Crypto AM turns two years old today – One week, four anniversaries! June 18, 2020 Two years ago on the 18th June the first edition of Crypto AM was published in London’s City AM newspaper as a double page spread. With Crypto AM as a weekly feature, City AM became the only mainstream publisher to do this, thus providing an educational voice for the industry to share knowledge with the [...]
The last mile is critical to mass adoption and inclusion. May 26, 2020 Global technology infrastructure projects providing the vital backbones for the modern world critically must have compatible last mile solutions in order for mass adoption of new tech to take place leading to mass inclusion – crypto and blockchain are no exception. Price Watch Bitcoin (BTC) has retreated somewhat from testing US$10,000 having had a pretty [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on Minima April 28, 2020 Minima, based out of the UK and Switzerland, is a compact, scalable and secure cryptocurrency and the world’s first truly decentralised Blockchain protocol that runs entirely on mobile phones. The Founders of Minima hail from opposite ends of the Maths and Marketing spectrum. Co- Founder and Chief Architect Paddy Cerri is a true crypto evangelist. [...]
Chief executive of bitcoin exchange Mt Gox sentenced by Japanese court March 15, 2019 The former chief executive of defunct bitcoin exchange MT Gox has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail by a Japanese court after being found of guilty of falsifying electronic records. Mark Karpeles was on trial for a number of charges but was found innocent of the more serious allegations of embezzlement and aggravated breach [...]
Bitcoin sceptic Jamie Dimon launches JP Morgan’s own cryptocurrency February 14, 2019 JP Morgan is to launch its own cryptocurrency in an unprecedented step for a major US bank. The bank is to trial its JPM Coin in the coming months, which will handle a tiny fraction of the $6 trillion (£4.7 trillion) in payments it moves around globally every day. Read more: The year crypto went [...]
Bitcoin mail bomber ‘snapped’ after customer service refused to reset his password November 9, 2018 A man who tried to blow up a Hackney cryptocurrency firm which refused to reset his password has been jailed for over six years. A court in Sweden found Michael Salonen guilty of attempted murder this morning after he sent a mail bomb to London-based Cryptopay. He was also sentenced to six months for sending [...]
Blockchain technology is set to play a power chord in the music industry by helping to solve copyright issues May 10, 2018 The internet has allowed consumers to create, share and listen to more music than ever before. It has also created headaches for the music industry, specifically over how to keep track of copyrights in a complex global economy and how to accurately allocate royalties to artists and labels. One London-based tech startup, JAAK, hopes to [...]
London blockchain startup Cobalt nabs investment from the Singapore Exchange May 4, 2018 Cobalt, a London-based startup which is aiming to shift foreign exchange (FX) markets onto blockchain technology, now has Asia’s largest currencies exchange on board. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) today made a “strategic investment” in Cobalt, which aims to use distributed ledger technology (the tech behind bitcoin and blockchain) to improve firms’ infrastructure and risk management. [...]
Post Cambridge Analytica: Four opportunities for a new deal on personal data March 27, 2018 The way information is being collected and sold on the internet is creating stark new power imbalances in our societies. The Cambridge Analytica revelations remind us how easy it now is for unaccountable actors to capture personal data, and abuse that power in ways that could have a profound influence on the outcomes of democratic [...]
As London Blockchain Week starts, it’s worth remembering that bitcoin is a drop in the ocean to compared to blockchain opportunities January 18, 2018 London Blockchain Week kicks off tomorrow, bringing together experts from around the world to share their new and exciting applications for blockchain technology. It marks an important moment for blockchain’s move to the mainstream, with several indicators suggesting that 2018 will be a tipping point for the innovative technology. Big businesses are already starting to [...]