Swarm launches tradable on-chain stocks and bonds February 21, 2023 Regulated blockchain platform Swarm today launched a world-first public investment offering for Apple, Tesla, and two US Treasury Bonds on-chain.
Britain’s ‘most notorious prisoner’ Charles Bronson collaborates on NFT art collection February 21, 2023 Charles Bronson, the man dubbed "Britain's most dangerous prisoner", is about to have his artwork sold as a series of NFT collectibles.
Trading places – the rise of the institutional investors in crypto derivatives trading February 20, 2023 Kok Kee Chong, Chief Executive Officer, AsiaNext examines crypto derivatives trading and how the financial world has changed.
The principle of crypto is amazing, declares Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves February 17, 2023 The Matrix star Keanu Reeves says he believes in crypto, branding the principles underpinning it as 'amazing'.
Welsh whisky pioneer Penderyn backing up rare single malts with NFTs February 17, 2023 Penderyn Distillery CEO Stephen Davies took a wild leap of faith creating NFTs to back-up their 20-year-old bottles of whisky.
UK economy has a needless £20 billion dependency on US stablecoins, research says February 16, 2023 A report by Poundtoken and Myna says 99% of the global stablecoin market-cap is unnecessarily tied to the US Dollar.
Lawsuits related to cryptocurrency in US almost double in a year February 14, 2023 Lawsuits involving cryptocurrency disputes in the US increased by almost fifty per cent throughout 2022, a new study has revealed.
Britcoin needs to prove it can secure adoption and not spy on our consumers, experts warn February 13, 2023 The digital pound faces a range of challenges before it could be adopted in the UK, experts told City AM, as industry figures continue to grapple with the announcement that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is “likely to be needed” in the future. The risks a so-called Britcoin poses to financial stability and the [...]
Crypto venture capital dries up as investors flee after FTX turmoil February 13, 2023 Investment into cryptocurrency startups collapsed at the end of 2022 as the market was shaken by the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange FTX and a string of high-profile bankruptcies, new research has revealed. The flow of cash into crypto start-ups fell to $2.5bn in the final three months of 2022 – down 75 per cent [...]
Self custody is sexy: What every crypto user should learn from the FTX and genesis debacle February 9, 2023 | City Talk “Not your keys, not your crypto” is an oft-repeated phrase in our space. But, like a New Year’s resolution, it’s more easily said than done. As Head of Web3 Growth for OKX, I see self-custody wallets as the perfect solution for new users to take control of their own funds while unlocking the world of [...]