Bitcoin addresses surge as volatility drops to 15-month low July 7, 2020 This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) started trading around $9,150 and quickly moved up to $9,250. The cryptocurrency’s price then plummeted again making it clear its range narrowed down from $9,000 to $10,000 to its lower end. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, started the week trading close to $224 but over [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on 01 Capital July 7, 2020 01 Capital is a London-based corporate finance boutique specialising in the digital asset sector. Our team’s foundation lies in traditional financial markets and investment banking, with much of the team coming from successful careers in M&A, capital markets and special situations at bulge bracket banks, hedge funds and top accountancy firms. We complement this with [...]
Are Blockchain Limitations Stifling Arbitrage Opportunities? July 7, 2020 Cryptocurrency exchanges have grown exponentially since 2017, catering to retail, institutional, and an ever-growing crowd of sophisticated calibre traders who have set up high-frequency algorithmic strategies. Notably, in the past few years, spot exchanges have taken markets by storm, adding leveraged derivatives to their suite of trading products. Derivative products have given traders an array [...]
Wirecard UK fallout lessens June 30, 2020 Readers will be very familiar with the €1.9bn Wirecard scandal that has rocked Germany, firmly placed a spotlight back onto the world of auditors and dangerously caused pause for thought for Fintech firms in the U.K. from a regulatory standpoint. As of this morning at 00.01 the FCA resumed Wirecard Solutions’ regulated activities which meant [...]
Crypto AM Shines its Spotlight on PlutusDeFi June 30, 2020 PlutusDeFi completes US$1 million fundraise as work begins to create the first “DeFi full stack” platform. PlutusDefi has never had small dreams. To us, Decentralized Finance “DeFi” is a belief in absolute freedom. Every other DeFi project or start-up is a half-step towards truly taking control away from corruptible centralized bankers and financial institutions and [...]
Future of Finance: Community-Centric Wealth Management For All June 30, 2020 Growing up in the 80’s Anthony and I were dreamers of unicorns, cyborgs and other magical creatures. As young adults working in the financial industry, we were told to stop dreaming and to just execute. But how can you innovate if you are not allowed to think outside the box? After a decade of learning [...]