Jan 19, 2021Seatbelt or helmet?: It’s Your MoneyHave you ever lived through a bank run? Your cards limited, the bank saying, “We’re sorry, but due to high demand…?” Or worse yet, a nationwide banking panic? Withdrawals capped across the country, foreign exchange controls. It’s hell. …Tagion2 min readTagion2 min read
Jan 15, 2021Human error in banking: It’s your moneyEver play Monopoly? Ever get the card, “Bank error in your favor. Get $150”? Lovely card, eh? That’s human error — the bank itself didn’t do that. A person did. Monopoly was published in its classic form in 1935. There are a dozen variations now, but the one that is…Banking2 min readBanking2 min read
Dec 23, 2020Open source banking: It’s your moneyThe banks that most people use operate a mix of software. Over the years, there’s been a patchwork of upgrades and actual revolutions. The more modern banks use fintech platforms that are cloud-connected and have APIs — all that up-to-date stuff. …Tagion2 min readTagion2 min read
Dec 16, 2020Banked or Unbanked? It’s Your MoneyThere are tons of FinTech projects talking about connecting the unbanked with banks. But maybe they’re looking at solving today’s problems with yesterday’s solutions. Maybe it’s the banked that we need to worry about. There are more than six billion people in the world with access to banks. …Banking2 min readBanking2 min read
Dec 10, 2020Centralized or Decentralized? It’s Your MoneyYour money, when it’s not in your pocket, is probably connected to the world’s banking system. Your euros or dollars or pesos or crowns are currently electrons in a database. They can be sent around the world to end up in someone else’s database, or to a machine that spits…Decentralized Finance2 min readDecentralized Finance2 min read
Dec 3, 2020Tagion Founder to speak on panel at Mena Expo 2020MENA EXPO 2020 is an offline 3-day exhibition that will take place on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of December, 2020 at the VOCO Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event is dedicated to reconnecting industry leaders and enterprises in order to rejuvenate commercial sectors, productivity, sales, investments, and profits. …Bitcoin1 min readBitcoin1 min read
Nov 26, 2020Tagion reviews the US DoJ crypto frameworkPart IV: Red Flags in the Morning We close our series on the US Department of Justice Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework with a look at the section DoJ called Ongoing Challenges and Future Strategies. …Cryptocurrency2 min readCryptocurrency2 min read
Nov 23, 2020Tagion reviews the US DoJ crypto framework: Tales of woe or justiceIn Part II of our look at the Department of Justice (DoJ) framework on the crypto industry, we here at Tagion covered how DoJ views crypto. Our view was that the department’s view of crypto was cold and objective — a “just the facts” statement. In Part III, the cold…Digital Currency2 min readDigital Currency2 min read
Nov 18, 2020“Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework” — SWOT, not SWAT“Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework”, released on 8 October by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), is an important document for anyone with a project in the open finance field. Despite what in all likelihood will be a Biden presidency, DoJ is not expecting to change its stance markedly with the…DOJ2 min readDOJ2 min read
Nov 13, 2020Technology is rendering the fiat money system of the 20th Century obsoleteTechnology is rendering the fiat money system of the 20th Century obsolete, says Theis Simonsen, CEO of Tagion. In an 8 October Ask Me Anything event on Telegram, Theis pointed out that while it will take time to show integrity and traction to onboard a critical number of users, change…Cryptocurrency2 min readCryptocurrency2 min read
