LBX Weekly Market Overview 28th August: A ride on the crypto carousel with LBX, The London Block Exchange August 28, 2018 The markets have been taking us on a rollercoaster. We witnessed a market cap of over £650BN in January 2018, but since reaching that peak it has dropped over 75%. Today, the space is valued at £156BN – a cap reminiscent of last November. Despite the widespread price drops of cryptoassets, however, crypto-based businesses have [...]
Morning Wire’s Crypto Insider meets Oliver Worsley, Co-Founder and CEO of Worsleys Client Services August 28, 2018 Over the past few months I have attended many blockchain and crypto events and one young energetic entrepreneur kept crossing my path – Oli Worsley. It’s evident when meeting Oli that he is not your typical developer with a niche idea for disruption, nor is he the traditional financier looking to cash in on crypto [...]
Why it’s time blockchain stopped being used as lipstick on the pig August 28, 2018 Blockchain. Distributed Ledger Technology. Cryptocurrency. These words can add more value to any company than any genuine technology, strategy or growth. Shares in Stapleton Capital doubled on one day when it changed its name to Blockchain Worldwide. Bitcoin Services, formally known as Tulip BioMed, grew 42,500% last year. This is nostalgic: in December 2001, academics [...]
Can Publica Disrupt the Disruptor-in-Chief? August 21, 2018 Blockchain and ICOs are not just for payments, but hold promise to revolutionise a wide range of industries – from music and wine to logistics. Amazon famously disrupted publishing – but will blockchain disrupt the disruptors? As most authors will tell you, not only is it near impossible to make any money at it, but [...]
LBX Weekly Market Overview 21st August: A ride on the crypto carousel with LBX, The London Block Exchange August 21, 2018 Last week, the total crypto market cap dropped below £160 ($200) billion for the first time this year, as alternative cryptoassets continued their capitulative process. What happened? By the end of July, altcoins' performance decoupled from bitcoin’s as the original cryptoasset remained stable and its competitors started falling. Then, last Monday, ether – the token [...]
A-Team Mission: Make Bitcoin Mainstream August 14, 2018 What if Microsoft came together with Starbucks and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on a mission to take Bitcoin mainstream? A strong enough signal that cryptocurrencies are going mainstream? Well they have! Resulting in a new platform dubbed Bakkt. Meanwhile what's the significance of the first international scientific conference, backed by the first peer-reviewed [...]
Blockchain and smart contracts August 7, 2018 Blockchain will do for contracts what email did for communications. Or it won't. Blockchain is one of the most polarising of the current emerging technologies, not just because of the range of views on its use in Bitcoin and other crypto, but also because of its potential application in contracts. So why are people so [...]
Blockchain Tech: Opportunity or Threat? July 31, 2018 Last week PwC, this week Deloitte – another strong signal cutting through all the noise – concluding in their new 'New Tech on the Block" report that "those who do not consider the possibilities [of Blockchain technology] are at risk of falling behind" and "by contrast early adopters of the technology will have the ability [...]
Morning Wire’s Crypto Insider speaks to Benjamin Dives and Adam Bryant of London Block Exchange July 31, 2018 The London fintech scene has gone from strength to strength, with blockchain businesses spearheading this success. One of these companies has not only made a huge impact in less than a year, but has big ambitions going forward too. I spoke to CEO and founder Benjamin Dives alongside his Executive Chairman, Adam Bryant, to tell [...]