi is operated by decentralized, permisionless (without any central authority) applications, called DApps, built on a blockchain network, most commonly Etherum. Visionaries see this as an open-source alternative to every financial service we use today: from savings, loans, and trades, to insurance and even more, all globally accessible.

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Blockchain and Digital Currencies Regulation

September 21, 2020 / by Zvi Gabbay

Dr. Zvi Gabbay examines in a short video the topic of digital currencies and recent developments in blockchain regulation in Israel.

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Blockchain Now and Into the Future – What We Can Expect

January 9, 2019 / by Zvi Gabbay

Blockchain has a well-established presence in the ecosystem, with a variety of use cases across a broad range of sectors, including Fintech, advertising, security, telecommunications and others. Here is an overview of the latest developments regarding blockchain regulations in Israel.

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Doctor, Can I Get a Prescription for Blockchain?

December 16, 2018 / by Barnea

While still widely identified with digital currencies, blockchain technology is also beginning to revolutionize the healthcare industry. See how pharma companies and medical institutions have begun to rely on this technology to resolve problems faster and more efficiently.

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Asset-Backed Digital Currencies: Advantages and Challenges

July 1, 2018 / by Zvi Gabbay

The race to develop a new, unique and reliable digital currency with low volatility has prompted entrepreneurs to scale the link of blockchain technology and mainstream investments, thus creating a new wave of cryptocurrencies backed by commodities or assets.

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Crypto Predictions for 2018

February 21, 2018 / by Zvi Gabbay

2017 was a significant year for the blockchain industry in general and for cryptocurrencies in particular. 2018 is expected to be an equally interesting year for the cryptocurrencies industry, as new trends take shape and regulation becomes even more refined. Check out some of our digital currencies predictions for the year.

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Glossary for Beginners in the World of Digital Currency

November 30, 2017 / by Karin Kashi

Do you keep hearing people talk about blockchain, bitcoins, and ICOs with no idea what they mean? – Here’s a short glossary to help you understand what the fuss is all about.

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ICO Whitepaper

September 19, 2017 / by Zvi Gabbay

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering, a term inspired by the capital market term IPO (Initial Public Offering). This is when a company recruits debt or capital by publishing a prospectus offering of its securities to the public for the first time. A prospectus is a profound legal and accounting document that furnishes information about the company, its management, its businesses, and its financial position. Once a company’s securities are held by the public, it becomes a public company.

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How Blockchain will Revolutionize a Paper World

February 26, 2017 / by Barnea

In many ways, electronic communications dominate the world as we know it. We “talk” through email, text, and social media, to the point that the written letter is almost an anachronism. Still, some areas still thrive on paper. Real estate, for example, depends on paper deeds and documentation to confirm authenticity. Similarly, many corporations depend on paper records to demonstrate regulatory compliance. But blockchain is helping to change all of that. The technology that made Bitcoin work is expanding, in Israel and beyond, to help secure online processes and chains of custody in ways that can help shift paper-dominated fields into the 21st century.

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