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The Quantum Future of Cryptography
Earlier in 2024, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) released finalised standards for PQC (post-quantum cryptography). These three standards cover two forms of digital signatures as well as public key encapsulation. This achievement, the...
How Does Securities Lending Work?
The practice of lending shares of stocks, derivative contracts and commodities (or other securities) to other firms or investors is called securities lending. The practice requires the borrower to put up a form of collateral, such as a letter of credit, cash or...
How Quantum Computers Will Change Our World
Although it may sound like the stuff of science-fiction movies, Google has already built a quantum computer that works around 158 million times faster than the fastest supercomputer in the world. Furthermore, with scientists at some of the globe’s leading tech...
Why Commodities Trading Could Help Drive the Energy Transition
Despite the fact that commodities markets have experienced a significant level of uncertainty in recent years, in 2023 alone commodity trading generated over $150 billion in terms of gross margin according to McKinsey & Company. The ability to manage and respond...
What Is Structured Financing?
Domen Zavrl has PhDs in both Applied Macroeconomics and System Dynamics. He is also an alumnus of Tuck Business School at Dartmouth and has studied cryptography at Stanford University. This article will explore the topic of structured financing, providing an outline...
How Post-Quantum Cryptography is Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity
Domen Zavrl has PhDs in System Dynamics and Applied Macroeconomics. His papers have been published in numerous conference proceedings and refereed journals. Domen Zavrl also studied cryptography at Stanford University and is an alumnus of Tuck Business School at...
Preparing for the Quantum Internet: The Need for Quantum-Proof Cryptography
It’s believed that in as little as a decade, quantum computers could have the capacity to hack into all of our online data, including data that was previously considered to be private and secure. In 2020, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the UK published a...
Macroeconomics: An Overview
Macroeconomics refers to the overall performance of economics and considers factors such as inflation, changes in economic output, foreign exchange and interest rates, and the balance of payments. Social equity, poverty reduction and sustainable growth can only happen...
Predicted Crypto Trends 2023
In 2022 the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries saw many highs and lows. After crypto experienced a significant drop in January 2022, Ethereum and Bitcoin prices dropped by 31% and 20% respectively. However, despite the turbulence in the crypto market in 2022,...
Commodities Forecast: Which Markets Will Surge in 2023?
Domen Zavrl is a business leader with extensive expertise of structured financing, commodities trading, securities lending, real estate development and business brokerage. This article will share market predictions for 2023, from trading in precious and industrial...