Finalist November 9, 2022 Start-up of the Year supported by World Mobile Swash Swash is reinventing data ownership through new incentivisation streams and a collaborativedevelopment framework, governed by the ethos of Web 3. It enables individuals, developers, and businesses to cultivate new realities of data ownership and value creation. It is the largest data unionin the market with over [...]
Will Bitcoin make it? July 18, 2018 Questions still surround bitcoin. After all, the digital currency experienced wild highs and outrageous lows in 2018 — its value has risen above US $19,000 and sunk below $6,000 per coin. The first question might be which version of bitcoin to focus on. Besides bitcoin’s initial incarnation, there are the products of bitcoin’s various hard [...]
Coinbase becomes first crypto platform to receive Visa principal member status February 19, 2020 Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase has become the first crypto company to become a principal member of Visa. The new status will allow Coinbase to issue Visa payment cards as well as provide direct settlements. The San-Francisco headquartered platform brokers exchanges of digital currencies including bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. It is licensed to provide flat currency-related services [...]
Happy birthday, bitcoin: Onwards to a brave new crypto-fulled world October 29, 2018 A decde ago this Wednesday, just weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the financial crisis, an anonymous figure published the famous essay – “Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system”. Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has to this day never been unmasked, but his invention has since [...]
Control or catastrophe? Farage, fortune, freedom and a £199 subscription December 22, 2020 For the small price of £199 a year, promises Nigel Farage, you can “take back control” of your finances. Gold, real estate trusts, even a crypto revolution – all are tickets to an independent financial future, all stamped with the Brexit Party founder’s seal of approval. Or, at least, that’s the idea. But the jury [...]
Bitcoin falls below $5,000 for first time in 13 months as slump continues November 19, 2018 The value of bitcoin has dropped below $5,000 for the first time in 13 months as the bitcoin cash split continues to weighs heavily on cryptocurrencies. The world's largest cryptocurrency by volume has dropped 13 per cent today to lows of $4,827 , while ripple and ethereum also fell to yearly lows of $0.46 and [...]
The Future of DeFi February 23, 2021 DeFi exploded onto the scene in 2020 as the value locked in decentralized platforms climbed into the billions. Yield farming, flash loans, and automated market makers (AMMs) were a few of the hottest topics over the last year. But what does the future of DeFi hold? And will the next round of innovations take advantage [...]
How Can I Invest in Blockchain? November 24, 2020 With the current frenzy of interest in bitcoin, there is an increasing number of people interested in trying to ride the ‘hype’ wave and invest in blockchain. And like any investment, you should always do your research. This article is not a recommendation or endorsement for any specific token or platform. So if you’re looking [...]
Bitcoin falls below $100bn market cap for the first time in over a year November 15, 2018 Bitcoin's market capitalisation has fallen below the $100bn (£78bn) mark for the first time in over a year, amid a wider sell-off in the cryptocurrency sector. The value of the world's largest cryptocurrency briefly dipped below the milestone late last night, before settling firmly around the $98bn mark in the early hours of this morning, according to [...]
DEBATE: Today, on the 10th birthday of bitcoin, is blockchain fulfilling its promise? October 31, 2018 Today, on the tenth birthday of bitcoin, is blockchain fulfilling its promise? John Velissarios, Accenture’s global blockchain technology lead, says YES. Blockchain’s promise is to bring trust to transactions where it didn’t exist before. It is distributed and consensus-based, and security is woven into the data, so it cannot be tampered with. The past 10 [...]