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Crypto and the Economy: Stablecoins

Crypto has moved away from the fringes of finance since the launch of Bitcoin way back in 2009. Since then, there has been constant debate about whether economies will shift to digital currencies.

Gold or Tech?

Cryptocurrencies - and in particular Bitcoin - have acted more like high-beta tech stocks rather than gold, at least that was the case in the early days of crypto markets. There are several historical reasons why most crypto assets have such a volatile nature where crypto prices can drop by 50% in a couple of days and then recover.

Career Focus Interview with a Head of Growth & Strategy

Today as my guest I am hosting Alexandru Voicu, Head of Growth & Strategy at Newton - https://newton.ro/

Career Focus Interview with a CFO

Today as my guest I am hosting Martin Iliev, CFO of startup Glycanage https://glycanage.com/

Career Focus Interview with a CEO

Today as my guest I am hosting Beatrice Zatorska, a serial entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of PDBuddy- https://pdbuddy.app/

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Manager, Climate & Sustainability

Today as my guest I am hosting Zdravko Slavov, Senior Manager within the Climate and Sustainability space.

Career Focus interview with a Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Today as my guest I am hosting Anna Aleksieva, Senior Machine Learning Engineer.

Career Focus interview with a Lead Data Scientist

Today as my guest I am hosting Nikolaos Sotiriou,Lead Data Scientist.

The power of solar

Most people think that utilizing the power of the sun is a relatively novel idea. That could not be further from the truth. The methods to utilize the power of the sun have been around for ages. In fact, the first solar panel was invented in the year 1883 by Charles Fritts using selenium. At the time it was able achieve only 1% energy conversion.

Career Focus interview with a Venture Principal

Today as my guest I am hosting Joseph Heade,Venture Principal.

Career Focus interview with a Head of Business Intelligence Analytics

Today as my guest I am hosting Ivan Panajotov, Head of Business Intelligence Analytics.

Career Focus interview with a Senior Data Scientist/Team Lead

Today as my guest I am hosting Ivan Naydenov, a Senior Data Scientist/Team Lead, and a good friend of mine for over 20 years.

Hydrogen: A new energy source

Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical element in the universe. It is found in almost all animals, plants, water, and us humans. Now hydrogen has come on a new front to help humanity transition to a greener, sustainable, and brighter future.

Career Focus interview with a Strategic Sustainability Advisor

Today as my guest I am hosting Rado Georgiev, Strategic Sustainability Advisor. Rado has established himself as a seasoned professional within the sustainable finance field with over 15+ years of expertise.

Chatbots: A story of evolution

Chatbots is a history of the evolution of coding, technology, and the world around us. What is fascinating about it is that it is something that has come to fruition with incredible speed.

Career Focus interview with a Senior Data Scientist

Today as my guest I am hosting Elie Kawerk, PhD a Senior Data Scientist.

Career Focus interview with a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Today as my guest I am hosting Yordan Angelov, a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.

Career Focus interview with a seasoned Economist

Today as my guest I am hosting Anirudh Tagat,Phd a seasoned Economist and Research Author.

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Product Manager

Today as my guest I am hosting Monika Petrova, a Senior Product Manager with over 10 years of experience

High-speed trains in Asia

In my previous article I discussed how high-speed trains have transformed transport networks in Europe. In today’s article I will discuss how they came about and how they have made a big change in other places around the world and specifically in Asia.

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Machine Learning Scientist

Today as my guest I am hosting Nicola Ghio, who currently works as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist.

High-Speed Trains in Europe: An overview

The invention of trains and their usage were the main reasons for the success of the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. They revolutionized how goods were transported amongst vast distances and completely changed city planning as well as usage Then again in the late 20th century and 21st century we are seeing the emergence of a new type of transport dubbed high speed trains.

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Python Developer

Today as my guest I am hosting Anton Delgado, who currently works as a Senior Python Developer and before spent 7 years for Big 4 firm.

Climate Change and water: an overview

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Engineer

Today as my guest I am hosting a Senior Engineer.

Sustainability: Materials that could help us save the Earth

Career Focus Interview with a Senior ESG Analyst

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Data Scientist

Today as my guest I am hosting Calvin Cheung. He has a PhD in Statistics, Climatology and Geography from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the University of Warwick.

Electric Vehicles: on the edge of the new frontier

Electric Vehicles have been evolving constantly over the last 10 years, however what most people do not know is that the journey of the alternative means of transportation has an exceptionally long history.

Career Focus Interview with an Architect

Today as my guest I am hosting Yasen Nedyalkov, a fully qualified architect with extensive experience in the UK, Belgium, and Bulgaria.

Career Focus Interview with a Senior Full-Stack Developer

Today as my guest I am hosting Petar Bratanov, a Senior Full-Stack Developer, working for a major financial institution.

Open Banking: a mystery unsolved

The banking industry has always been at the forefront of innovation and technology.

Technological innovations and sports

When one thinks of sports, one doesn’t necessary think of technology.

Green Investments and Green Bonds: The start of the green revolution

At the start of the 21st century humanity faces severe challenges that have to deal with rising populations, rising emissions(including CO2) as well as increasing energy needs to power the world’s largest cities.

Smart Buildings: Into the new future

Perhaps you have heard the term smart buildings on the news in the last few years.

Error in judgement- humanity’s over-reliance on AI

Humanity has evolved a lot since our old days living in the wilderness in caves.

Blockchain and practical applications in the business world

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies: What is the difference? Blockchain and crypto currencies- are they not the same?

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: Our future in a digital framework

What is Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality? Origins Virtual Reality has become the buzzword over the last decade.

Fintechs and traditional banks: a love/hate relationship

Before we can talk about fintechs one should first explain what are modern banks and from where they came from.

Interview with an expert – 5G

Recycling and Sustainability: A never ending battle

Recycling has become the defining word of the 21st century given the ever-increasing world population and the fact that this increase has coincided with large-scale pollution of land, rivers and oceans.