5 things you need to know about DeFi January 15, 2021 Towards the end of 2020, we witnessed an explosion in Decentralised Finance (DeFi) usage and awareness. These projects aim to decentralise the intermediary in financial transactions, moving away from the traditional rent-seeking finance model and toward stakeholder finance. Here’s what you need to know about this fast-growing industry. Open Innovation verse Walled Gardens DeFi networks [...]
J.K. Rowling Twitter Storm shows the Crypto Ecosystem Needs to Mature May 19, 2020 As more evidence of impressive institutionally compliant behaviour shows itself in the crypto world, it’s more juvenile side is exposed as J.K.Rowling inadvertently starts a crypto Twitter storm. Price Watch Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume hit a new high for 2020 with an average (on the top ten exchanges only) of US$2-3bn per day through May, [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on Zumo September 15, 2020 Zumo is the UK’s first non-custodial, crypto wallet and payments platform. We’re on a mission to liberate the benefits of cryptocurrency for everyone. We’ve built Zumo to give our users complete ownership of their crypto and make it work seamlessly and safely with traditional money. The future of money feels uncertain this year and there’s [...]
DeFi Bursts onto the Finance Scene – What is it and why does it matter? February 4, 2021 DeFi was around in 2017 and was niche with a few people experimenting in 2019. Some had heard of it, but few people even understood what it was and its ramifications. The second half of 2020 was marked by a DeFi boom, and the total value locked in DeFi contracts surged 40x to $24 billion [...]
Screenshot: Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? May 21, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys **Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? **Can London close the tech gap on Silicon Valley? Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys Shrek turned 20 this week. Ah lovely, an innocent reminder of youth, I bet you’re thinking. Wrong. It’s actually [...]
Why UK Fintech Needs to Prioritise DeFi March 3, 2021 Ajit Tripathi, Head of Institutional Business at Aave, explains why the UK fintech industry needs to look at prioritising its approach to DeFi .
The likelihood of a bubble forming in financial markets February 1, 2021 Concerns are mounting as to whether financial markets may have entered bubble territory over the past few weeks. Some analysts are warning that instances of excessive behaviour have become apparent and more frequent. The usual key ingredients to form a bubble in financial markets include cheap credit or easy money and an enticing narrative, with [...]
Cryptoshonk! What a time to be alive! January 29, 2021 What a time to be alive used to be a euphoric and jubilant phrase that celebrated life and the world we lived in. Under lockdown, the phrase is now used ironically as that celebrated world feels more like an Old and Lost World. Another Eden destroyed and lost. Covid is the New Flood. As usual, [...]
The state of the state of Ethereum February 26, 2021 Last week saw record transaction costs on Ethereum, peaking at around $7,000,000 per hour in fees.
With the Lockdown continuing globally, online technology is saving the day April 28, 2020 Price Watch The crypto market has had a yet another positive week and at the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at US$7,725.05 / GB£6,230.63; Ethereum (ETH) is at US$196.19 / GB£158.10; Ripple (XRP) is at US$0.1977 / GB£0.1589; Binance (BNB) is at US$16.37 / GB£13.16 and Cardano (ADA) is significantly up by circa [...]