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About Us | Euromoney Learning

We develop bespoke learning experiences with the perfect blend of technologies and techniques to help you succeed. An organisation’s ability to continuously learn and evolve rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage. To achieve your strategic goals, it is essential to invest in next generation learning experiences that are tailored to your organisation’s needs and challenges and use an optimised blend of learning technologies and techniques.That’s where we come in. Our long-established background in corporate learning and position within the Euromoney Group enables us to design and deliver bespoke learning programmes that blend next generation learning technologies and techniques in a way that drives performance and inspires a culture of lifelong learning. A global provider of training...
Coinbase CEO Avoids Mainstream Media, Prefers YouTube, Podcasts and Blogs
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Coinbase CEO Avoids Mainstream Media, Prefers YouTube, Podcasts and Blogs

Brian Armstrong the Coinbase CEO, has joined the list of cryptocurrency executives who prefer to leverage their own blogs and platforms to distribute information to the media, as opposed to direct contact with any journalists. Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong noted in a tweet that company leaders seem increasingly unwilling to engage with the mainstream media and prefer to use social media platforms like Youtube, Twitter, and their own blogs. Trend I'm noticing: most execs/CEOs don't want to speak with mainstream media as much as they did even a few years ago. Our customers are on YouTube/podcasts/social media - not reading mainstream media. And companies are able to control their own distribution channels. — Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) May 21, 2020 Coinbase CEO Circumvents...
Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF’s ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights’
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Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF’s ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights’

The token economy just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders.  The World Economic Forum revealed its Presidio Principles on Friday, a “blockchain bill of rights,” according to the nonprofit focused on fostering diplomacy and international business partnerships. The document includes signatories from the Government of Colombia, Deloitte Consulting LLP, ConsenSys, Electric Coin Company, CoinShares and the United Nations’ World Food Program, just to name a few.  “We supported the creation of the Presidio Principles – as well as guidelines and design principles for public institutions – because we wanted to ensure that progress can continue rapidly and responsibly, ensuring that basic characteristics like security and data privacy are secured for our citizens,” Vic...
Data Monetisation | Euromoney Learning
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Data Monetisation | Euromoney Learning

How to get the best from your Data: Enterprise Value, Strategy and OrganisationData is ubiquitous. Organsiations generate millions of units of data every day. It costs money to create, store and dispose of. There are risks with its custody, it can be a critical determinant in the success or otherwise of a business, and it can be stolen or amended with ease, in some cases without anyone’s knowledge. And interestingly ownership of this critical business asset is not always clearly defined. Businesses are focused on their quarterly targets, and IT is focused on running technology.  For some organisations, ownership, and importantly, maximal leverage of data is either undefined or an abstract responsibility. In the worst case this responsibility only crystallises when there is some kind of br...
A crypto investor lost nearly $250,000 after his chosen fund collapsed during the coronavirus sell-off, Business Insider
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A crypto investor lost nearly $250,000 after his chosen fund collapsed during the coronavirus sell-off, Business Insider

caption Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration source Reuters An investor in cryptocurrency hedge funds saw nearly 99% of a $250,000 investment wiped out after his chosen fund collapsed during the market meltdown. “I don’t really know what happened,” Vlad Matveev told the Financial Times. Matveev detailed Cryptolab Capital’s explanation in a Medium blog post: the fund took a leveraged position in March, and a lack of liquidity and rejection of sell orders stopped it from pulling out when crypto prices tanked. Crypto hedge funds lost an average of 26% in March, while traditional hedge funds lost about 8%, the Financial Times said, citing HFR data. Visit Busines...
Canaan Reports $5.6M Loss in Q1 Despite Bitcoin Miner Price Cut
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Canaan Reports $5.6M Loss in Q1 Despite Bitcoin Miner Price Cut

China-based bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan has reported a net loss of $5.6 million for Q1 2020, even though it had cut down the prices for its hardware by more than half in an effort to sell more machines. In an earnings report released on Friday, the firm said it made $9.4 million in revenue for the first three months this year with a growth of 44.6% compared to the same period last year. But it also incurred $9.3 million and $5.9 million expenses in cost of goods sold and R&D, respectively. For that revenue, Canaan sold 0.9 million terahashes per second (TH/s) of Bitcoin computing power, which accounts for less than 1% of the network’s current total. That means Canaan had cut down the prices for its mining hardware sold in the first three months by more than 50% to just $10 per ...
RenBTC Quietly Goes Live in Latest Bid to Bring Bitcoin to Ethereum
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RenBTC Quietly Goes Live in Latest Bid to Bring Bitcoin to Ethereum

The latest implementation of bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum blockchain quietly went live this week. There are 1.24 renBTC live on the Ethereum mainnet now, according to Etherscan. Three sources with knowledge of the project have confirmed this is the Ren smart contract, live ahead of its launch announcement. Kain Warwick of Synthetix tweeted Wednesday that he was the first person to hold a full bitcoin in renBTC. However, there’s no way yet for members of the public to mint additional renBTC, the CEO of the company behind the project told CoinDesk in an email. “While the smart contracts have been deployed on Ethereum, RenVM itself is not actually on mainnet. This is because RenVM is a distinct network separate to Ethereum. The final mainnet subzero version of RenVM won’t be deployed until ...
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FinTech Training Week | Euromoney Learning

 Claiming Back Your VATAll attendees of a London based course incur VAT as a part of the cost of attendance.Euromoney Learning have partnered with VAT IT to allow you the unique opportunity to recoup the VAT incurred.Using VAT IT's extensive experience and simple sign-up and refund process, every invoice can be turned into cash for your business.Claim the VAT that's rightfully yours in four simple steps: 1. Register your interest 2. Sign a few simple documents 3. VAT IT processes your claim 4. Receive your refund Why choose VAT IT VAT IT h...
Singapore State Investor Temasek Joins Libra Association, Facebook’s Global Digital Currency Project
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Singapore State Investor Temasek Joins Libra Association, Facebook’s Global Digital Currency Project

Singapore’s state investor, Temasek Holdings has officially been named a member of the Facebook-backed digital currency project Libra. Temasek as a portfolio value of 313 billion Singapore dollars (roughly $219 billion), making it one of the more prominent backers of Libra.      The Libra Association, an independent group based in Switzerland has also welcomed crypto investor Paradigm and Slow Ventures, a private equity firm.    Facebook, the company behind Libra, announced the digital currency initiative in 2018, which took the world by storm with its controversial project. With the ICO bubble having expanded exponentially in 2017, the public started to become aware of cryptocurrencies. Digital currency and cryptocurrency were still seen in the light of being scandalous, illicit, and unf...