SHOW LESSThe lending market went from US $500 billion dollars, in 2010 to US $1.2 trillion dollars in 2019  - with huge growth in Asia and U.S.   What does the future hold for new technologies like DeFi or decentralized finance/lending?  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you catch up with Part 1 of “Lending: Past, Present & Future”: _______________________________________________   About Alex Lightman  Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course contents. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.   _______________________________________________   🌎  Join the Metaverse DNA Global Community!  Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvsdna Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MVSDNA/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta...  Medium: https://medium.com/metaverse-blockchain Subscribe to our newsletter at: https://mvsdna.com/

Lending is one of the oldest and most important elements of finance and it led to the first version of a ledger. Nowadays we talk about decentralized ledgers and decentralized lending. This Lightman Report on LENDING is part of a four-episode series on the Historical Overview Of Money: Past, Future, and Present - that covers savings, payments, lending, and mortgages. Followed up by an insightful panel discussion with blockchain industry experts and pioneers. Tune in every week to catch all episodes of this series! About Alex Lightman  - Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course contents. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.  ________________________________________________________________________________  Join the Metaverse DNA Global Community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvsdna Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MVSDNA/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta... Medium: https://medium.com/metaverse-blockchain Subscribe to our newsletter at: https://mvsdna.com/

PAYMENTS is part of a four-episode series on the Historical Overview Of Money: Past, Future, and Present - that covers savings, payments, lending, and mortgages. Followed up by an insightful panel discussion with blockchain industry experts and pioneers. Tune in every week to catch all episodes of this series! About Alex Lightman  - Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course contents. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.  __________________________________________________________________________________ 🌎  Join the Metaverse DNA Global Community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvsdna Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MVSDNA/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta... Medium: https://medium.com/metaverse-blockchain Subscribe to our newsletter at: https://mvsdna.com/

In today’s Lightman Report, we introduce the first part of a four-episode series on the Historical Overview Of Money: Past, Future, and Present - that will cover savings, payments, lending, and mortgages. Followed up by an insightful panel discussion with blockchain industry experts and pioneers.   Tune in every week to catch all episodes of this series! About Alex Lightman  - Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course contents. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.  __________________________________________________________________________________ 🌎  Join the Metaverse DNA Global Community!   Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvsdna Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MVSDNA/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta...  Medium: https://medium.com/metaverse-blockchain Subscribe to our newsletter at: https://mvsdna.com/

In a post-COVID world, digital identities are becoming even more important for interactions than real identity. Corporations have to take measures to ensure the security of online users.  Learn how Metaverse DNA builds a decentralized ecosystem for digitized assets and identities that is safe and secure. ABOUT ALEX LIGHTMAN   Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course contents. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. What topics would you like Alex to explore next?   🌎  Join the Metaverse DNA Global Community!  Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvsdna Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MVSDNA/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meta...  Medium: https://medium.com/metaverse-blockchain Subscribe to our newsletter at: https://mvsdna.com/

In this episode, learn about Self-sovereign identity (SSI), a model aiming to give more control to users over their data and how Blockchain is becoming the gold standard for identity management We then follow-up with an interview, with subject-matter experts - Ken Huang (co-founder of Metaverse DNA, and member of the Blockchain Branch of The Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), Alex Lightman (Policy Advisor, Futurist) and Annemieke Dirkes (International Boardroom Consultant) on the topic. We hope that this episode will bring you interesting new perspectives on digital identity. If you enjoyed the episode,  don't forget to subscribe and tell us about it on Twitter at @MVSDNA or https://twitter.com/MVSDNA. 'Till next time!

This episode explores the variety of digital assets from cryptocurrencies, to stablecoins, CBDCs, and privacy coins and addresses some of the challenges that major players like Libra, TON, and Tether have encountered with governing authorities. Listen to our panel of experts Ken Huang co-founder of Metaverse DNA, Annemieke Dirkes, CEO of Investor and International Boardroom Consultant and Alex Lightman award-winning writer, futurist, and policy advisor discuss the opportunities for digital assets. We hope that this episode will bring you interesting new perspectives on digital assets and the role of public blockchains in securing transactions, bringing transparency, speed and ultimately more trust between parties. Is there a topic you would like us to explore next? Tweet at us your suggestions at @MVSDNA or https://twitter.com/MVSDNA

E-Commerce, M-Commerce or D-Commerce, call it as you wish - the digital transformation has been accelerated by Covid19 leaving us with long-lasting changes. Listen to our panel of experts Eric Gu founder of Metaverse DNA, Annemieke Dirkes, CEO of Investor and International Boardroom Consultant and Alex Lightman award-winning writer, futurist, and policy advisor discuss the future of commerce. We hope that this episode will bring you interesting new perspectives on the future of commerce and the impact of public blockchains in securing transactions, bringing transparency, speed and ultimately more trust between parties. Is there a topic you would like us to explore next?  Tweet at us your suggestions at @MVSDNA or https://twitter.com/MVSDNA

This new series on The Blockchain DNA Podcast is an audio recording of the Finwise Cloud Conference - split into 7 episodes, presenting subject matter experts on the topic of Decentralized Finance and Blockchain. Part 7/7 is presented by Alex Lightman, with closing from our sponsor Metaverse DNA. We hope you enjoyed the series! To watch the video streaming of this conference, visit: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/finwise-cloud-conference/ or Finwise Cloud Conference Playlist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VpBYxtMkik&list=PLinkmrBZQni_TJogAXzPMo5WUKY0Fio6E Alex Lightman is a bestselling author of four books, most recently Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane. Lightman has delivered over 300 keynotes in dozens of countries and published over 300 articles as well as authoring over 120 hours of course content. Lightman is an MIT graduate and attended graduate school at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

This new series on The Blockchain DNA Podcast is an audio recording of the Finwise Cloud Conference - split into 7 episodes, presenting subject matter experts on the topic of Decentralized Finance and Blockchain. To watch the video streaming of this conference, visit: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/finwise-cloud-conference/ or Finwise Cloud Conference Playlist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VpBYxtMkik&list=PLinkmrBZQni_TJogAXzPMo5WUKY0Fio6E Annemieke is an entrepreneur in IT related businesses since 1987. She is an investor and international business boardroom consultant focussing on Blockchain projects and initiatives, with a strong empathy for legal positioning, financial and marketing structures as well as technical deliverables and project management. Annemieke is well-traveled and fluent in several languages. As a renowned moderator and speaker she was also at the SDG UN conferences, Malta Blockchain Summit and Decentralized in Greece. Building bridges between the existing economic structures and innovations, as well as between technology and business, she created new ways of cooperation on an international level resulting in a worldwide very diverse network.