The mainstream media is styling today as the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The immediate investment knock-ons include the Russian rouble’s fall to an historic low against the dollar, and UK and international equity indices falling back. Bitcoin, seen by many as an investment hedge, is showing a gain of around four percent […]
Ahead of our much-heralded (on this News site, at least) suite of new loan offerings, we bring news of the latest bit of integration between the mainstream and the world of crypto. Our friends at Finextra report: Crypto exchange and mobile banking platform hi has teamed up with BaaS player Contis on a debit card […]
Ahead of the arrival of a suite of loan offerings – coming soon – we bring you more from the “creeping crypto” school of news. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report on the latest step in the integration of cryptocurrencies and “mainstream” life: The team at Fintech Deel notes that if your business holds money in stablecoin USDC, […]
Irresistible forces and immovable objects have a fair bit of history. Inevitably, the irresistible force ends up the winner. In FinTech, cryptos are the coming thing. And nothing, it seems, can stop them. The UK’s top financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is reduced to little more than whining in this report from our […]
Cryptos are making their way onto our screens and into our wallets… Our friends at Altfi report two developments. The first is an infrastructure fund, which does not invest directly into cryptos but in the companies that service the industry (exchanges and the like). The second is a more sophisticated play directly into Bitcoin and […]
We’re pleased to report that the pipeline of new loans is looking healthy, and new auctions will be landing on site shortly. Meanwhile, we’re continuing our look at the prevailing climate in the regulation of cryptocurrencies by central banks and governments. Crowdfundinsider reports the effects of a major clampdown from the Russian authorities. Cypress-based KoronaPay, a […]
The recent report from the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords is a classic case of heads in the sand – or wherever the sun doesn’t shine. The members of the committee are on the whole clever people with strong backgrounds in finance and its academic study. They seem to be committed to […]
Rapidly expanding new asset class, or dangerous speculative gold rush? Cryptocurrencies have been grabbing the headlines with the wild fluctuations of the prices of its leading players. That’s attracted attention and big speculative – without, as speculation implies, necessarily an appreciation of the risks involved. The UK government is now moving to make it more […]
This year will surely be the year of the cryptocurrency. Cryptos will arrive in the UK high street – you’ll be able to buy goods from Boots, and the tiny number of crypto-friendly ATMs (with uses such as buying tickets or a currency) is set to expand dramatically. Only a few steps behind all this […]
In the final stage of his odyssey through cryptos, digital tokens and currencies, our communications director, award-winning journalist Martin Baker, draws some sobering conclusions and reveals his own plans for potential future investment in this volatile sector. The conventional wisdom nowadays is that cryptocurrencies have moved beyond being tools of criminality. From what I see, […]