Today sees more from the immoveable object/irresistible force file. Sooner or later, cryptocurrency transactions will be easily doable at a ATMs in the UK (it’s been possible for years to buy train tickets in Switzerland using Bitcoin). The UK”s leading financial watchdog has decided that that day will be a little later, rather than sooner. […]
It’s still early in the year, very much prediction season. A flash indicator of exciting times ahead comes from Goldman Sachs, which is throwing its weight behind a rosy future for Bitcoin, with a call for a $100,000 price target. Our friends at Finextra report: A new report from the Wall Street behemoth shows that […]
The digital tanks are finally parking on the lawns of our high streets. Our friends at Altfi report a major consumer development: Next year dozens of high street stores will start offering crypto cashback on purchases, including Ocado, Homebase and Boots. They’ll be doing it with the help of UK listed fintech Mode, which helps […]
Our head of communications and content, award-wining journalist Martin Baker, continues his survey of the fast-changing face of digital money and its impact on mainstream finance. The problem most journalists face when writing a story is finding a way in. The usual technique is to wrap your arms around a news event, claim its relevance […]
It had to happen. Bitcoin is now the officially accepted currency of a sovereign state. All the usual objections – potential for money laundering, pandering to criminals, wild volatility – have been swept aside. Bitcoin is currently trading at more than $51,000, having hit highs of more than $52,500 in recent days. We take a […]
Bitcoin, the heavyweight of the cryptocurrency world, has had a relatively tough time recently – following the extraordinary price surges of the early part of the year. The currency is currently trading at just under $45,000 after highs of $64,000. See our recent blog on the topic. Meanwhile, AltFi opines on what it sees as […]
Our head of content and communications opines on the nature of digital money, specifically cryptocurrencies, and its place in – and threat to – the modern nation state. Here’s an extract of his recent article in Byline Times. Rethinking the nature of money is serious stuff. It is, in effect, the re-examination of a concept […]
Today, more on the overarching theme of this year’s News coverage – the irresistible advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream finance. Our friends at Finextra report the latest from the UK’s leading challenger bank, Revolut: Revolut is to allow customers to transfer their bitcoin holdings to wallets outside the superapp’s ecosystem, addressing a long-standing gripe about […]
The bitcoin-led assault on mainstream finance continues. This set of prognostication comes from our friends at Crowdfundinsider. This is piece, partially featured already in our News section, is one we roundly endorse. Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency platforms such as Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB), Chainlink (LINK), and Polkadot (DOT) […]
These are extraordinary times. Populism’s arrival in the financial world is just beginning to make itself felt, in extraordinary ways. The battle between the crowd and hedge funds, fought over the shorting of GameStop via the trading platform Robinhood (good name, if a little on the nose) is just one example. The crowd following Elon […]