Exclusive: UK private equity firms pool £20bn fire power as they circle higher value targets April 29, 2021 The total value of UK private equity club deals reached £19.7bn last year, a fourfold increase from the £4.5bn in 2019. Moreover, the number of club deals has reached a three-year high as there were 56 deals in 2020, a jump of 30 per cent from 43 the year before, according to new data that [...]
Fabric Ventures announces $130m million fund to invest in digital assets and decentralisation July 29, 2021 Fabric Ventures, a venture manager that backs ‘open economy’ founders across the globe, today announced Europe’s biggest fund of its type, valued at $130 million, which includes $30 million from the European Investment Fund (EIF).
We’ve quickly jumped from a literary age to a time of video games April 14, 2021 Dr Chris Kacher plots the pathway from a time of books and reading to a $200bn global gaming age.
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on Portraits of a Mind – the world’s largest blockchain art project October 6, 2020 In just 24 hours time, BLOCK 21 from Portraits of a Mind will make history as the first artwork and NFT of our culture to be sold at Christie’s New York. Just eleven years on from its inception, Satoshi’s codebase currently hangs alongside masterpieces by Picasso, Cezanne, Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Warhol. It is a [...]
Don’t bank on it: Is this UBS promo the most cringeworthy video ever? February 5, 2021 Social media was left baffled today after a recruitment video for UBS surfaced online. Anyone who’s ever stepped foot in the business world has, at some point, been subjected to a promotional video. From forced smiles to inane platitudes, the corporate promo shoot is invariably a cringeworthy affair, usually witnessed under duress during some ghastly [...]
A brief history of cryptocurrency in football – and how blockchain technology might shape our experience of the game in future August 30, 2021 Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have reimagined finance and money as concepts. Now more than ever, however, blockchain technology and, more specifically, NFTs and tokens are disrupting everything else. And that includes human culture. NFTs especially have captivated millions of people around the world. This is because we, as humans, have an innate desire to collect and [...]
Are there “safe” returns in Defi? November 24, 2020 Keeping up with which project is or is not a scam, staking, governance and incentive hunting might not be your thing and perhaps you want something on the more ‘boring’ side of crypto? Is there such a thing? Where would you start to look for the ‘safest’ yield? Anything named after food or claiming ridiculous [...]
Crypto Summit LIVE: Updates from the heart of the City September 30, 2021 Day 2 Yesterday, we were treated to keynote talks from Lord Chris Homes MBE, member of the House of Lords, Marcus Hughes of Coinbase and Alderman William Russell, Lord Mayor of The City of London and more! The day was topped off with an awards ceremony held at St Leonardo’s hotel in London. Closing thoughts [...]
High-profile Twitter users’ private messages hacked in cyber attack July 23, 2020 Twitter has admitted that at least 36 users have had their private messages hacked in a cyber attack connected to last week’s high-profile bitcoin-related hack, raising concerns that well-known victims could be extorted. Hackers last week took over the official Twitter accounts of more than 130 blue-ticked users, including politicians such as Joe Biden and [...]
Dollar on track for third weekly gain after strong U.S. payrolls data April 2, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Friday in thin trading, on pace for its third weekly gain, after data showed the world’s largest economy created more jobs than expected in March, suggesting it is on a steady path to recovery from the global pandemic. Financial markets are closed in Australia, [...]