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The Future of Fixed Deposits: Did you know that Fixed Deposits (FDs) continue to be one of the most popular investment options in India, with over ₹150 trillion parked in bank FDs as of 2023? Despite the rise of mutual funds and equities, FDs remain a favorite, offering stability, guaranteed returns, and liquidity. What's even more interesting is that nearly 60% of Indian households hold at least one FD, highlighting their role as a trusted financial tool. FDs have traditionally been known for providing safety and steady returns, and they also serve another important function—they can be used as collateral for loans, a process commonly referred to as Loans Against Fixed Deposits (LAFD). This secured loan option offers quick liquidity without the need to break your FD. Why Consider FDs for Loans? 1)Loans against FDs often come at much lower rates compared to personal loans. 2)Your FD continues to earn interest even while securing a loan, preserving the core value of your investment. However, there are a few challenges: 1)If your FD is with a different bank than the lender, the documentation can be tedious. 2)What if you have a ₹1 crore FD but only need a ₹10 lakh loan? Unfortunately, most banks don’t allow loans against a partial amount of an FD, limiting its flexibility. Enter CBDC-Backed FDs India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), built on blockchain technology, is changing the landscape. CBDCs allow banks to be interconnected on the same network, making CBDC-backed Fixed Deposits more accessible across multiple banks. CBDC-backed FDs have another exciting advantage: they can be tokenized and fractionalized into smaller portions, allowing borrowers to use only part of their FD as collateral. This opens the door for more flexible liquidity solutions, a significant improvement over traditional FDs. While CBDCs face competition from UPI, their decentralized yet controlled nature offers promising advantages. At Spydra, our platform facilitates the tokenization of various assets, including FDs, using blockchain technology. Several banks have already begun offering CBDC-backed FDs—check with your bank to explore these new possibilities! Kamlesh Nagware Prasanna Lohar Stable Money #fintect #fd #blockchain #fixeddeposit #cbdc #digitalcurrency

🚀 Blockchain meets GenAI 🚀 Querying blockchain data has always been a challenge, primarily because blockchain doesn’t store data in traditional database formats like tables or collections. In enterprise blockchain environments, data is often stored in reference to a key, making it easy to retrieve specific data but difficult to perform complex queries like using 'Where' conditions. To get around this, offchain databases are typically used, but this introduces risks like stale or incorrect data. To solve this, Spydra has launched a feature that allows you to run complex queries directly on the blockchain database without needing an offchain solution! While this solves a big part of the problem, there’s still a technical barrier to writing these queries. But today, we’re excited to announce our newest feature—integrating GenAI into our platform. This means users can now query blockchain systems like Hyperledger Fabric using plain English! Non-technical users, such as product managers and business analysts, can now access and query blockchain data in their natural language, making blockchain data truly accessible. If you want to enable something similar at your org or Want to learn more? Message me or Contact us at info@spydra.app or visit https://www.spydra.app for details! Julian Gordon Kamlesh Nagware Prasanna Lohar #Blockchain #GenAI #HyperledgerFabric #DataQuery #BlockchainInnovation #LLMs #EnterpriseTech #Spydra #NaturalLanguageProcessing #DigitalTransformation

Two Not So Good News in the Carbon Credit Market 🌍 AI and Tech Companies Masking Dirty Energy: Tech giants in the AI space have seen their carbon emissions skyrocket by over 30%, driven by the increasing demand for data centers and related materials like chips and cement. Instead of reducing their actual carbon footprint, these companies are buying unbundled renewable energy certificates (RECs), falsely presenting energy from coal plants as if it came from solar farms. https://lnkd.in/geygmuSW Carbon Credit Scandal in Germany: In another alarming case, oil companies like Shell have lost over $5 billion by purchasing carbon credits from non-existent projects. This scandal highlights the vulnerabilities in the current carbon credit system. https://lnkd.in/gBjbjt3s What are Carbon Credits?: Carbon credits are permits that allow companies to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide. They are part of a broader strategy to offset carbon emissions by funding projects that reduce or capture CO2, such as reforestation or renewable energy projects. Companies purchase these credits to balance out their carbon footprint, contributing to global efforts to combat climate change. Why Blockchain is the Solution: Carbon credits hold a trillion-dollar potential, but their success hinges on transparency and accuracy. Blockchain technology, particularly through Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), offers a promising solution: Accurate Emission Reporting: Enterprises can use private blockchain networks to transparently report carbon emissions. Direct and indirect partners can independently input their emissions, preventing manipulation by the organization itself. Auditors can be included to verify the data, ensuring accuracy. Authentic Carbon Credits: A DAO on a public blockchain can manage the onboarding of carbon credit projects. Only projects that receive a threshold number of votes from registered auditors, government bodies, and environmental organizations would be approved. This decentralized verification ensures that credits purchased are genuine, and double-spending is eliminated. At Spydra, we’re leveraging blockchain to help organizations report carbon emissions transparently and enable carbon credit players to tokenize and sell their credits securely. For more details, https://www.spydra.app #CarbonCredits #BlockchainTechnology #ClimateChange #Sustainability #FraudPrevention #EnterpriseBlockchain #GreenEnergy #CarbonEmissions #EnvironmentalProtection #Spydra #DecentralizedFinance #DAOs #NetZero #TechForGood #CarbonFootprint

Invoice Discounting is a financial service where businesses sell their outstanding invoices to a third party, typically a finance company or bank, at a discount. This allows businesses to unlock cash tied up in unpaid invoices, providing them with immediate working capital.  Also Invoice discounting fraud is a growing concern worldwide, affecting businesses across various industries. Globally, invoice fraud costs businesses billions annually. For instance, in the UK alone, businesses lost approximately £2.2 billion to invoice fraud in 2020, according to Deloitte. In the U.S., the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimates that organizations lose 5% of their revenue to fraud each year, with a significant portion attributed to invoice fraud. In India, where invoice discounting is a rapidly expanding market, fraud remains a significant challenge. Major players like KredX, TradeCred Private Wealth, M1xchange, CredAble are working to provide safer invoice discounting platforms, but the risk of fraudulent activities persists due to the limitations of centralized systems. One of the major problems with centralized systems is the lack of transparency and real-time verification, allowing fraudsters to submit fake or duplicate invoices. This issue is not isolated; it affects businesses globally, leading to collective losses. However, by leveraging collective intelligence and collaboration across industries, businesses can share insights and data to identify patterns of fraud, thereby reducing risks. A blockchain-based solution offers a powerful way to address these challenges. With blockchain’s decentralized and immutable ledger, each invoice is securely recorded and verified across multiple participants in the network, ensuring authenticity and preventing duplication. Blockchain also facilitates real-time tracking of invoices, making it easier to detect and prevent fraudulent activities. Smart contracts can further enhance the process by automating transactions and enforcing compliance with the agreed terms, reducing the potential for human error and manipulation. One major problem which is attributed to decentralized systems is that every organisation/competition in the network will have the same copy of data thus making the solution unfeasible. To solve this, Platforms like Hyperledger Fabric already have a concept of Private Data Collection which makes the private data accessible to only relevant organizations, without breaking the network integrity. At Spydra, we offer a cutting-edge blockchain platform designed to enhance transparency and security in invoice discounting. Our solution empowers businesses to collaborate, share intelligence, and collectively fight fraud, all while ensuring that their operations remain secure and efficient. For more details visit https://www.spydra.app #Blockchain #InvoiceDiscounting #FraudPrevention #India #GlobalFinance #Spydra #Fintech #DigitalTransformation