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 [...]
Your Fiat is worthless. Here’s why. June 30, 2020 The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners will be adding an additional US$2.1 Billion to its next Report to the Nations when its published. The Wirecard fraud is an illustration of only one of an army of termites that is ceaselessly eating away at the foundation of the global financial system. The allegation that EY, Wirecard’s [...]
Crypto AM’s community play their part in the war against COVID-19 June 25, 2020 Ever since the Crypto AM Awards 2020 on the 11th March and the subsequent lockdown enforcement, it was clear that the new normal required new and lateral thinking with the government’s clarion call for support in the war against the coronavirus COVID-19. Now, months later, I reached out to Crypto AM’s global community to hear [...]
The Future of the Staking Economy June 24, 2020 Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper emerged from the global financial crisis of 2008. In early 2009, the Bitcoin network launched with a headline in the genesis block: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”. The motivations of the project were clear. With the frailty of our financial systems exposed, the quest to create an alternative, [...]