Are NFTs over or are they growing up into real assets? October 24, 2023 Monty Munford on the need to be surrounded by beauty in dark times, the prospect of an unnecessary Oasis reunion, and NFTs.
Beverly Hills, 9021: Oh! Checking into the Beverly Hills Hotel for its centenary year July 27, 2023 The Beverly Hills Hotel, aka The Pink Palace is still the place to be seen in Hollywood, says Siobhan Grogan. From celeb-spotting to relaxing, this is still a rare paradise at 100 years old Within a few short hours of arriving in Los Angeles, I’m sitting metres away from two of the most famous women [...]
FCA set for clampdown on ‘wild west’ of social media ‘finfluencers’ July 17, 2023 The FCA is set to target 'finfluencers' and firms flogging financial products online with illegal or misleading adverts.
Planet Crypto: Gary Gensler’s gonna have to face it, he’s addicted to suing July 14, 2023 The chieftains of chuckles at Planet Crypto have been at the comedy crayons again, and once more it's Gary Gensler on the canvas.
Crypto is in Wonderland and upside-down in the rabbit hole July 14, 2023 Monty picks up a book he hasn't read in a while, and draws comparisons with Alice in Wonderland and the world of crypto.
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on scale-up funding, bounce-back Britain and a Love Supreme June 14, 2023 Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen for the greatest sale on earth, a once in a generation opportunity to snap up corporate assets at unrepeatable prices. If you don’t, my (imaginary) new investment firm, Car Boot Capital, will certainly do so. It is a truth universally acknowledged that we are living through a liquidity [...]
Wear all colours, not just crypto orange and black June 9, 2023 Embrace generative AI, don’t be a Luddite, ignore the cults, cuddle the LLM and look towards a brighter future, urges an affectionate Monty.
Shaping the future of wellness May 18, 2023 A chance meeting between a former journalist and an academic in a Geneva clinic led to the formation of a multi-million-pound, global company that counts Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson and Kim Kardashian among its customers. LYMA Life, the brainchild of Lucy Goff, exploded from a one-woman outfit in 2018, rejected by dozens of potential [...]
Is Britain too squeamish for OnlyFans? April 19, 2023 When they talk about OnlyFans in the US, they talk about the business model. In the UK, they can't get past the fact it's making money off of sex.
Planet Crypto: Gary Gensler and Hester Pierce in couples therapy February 23, 2023 Planet Crypto dream up the scene of Gary Gensler and Hester Pierce as a married couple with a very special baby.