Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on AAX May 26, 2020 | Sponsored AAX, the first digital asset exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology, and the first exchange to be a member of London Stock Exchange Group’s Partner Platform, is on a mission to connect crypto to global finance. From discussions over a forum and silent experimentation, Bitcoin and with it an entire industry has come a [...]
Signals of growth: Crypto’s journey toward the mainstream May 26, 2020 From pop culture icons to industry behemoths, crypto is indeed gaining momentum. Last week, many on crypto Twitter were surprised to see a post from JK Rowling responding to one of crypto’s renowned reporters, Leigh Cuen, with a question: “I don’t understand bitcoin. Please explain it to me.” I describe what followed as pandemonium. Crypto [...]
Minimum Effective Blockchain May 26, 2020 Many enterprise IT teams feel there is no justifiable use case for blockchain. At the other end of the spectrum are those who believe in storing every last bit, byte and nibble of data on the blockchain. Neither of these is overly helpful in supporting the adoption of blockchain networks in industry. A foundational premise [...]
J.K. Rowling Twitter Storm shows the Crypto Ecosystem Needs to Mature May 19, 2020 As more evidence of impressive institutionally compliant behaviour shows itself in the crypto world, it’s more juvenile side is exposed as J.K.Rowling inadvertently starts a crypto Twitter storm. Price Watch Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume hit a new high for 2020 with an average (on the top ten exchanges only) of US$2-3bn per day through May, [...]
Bitcoin Halving sees Miners echo Satoshi Nakomoto May 19, 2020 | Sponsored Last week Bitcoin (BTC) began trading around the $8,600 mark following the Bitcoin Halving on Monday evening, before seeing a substantial surge upwards throughout the week to once again test the important $10,000 level. BTC is trading at the time of writing at $9,757. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began the week [...]
Crypto AM: Shines its Spotlight on Electroneum May 19, 2020 | Sponsored Imagine a cryptocurrency for social impact that solves many of the issues the 1.7 billion unbanked people around the world face today. Now envision one with the potential to empower hundreds of millions anywhere with instant access to the global digital economy unlocking for them the opportunity to earn crypto and use it to live [...]