The City View: LMAX CEO urges City to ‘support young talent’ amid Covid October 15, 2020 In this episode Christian talks to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, the fast-growing fintech firm and FX and institutional crypto exchange that clocked up $56m (£43m) in gross profit in 2019, with trading volumes of $3.5tn. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS LMAX Group is listed in the Deloitte Fast 50 and The Sunday Times [...]
A decentralised financial future October 14, 2020 If you’re involved or interested in the crypto space, you may have heard about decentralised finance (DeFi for short) quite a bit in the past year. Even amidst the COVID-19 crisis, 2020 has seen DeFi grow from an ecosystem with $675.92 million to $10.77 billion total value locked (source: https://defipulse.com/). The world of crypto lending [...]
The DeFi Bubble and the Next Bitcoin Boom October 13, 2020 Programmers have found a way to replace the core service offerings of Wall Street and an army of corporate lawyers with 800 lines of smart contract code. The “De” in DeFi stands for “decentralized,” meaning there are no intermediaries in the process. Despite the raw and unpolished user interface, billions in assets flow through new [...]
The Top 7 Googled Questions on Blockchain Technology Answered! October 13, 2020 Graphic Credit: iStock Photos (License)
Crypto AM: Market View in association with Ziglu October 12, 2020 FCA Bans Crypto Derivatives and ETNs for Retail Investors, Square Bets $50 Million on Bitcoin This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved steadily up from around $10,600 to an $11,400 high. The cryptocurrency has seemingly finally been able to breach the $11,000 mark as it’s now trading at $11,350. Ether (ETH), [...]
Q&A: Trading Cryptos as CFDs October 12, 2020 What are the different options when trading cryptocurrencies? There are a couple of different options for trading cryptos. You can buy the physical cryptocurrency with a provider that usually gives you an online wallet which you must learn to use to store your crypto. More recently trading platforms have emerged, but these remain unregulated in [...]
Bitcoin in context: the quantum leap October 8, 2020 Once again, bitcoin is on the precipice of another major directional move, which would dictate its end of year trajectory as we head deeper in the final quarter of a tumultuous 2020. Indeed, barely a week into October and the influx of headlines has everyone glued to their screens again; so much so that I [...]