My joyous but painful adventures in Blockchain August 4, 2020 I love Madrid. I love the food, the weather and the people. I’ll go there (at least, in better times) at even the slightest excuse. And beyond the social culture, Madrid has a thriving business culture – especially when it comes to Fintech. In June 2017, it was the home to MoneyConf. That’s where my [...]
Crypto regulation in the UK: Assessing opportunity through the looking glass August 4, 2020 We are now over halfway through 2020, which by many accounts, has been, shall we say, unusual. Coronovirus’s all encompassing impacts aside, we are in the midst of even greater engagement from policy makers looking to bring our nascent industry into the broader regulatory perimeter. We’ve long anticipated that greater regulatory clarity could finally trigger [...]
Bitcoin Tests $12,000 Mark as Decentralized Finance Surpasses $4 Billion August 4, 2020 This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) went from about $10,200 to a near $12,000 high, but it was met with resistance and crashed to less than $11,000 within 6 minutes. At press time, it’s trading at $11,200 as it steadily recovers. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, started the week at $355 [...]
Five years in the making: the hard fork to end all hard forks July 29, 2020 Ever since entering the blockchain space, with a view to building my own project Vaureum, I have been searching out best of breed partners to work with. It was in November 2017 when an associate with a number of patents under his belt said to me ‘if you are looking to do anything in the [...]
Crypto app Abra launches interest accounts after illegal swaps penalty July 28, 2020 Cryptocurrency investing app Abra has today launched interest-earning accounts, as it recovers after settling with US regulators over allegations it illegally offered swaps to users. Abra will now offer investors up to nine per cent annual interest on their holdings of crypto and so-called US dollar stablecoins — digital currencies tethered to the value of [...]
