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An Outline of an Decentralized Alternative to the Order Book A Decentralized Alternative to the Order Book Machine Zone (MZ): A $10 Billion Dollar Unicorn in the Making Edge Computing Use Cases for MZ’s (Machine Zone) Platform Machine Zone and The Perversity of Unicorn Lists Machine Zone (MZ): A $4 Billion […]
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The Facebook – Google Duopoly — Where They Differ?
Summary: Facebook and Google differ fundamentally in the degree of adtech vertical integration. Facebook only has a significant internal supply side platform (SSP). Google has a significant SSP, ad exchange, and a demand side platform (DSP). Facebook recognizes that its supply of ad impressions has reached a ceiling due to user annoyance of ads in […]
OnDeck Capital IPO: A Treadmill Lender
[easy_sign_up title=”Sign Up for Free Monthly Newsletter on the hottest FinTech Companies”] Summary: OnDeck Capital (ONDK) has engineered a treadmill lending platform for small businesses resulting in 49.2% of 2014 originations from repeat customers. This is a risky way to grow the business as ending the refinance of any repeat customer risks default. OnDeck is […]
LendingClub: The First Big FinTech IPO
LendingClub (Pending:LC) is a San Francisco-based online peer-to-peer lender. On Wednesday, December 10th, 2014, it is scheduled to price 57.7 million shares for between $12 and $14 a share and will begin trading on the NYSE the next day. This IPO will raise $900 Million for the company, be the second largest IPO of the […]
Markit IPO: Buy the Moat and Be Better than Buffett
Click here for Permalink Click here for version published by Seeking Alpha Summary: • Markit’s IPO is set for Wednesday, June 18th. It is a buy. Its core product are prices and indices that facilitate the buying and selling of credit default swaps. • Its biggest threat is its own Board of Directors – a […]