Morning Wire’s Crypto Insider meets Mirox Crypto’s Benjamin Beal August 21, 2018 While some investors scramble for the latest crypto opportunity, other more traditional types are on the fence, unconvinced of the risks and uncomfortable with losing their hard-earned capital in a young volatile and unregulated market. With this in mind, Mirox Crypto Ltd feels it has a created a unique concept, which provides a more managed [...]
Does London need some Dutch courage when it comes to Tokenization? August 21, 2018 Crypto founders are going out of their way when it comes to ensuring that their token classifies as a utility token. The fear of being regulated and having the government peek into their beloved project makes them shiver. In their opinion being regulated equals mountains of work to be done and keeping up with ever-stricter [...]
Sage shares plummet after Deutsche Bank’s investor warning August 20, 2018 Sage shares tumbled by as much as seven per cent on Monday following Deutsche Bank’s recommendation that investors sell the stock, saying the accounting software firm faced intense competition in its mid-market. The back office IT services business, which also offers enterprise resource planning and HR software, saw shares slip to £6.19 after the bank’s advisory [...]
Becoming a Community Member August 14, 2018 Last week we looked at MVPs. This week I want to talk about how getting properly involved in the ICO/Project’s community (usually via the Telegram App), is a great way to get a sense of the team and their chances of success. Many amateur ICO investors / participants have fallen into the trap of getting [...]
Morning Wire’s Crypto Insider speaks to Andrew Rabbit, CEO of incuto.com August 14, 2018 I recently met up with Andrew Rabbitt, CEO of incuto.com, a banking technology platform for a new global network of community-focused, ethical challenger banks. Whilst mainstream banks suffer an expensive, legacy debt of technology, a large number of hard-pressed individuals are unbanked. “We saw an opportunity to combine a love of technology with addressing a [...]
Should you care how much cash you have in your pension? August 14, 2018 In the past you got a job, worked for a company and when you retired your employer gave you a pension. You had very little say over your pension arrangements, let alone any influence as to how or where it was invested. That has all changed and now, as never before, millions of people all [...]
Can you learn from the “rebalancing” trick used by professional investors? August 8, 2018 | City Talk It can be hard to hold your nerve when investing in the stockmarket. Share price gyrations, sudden market drops and fear of missing out can unsettle the steeliest investor. Such tribulations can undermine the discipline needed to make the regular savings needed to build a nest egg for the future. So how should the long-term [...]
ICOs and MVPs August 7, 2018 Last week we looked at Brand. This week I want to talk about why it’s now more important than ever that an ICO has an MVP. News Flash! To be in business, you need a product. It’s no longer acceptable for an ICO project to have no more than a White Paper and expect to [...]
Morning Wire’s Crypto Insider speaks to Christopher Woodrow, CEO of Entertainment Financing Platform MovieCoin August 7, 2018 Despite its foray into the 21st Century with digital streaming and special effects, the $2 trillion global entertainment industry’s backend is in dire need of an upgrade. Poor transparency and an overreliance on “middlemen,” for example, present several cost and efficiency challenges that need addressing if the industry will ever realize its full potential. I [...]
ICOs and Brand July 31, 2018 Last week we looked at Advisers. This week I want to talk about brand and why it’s important to an ICO. Do not underestimate how big an indication the quality of the brand and presentation of an ICO can give you on the quality of the project and it’s team. In a sense, it’s not [...]