Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on Umbria February 2, 2021 DeFi is the next wave in the crypto revolution. The opportunities and benefits are truly mind-boggling. However, a core challenge for the adoption of decentralized finance is that it has an extremely steep learning curve with a high barrier of entry. Enter Umbria, a project on a mission to demystify and simplify DeFi and get [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on the Agora Conferences February 1, 2021 Last year was marked by a pandemic that halted global economic growth and forced many countries and economies to the brink of collapse; and no one is sure yet when the rebound will firmly start and how long it will take us to get back to “normal” economic growth. Like the rest of the world, [...]
The changing face of markets February 1, 2021 I see myself as a ‘global’ citizen that, through my work over the last 20+ years, has developed a deep experience of capital markets and exchanges. At the beginning of this century I was part of the creation of Euronext that resulted a few years later in leading its European cash market from Paris before [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on BitcoinPoint.com January 28, 2021 With the largest ATM network in the UK, innovative ‘on-ramp’ solutions to instantly buy and ‘off-ramp’ to sell Bitcoin, BitcoinPoint.com brings cryptos closer to Mass Adoption, with the vision of bringing financial inclusion to the unbanked and the non-tech-savvy. 16,000 ATMs Bitcoin sales from cash withdrawals have reached an unprecedented scale in the UK, as [...]
Brexit Transition: what businesses must do now January 28, 2021 The UK and the EU wrapped up a trade deal on Christmas Eve, bringing to an end years of negotiations. But though a deal has been struck, that doesn’t mean nothing’s changing. The UK has left the EU, and December 31 marked the end of the Brexit Transition period. The UK’s fresh start means that [...]
Post-COVID: When will the UK economy recover? January 25, 2021 The emergence of a vaccine may mean that there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, but as Rishi Sunak pointed out in his spending review, the economic fallout has only just begun. The Chancellor revealed the coronavirus pandemic would raise Government borrowing in 2020 to a peacetime record of £394 billion, while [...]
Become a digital nomad and move to paradise January 23, 2021 Has the coronavirus compelled you to work from home? And is the view from your house or flat a bit uninspiring? Winter blues getting you down? Picture in your mind cerulean seas and white coral sand, 30-degree heat and cooling tropical cocktails with which you needn’t order a scotch egg just to comply with Tier [...]
More talk, more walk – DiverCity Podcast returns January 20, 2021 DiverCity® Podcast · Reflections on a decade of D&I: Baroness Morrissey reflects on progress & considers the road ahead Now more than ever, businesses like to tell us what they care about. Most company websites have a full section extolling the corporate values they claim sets them apart. Think: a culture of flexibility, low environmental [...]
How do you know a good broker from a bad one? January 20, 2021 Back in the halcyon days of the early world wide web, if you wanted to find out if a product or service was any good, you didn’t have bucket loads of choice. After trawling through some questionable forums and ‘web blogs’, any reviews you found were likely to be about as reliable as your dial-up [...]
Welcome to the world of decentralised finance January 19, 2021 Decentralised Finance or “DeFi” for short is an ecosystem of financial tools and services that are built on open-source networks and do not involve any centralised institutions. If you’re someone who takes an interest in the crypto space, you’ve probably heard about DeFi this year, as the space has rapidly grown from just over $600M [...]