Cryptocurrency: Dawn Of A New Age

Cryptocurrency traders, maximalists, and adopters are nothing if not both wildly optimistic and perpetually impatient. So, when Trump’s presidency launched last Monday with a flurry of executive orders that didn’t explicitly target the crypto market, the response from these boosters was predictable: complaints that he hadn’t done enough. I beg to differ. Let’s set aside […]

Crypto: The Trump Factor

IF you wanted me to categorise where we are just now in crypto land, I would have to say in a state of flux. True, we don’t have the 47th )and 45th)  President of the US of A installed yet, and hence the actual policies are not as yet entirely clear. We are all holding […]

Stablecoins: A Beautiful Simplicity

BARELY one per cent of people in America use cryptocurrencies to settle transactions. Stablecoins, on the other hand, have already overtaken PayPal’s $1.7 trillion annual settlements. In fact they are fast catching up on Mastercard which settles some $9 trillion. People are embracing the simplicity of stablecoins as a medium of exchange, and this very […]

Cryptocurrency: Regulation and Compliance

EXACTLY where are we with regulation and compliance in the crypto world?  This, of course, is quite different from the digital world and there are effectively two quite separate codes of conduct. And if, like Coinbase, you are a quasi-bank (and it is fast working towards that) you have not one, not two, but THREE […]

Uptober: Crypto’s Happy Space?

HERE we are in Uptober as it’s being called and just possibly things are beginning to stir. Bitcoin has been as low as $59,000 but has clawed its way back, ending with a nice jump in the last few days to around $68,000 as we speak. Will it follow through? The consensus was if it […]

Crypto: Evolution Now

What do you really think about crypto? I ask the question as, having recently returned from the biggest crypto event in the world, I think I’m beginning to get the glimmers of what people think, and it seems to be changing. For a start, right now there are something like 20,000 different crypto tokens listed […]

Digital D-Day Is Here

11th September 2024 just might go down as one of the most important days in the digital world, ever. A day to remember. That was the day the Ministry of Justice introduced the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill in the UK. This has been some time in the consultation and drafting and, in my own […]

Crypto: Reshaping The Financial Landscape

Welcome to the dawn of a new era. Imagine a world where financial freedom is at your fingertips, where borders dissolve and transactions are seamless, secure, and instantaneous. Welcome to the world of cryptocurrency—a revolution that’s not just knocking on the door, but is already reshaping our financial landscape. A New Era of Financial Freedom […]

15 Crypto Myths Debunked

So many millions of words are written about crypto and blockchain – much of it now AI and gibberish – that I thought I would just slay a few dragons today… 1) For crypto you have to keep your computer switched on permanently I’m not sure where this came from, but I think it derives […]

Lightning Strike: It’s CrowdStrike!

The planet was recently struck by CrowdStrike. If you didn’t want to get on a ‘plane, a train, book something, transfer money, do something with the NHS, watch Sky News’ – I could go on but you get the picture – you were probably alright. Unbelievably, all the above sectors of our lives (and more) […]