As the crypto-asset markets continue to attract a new wave of retail and institutional participants alike, the breadth of possible investment opportunities can seem mind-boggling and, for the uninitiated, somewhat risky – especially when directly investing in, managing and storing the assets themselves. Although the…

When America sneezes the whole world catches a cold. Even, it seems, Bitcoin. Many people believe that President Biden’s capital gains tax proposal caused Bitcoin’s fall in value below $50,000 for the first time in a few weeks. But travellers on Bitcoin’s road to hegemony…

Over the past month, Bitcoin’s dominance in the cryptocurrency market dropped below50%, which is the first time since January 2018, and the currency experienced a monthlydecline of 1.9%. While Ethereum recorded its highest level ever with a 44.7% gain on Thursday as Bitcoin’s dominance in…

Decentralised Finance (DeFi) replicates many of the functions of the traditional financial system. It has seen tremendous growth over the last year, making it one of the most important applications of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Is DeFi indeed a “digital” version of traditional finance, or…

Democracy is messy, frustrating, and at times infuriating. But it is at least fair, right? In a democracy, we all get a say in who governs us, and the vote of the poorest, most marginalised citizen carries the same weight as that of a peer…

The very existence of bubbles in financial markets is somewhat controversial. For instance, the eminent financial economist Eugene F. Fama defines a “bubble” as an “irrational strong price increase that implies a predictable strong decline” (Fama 2014, p.1475). Fama’s argument, in essence, is that if…

On Crypto RQF this week, Joe Hickey, Global Head of Trading for BlockFi joined host, Paul Gordon to review the last week in the crypto markets and explore how the launch of a US-listed Bitcoin ETF might impact bitcoin in the same way the first…

This week on the Meet the founder series, host, Paul Gordon was joined by Roy Bernhard, CEO, Chief Visionary, and Co-founder at Fabriik to discuss the company’s vision for building a full suite of services designed from the ground up to simplify access, trading &…

CRYPTOCURRENCIES FALL DUE TO POSSIBLE BIDEN CAPITAL GAINS TAXATION Cryptocurrency prices have fallen across the board, ending a recent rally for ETH and pushing BTC below the $50,000 mark on concerns that United States President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb…

Digital and crypto asset markets are down dramatically from the highs set only last week, with attempted rallies mooted by some potentially negative news on the taxation front. The downtrend that started last weekend appeared to be waning until US President Joe Biden reportedly is…

This week on Meet the Founder, we were thrilled to have Bruce Pon, founder of Ocean protocol joined our host, Paul Gordon to discuss the future data as a tradable asset through the Ocean Protocol. (00:21) Whilst most people have assumed that the global banking…