Jamie Dimon’s company changes its mind
J.P. Morgan is considering whether to provide its clients access to CME’s new Bitcoin product through its futures-brokerage unit. Oh Jamie… The irony of the announcement, of course, is that Jamie Dimon has been the most outspoken critic of Bitcoin on Wall Street, calling it a ‘fraud’ and saying that anyone who invests in Bitcoin […]
What will shape future demand for Cryptocurrencies?
In the past year, we have seen an explosion in the value of the global cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin’s price has increased by 850%, Ethereum’s by 2900%; and the market capitalisation of the cryptocurrency market has increased from around $13 billion to over $200 billion. Such a rapid increase reflects uncertainty surrounding the value of global […]
Cryptocurrency FAQs
What is block chain and what is cryptocurrency? Is there a difference? Blockchain is the enabling technology that underpins cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is money based on trust in cryptographic, mathematical proofs. Why has block chain and cryptocurrency become so popular? Crypto currencies are not inflationary. They are cheaper to transact and do not rely on […]
Bitcoin versus Scotcoin
I’ve been busy recently with all the work going on in respect of our new private blockchain. Bitcoin of course has continued to rise (and may I say, I told you so every time it “crashed” it was going back up). But the rise in Bitcoin has had a profound effect which is now changing […]
Scotcoin moving up
We will very shortly be issuing a series of press releases which will begin to outline our exact plans for the future of Scotcoin. EDITED: NEWS UPDATE HERE You can buy Scotcoin here: https://exchange.scotcoinproject.com
Scotcoin moves to private blockchain
PRESS RELEASE: 23 October 2017 – SCOTCOIN TO MIGRATE TO ITS OWN PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN The Scotcoin Project is pleased to announce that it has awarded the contract to manage the migration from the Counterparty blockchain to its own private blockchain to Scotesq, a fintech company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new blockchain will remove intermediate […]
Promotional graphics
Scotcoin Accepted Here The Scotcoin Project team is working on getting Scotcoin accepted by a wide variety of vendors – we want retailers to be able to display our logo so you know you can spend your Scotcoin in their shop. Our marketing team was equally split on the different logos though – so in the true spirit of Scotcoin being a coin for […]
Scotcoin Q and A with Dame Stephanie Shirley
Something a little different for our blog… The Scotcoin team had the great privilege to ask one of the UK’s best loved IT giants some questions. Scotcoin Q&A With Dame Stephanie Shirley At Scotcoin, one third of our holders are women whereas ninety-six percent of bitcoin holders are men. What are your views regarding cryptocurrency […]
Where did half a TRILLION GBP go?
Did you just notice that the ONS says we have half a trillion less foreign exchange than we thought we had? This is not because they have changed the way they count things. This is because it has leached away and because we have mismanaged both our economy and finances for years. If you think […]
Scotcoin launches new vendors accepting Scotcoin!
Update from Scotcoin HQ: We’ve been pretty busy over the last few months – and as cryptocurrencies continue to gain more traction, Scotcoin has benefited from the resulting publicity. More countries worldwide are taking digital currency seriously and want to be able to legitimise its trade. Scotcoin remains at the forefront of this with […]
