Crypto AM’s community play their part in the war against COVID-19 June 25, 2020 Ever since the Crypto AM Awards 2020 on the 11th March and the subsequent lockdown enforcement, it was clear that the new normal required new and lateral thinking with the government’s clarion call for support in the war against the coronavirus COVID-19. Now, months later, I reached out to Crypto AM’s global community to hear [...]
Businesses must avoid becoming the avoided June 24, 2020 On top of a tragic human toll, the COVID-19 pandemic has battered businesses – especially small ones. This is evidenced by the United Kingdom’s April 2020 gross domestic product, which experienced its largest drop in a single month in history, falling 20.4%. As restrictions stemming from the pandemic lift and people emerge from their homes [...]
The Future of the Staking Economy June 24, 2020 Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper emerged from the global financial crisis of 2008. In early 2009, the Bitcoin network launched with a headline in the genesis block: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”. The motivations of the project were clear. With the frailty of our financial systems exposed, the quest to create an alternative, [...]
Is this Bitcoin’s crescendo moment? June 24, 2020 Bitcoin is fast approaching a crescendo moment that might set the tone for the coming weeks against a backdrop that could push the coin to all-time highs this year. A story of consolidation As bitcoin approaches the end of the second quarter, the coming monthly close could dictate the tone of the next few weeks [...]
DeFi booms as Etheruem miners increase network limits June 23, 2020 | Sponsored This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped steadily from a near $9,600 high to a low of $9,275 before it started recovering. The cryptocurrency is now trading at $9,400, and is still range bound, looking to test the $10,000 mark. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, started the week at $220 and [...]
That’s it, folks, AI version 1’s a wrap June 23, 2020 Well, we’ve done it. Pop the corks, and let’s enjoy a socially distanced Zoom party to celebrate. The current generation of AI, and in particular machine learning, has ended its beta phase and is now officially done. We can look forward to incremental update releases over the coming decade, but it’s packaged, available, everywhere, reliable, [...]
The Important Role of Solicitors in “Future Fund” Scheme Applications June 23, 2020 The government Future Fund scheme, devised to help innovative companies impacted by the Covid 19 outbreak, includes solicitors in critical elements of the application and funding process. On 20 April 2020, the chancellor introduced the Coronavirus Future Fund , a scheme designed to help innovative high-growth companies (including companies in the crypto and FinTech space) [...]
Blockchain is Terrible for Supply Chain. Right? June 23, 2020 Blockchain gets a lot of bad press in general. Either the technology is being overhyped. Or it is being confused with cryptocurrency and taking on all the negativity around that. There is plenty of coverage around how blockchain won’t scale and does not have sufficient performance to be viable in the enterprise. And blockchain doesn’t [...]