Opinion-in-brief: Woke-chain is the new orange for Lib Dem voters September 27, 2021 It’s perhaps no surprise that young, left leaning voters are driving crypto uptake in the UK. A series of car crash general elections have primed the political left for the market’s merciless swings of fortune. A survey by Savanta has confirmed the rainbow alliance as the natural political home of crypto holders: 29 per cent [...]
Time to bite the ‘invisible hand’ that purports to feed you November 11, 2022 Monty's stopped looking at the crypto charts. This badger don't care what colour they are. And he's definitely not going to gut a centaur.
City watchdog chief doubles down on cryptocurrency clampdown September 22, 2021 The chief of the City watchdog has doubled down on it stepping up oversight of high risk cryptocurrency products and firms engaging in severe misconduct. In a speech delivered at the Lord Mayor’s City Banquet at Mansion House, Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said the regulator will apply “a bolder [...]
Is Portugal a crypto haven or mutton dressed up as lamb? September 16, 2022 Monty casts an eye over Portugal and asks if the crypto tax status as a haven may be under threat of severe regulation?
Chasing pavements? Let them eat black cod! November 18, 2022 Having ticked off his long list of life sins, our Monty is in forgiving mood as his thoughts turn to regulation of the crypto industry.
The World Cup is over – let the football metaverses begin! December 16, 2022 Monty looks at how Web3 metaverses can give the ‘home ground feeling’ to fans via digital twin stadiums and cities.
Katikies Mykonos is a haven from the craziness of Cyclades’ party island July 12, 2022 People have been partying in Mykonos since the 60s, and probably even before that. Today, the bold and the beautiful, from Grace Kelly and Jackie Onassis, to Beyonce and, er, Kim Kardashian, have all washed up on the island’s picture-perfect shores. There they loll around on vast white daybeds, bag a bargain at one of [...]
The crypto autumn brings storms to the eternal fiat winter September 2, 2022 Crypto AM's Monty Munford is basking in the crypto glow from the sun of York as he predicts a dark winter for fiat.
FCA: Wild west crypto market provides is hotbed for money laundering November 2, 2021 The wild west crypto market poses a real risk to the strength of the UK financial system by allowing fraudsters to conduct widespread money laundering and financial crime. That’s the warning shot from the City watchdog’s digital tsar, who slammed cryptocurrencies for often harming and exploiting consumers. Jessica Rusu, chief data, information and intelligence officer [...]
FCA probes three traders for market abuse around time of Brexit vote September 16, 2021 The Financial Conduct Authority has issued formal warnings to three traders from an unnamed bank who carried out market abuse around the time of the 2016 Brexit vote. The FCA accused the individuals of ‘spoofing,’ a practice where traders place orders on financial assets they do not intend to complete in order to manipulate markets. [...]