S2F projections to send bitcoin to 6-digits? April 14, 2020 | Sponsored As global markets grind to a snail’s pace, the architect behind bitcoin’s stock-to-flow prediction model has gone on the record to say that his work isn’t dead accurate, but order of magnitude right. Indeed, bitcoin’s leading indicator forecasts that the number one cryptocurrency is still set climb to new all-time highs after the May halving [...]
Virtual conferences: The show must go on April 14, 2020 | Sponsored The blockchain conference industry is rampant, with seemingly a major event in a major city around the world every couple of weeks, from Seoul, to Istanbul, to New York you name it you’ve got it. As an entrepreneur and digital nomad It’s a fantastic way to travel the world whilst also growing my network and [...]
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold increased during equities market sell-off April 14, 2020 Last week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose from $7,100 at the start of the week to a $7,400 high before the flagship cryptocurrency endured another round of sell-offs that saw it drop to $6,700. Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, also went from $150 to a $175 high before dropping back to [...]
Transparency: Who Cares? April 14, 2020 One of the most significant talking points around blockchain is the idea of transparency. Looking at the first project built using blockchain principles – bitcoin – we can see how transparency is a critical part of service and the value that it brings. The Bitcoin blockchain is accessible to anyone at any time. Every transaction [...]
How companies can navigate the Wild West of today’s blockchain ecosystems April 7, 2020 Piers Ridyard, CEO of Radix DLT, gives an overview to James Bowater, City AM’s Crypto Insider on the benefits independent testing of Distributed Ledger Technology platforms can bring to the industry and why businesses should take note. The rise of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) startups and cryptocurrencies in the last decade has sparked its fair [...]
Crypto A.M. shines its Spotlight on BABB April 7, 2020 | Sponsored BABB combines blockchain, database hybrid and a utility token to facilitate borderless P2P transactions, lower barriers to financial inclusion, make the world of Crypto accessible to everyone and open up a whole new channel for individual and charity fundraisers. When BABB founder Rushd Averroës arrived in the U.K he was unable to get a bank [...]
Job Registry on the Blockchain April 7, 2020 Jobs. One of the most important things for both people and companies in the coming months will be the ability to match people with jobs. There will be hundreds of thousands of people who will be suddenly without a job. And there will be thousands of companies who survive the current crisis and come out [...]
Getting a better deal for the consumer? That’s music to my ears June 27, 2019 It’s hard to recall now how long we’ve been hearing that the music industry is changing: in flux, in transition, in crisis, most recently in the development of reliable music streaming; like any other industry, the music business is always on the lookout for the next big thing, the opportunity to get in at the [...]
The robots are coming – and they’re (potentially) after your job May 22, 2019 | City Talk By Ian Hall (City AM, for the CFA Institute) ‘You want your robot to be smarter than the other team’s robot’: advice that sounds like it belongs to a participant in combat competition TV show Robot Wars. But, actually, it’s the increasingly competitive and technology-affected situation that many investment professionals will face in the workplace [...]
Big cryptocurrencies bounce back, but smaller rivals lie in wait May 20, 2019 | City Talk For users and proponents of cryptocurrencies, the stamp of approval from online auction giant eBay set the seal on a powerful comeback during this year so far. Bitcoin and some other selected cryptocurrencies are to be accepted as a form of payment by eBay. This doesn’t only greatly expand the “network effect” by which a [...]