James Ibori: UK returns £4.2m of jailed politician’s stolen assets to Nigeria May 18, 2021 The British government has handed back around £4.2m in assets stolen by a former Nigerian governor to his home country. James Ibori, who was governor of the oil-rich Delta State from 1999 to 2007, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in 2012 on 10 counts of fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced to 13 [...]
Trump’s tweets do bitcoin and Facebook a favour July 23, 2019 Donald Trump’s recent tweet about bitcoin and that Facebook’s new quasi-crypto the “libra” would get the full force of the US regulators if they “want to become a bank” has put the crypto kitty amongst the pigeons. Why now? Surely Trump doesn’t care about bitcoin? Well, it was timed just before Facebook had to testify [...]
Super efficient DAOs can change the world, and they’re only just starting September 14, 2021 DAOs are just getting started with seemingly limitless potential, says Dr Chris Kacher.
Ledger customers exposed as personal data is leaked January 4, 2021 The names, email addresses, home addresses and telephone numbers of 272,000 Ledger customers have been released online by hackers. In July 2020, cyber attackers gained access to the France-based crypto wallet company’s e-commerce database. It has recently been revealed that customers’ details were then dumped on Raidforum, a website for sharing information from hacked databases. [...]
Choose your own path: Crypto and self-direction July 2, 2021 Roughly three-quarters of all the humans on Earth use banks, but only a tiny proportion of us will ever get to shape the way they work.
Crypto AM: Market View in association with Ziglu October 12, 2020 FCA Bans Crypto Derivatives and ETNs for Retail Investors, Square Bets $50 Million on Bitcoin This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved steadily up from around $10,600 to an $11,400 high. The cryptocurrency has seemingly finally been able to breach the $11,000 mark as it’s now trading at $11,350. Ether (ETH), [...]
London’s GlobalBlock teams up with Canadian developer May 19, 2021 London-based GlobalBlock has announced it has agreed a business combination with Canadian listed Helix Applications (Helix).
Crypto crime is falling July 12, 2023 Blockchain analytics platform Chainalysis has revealed that crypto crime is significantly down in 2023.
What is Decentralised Finance (DeFi)? October 11, 2021 The blockchain-based form of finance everyone’s talking about “Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is a movement that aims to bypass traditional financial intermediaries by putting financial services on the blockchain.” DeFi supporters believe that smart contracts will form the nuts and bolts of future financial infrastructure, on the premise that banks, brokers and other financial institutions will [...]
Crypto ETP volumes plunge while demand for stablecoins keeps growing September 29, 2020 This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved from around $10,700 to a $10,250 low before moving sharply up to test the $11,000 mark. A breakout above $11,000 failed and BTC is currently trading around $10,850. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, started the week around $360 and just like [...]