Blockchain in emerging economies is one of the world’s most exciting markets January 19, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Dr Jane Thomason details why the world of blockchain in emerging economies is so important.
‘An awful lot to play for’: Google lobbies EU for a softer Digital Markets Act as final changes made January 14, 2022 Google is in the process of nudging European Union officials this week in a last minute effort to influence the impending Digital Markets Act (DMA).
When clickbait becomes investor bait: LadBible makes strong debut on AIM with £360m market cap December 15, 2021 Digital youth publisher LBG Media, also known as LadBible, started a successful day of trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market today, with shares already climbing to 195p by midday.
Deep dive with DreamWorks’ former CTO: ‘Forget social media, the Metaverse tracks people much more intimately’ November 12, 2022 The novel Snow Crash has had the privilege of coining a term that would later become one of the most important words of the 21st century: metaverse. Google search trend data for the term shows an explosion from relative obscurity with a search volume score of 4/100 in early October 2021, to an all-time global high by search [...]
Institutions taking crypto profits led to market downturn ahead of major security breaches December 13, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started last week at around $48,000 and quickly moved up to hit a high near $52,000 before plunging to a low near $47,000 and recovering.
Conservation NFTs to help fund wildlife protection efforts January 26, 2022 A British nature channel plans to harness the power of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to protect endangered animals and their habitats.
When tech giant becomes gaming giant: Microsoft buys Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard for a record £51bn January 18, 2022 Microsoft have announced that it would buy videogame publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (£51bn) in cash, making it the largest deal in the sector.
You are a claimant unless you opt out: £2.2bn damages claim filed against Facebook owner Meta on behalf of 45m Brits February 14, 2022 A multi-billion pound damages claim was filed late last night against Meta, formerly Facebook Inc., on behalf of UK Facebook users, for abusing its dominant market position by imposing unfair terms, prices and/or other trading conditions on users. This is the first UK case against Facebook to be filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) [...]
The labyrinth of the Online Safety Bill could fall over on complexity before its begun January 26, 2022 The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee came out this week to criticise the government’s Draft Online Safety Bill, stating it is “neither clear nor robust enough to tackle certain types of illegal and harmful content”. Chair Julian Knight MP even labelled it a “missed opportunity”. As it currently stands, the bill’s duty [...]
Time to pour cold water on the FUD and misinformation from Bitcoin doubters July 16, 2022 Crypto AM's Dr Chris Kacher thinks the heat needs turning down on the current crypto FUD spread that reminds him of 2014 and 2018.