24th October QEII Conference Centre in Westminster October 17, 2018 The Gibraltar International FinTech Forum in London is bringing together internationally recognised and respected speakers from around the world to investigate and discuss the very latest developments in the world of Blockchain, DLT and tokenomics. This year's event will be officially opened by the Gibraltar Chief Minister, the Hon. Fabian Picardo and will be presented [...]
Surviving the next web environment October 16, 2018 When most people think about blockchain technology they tend to think first about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, their volatility, bear and bull markets and trading. This focus is a mistake for anyone who who wants to understand the implications for the future – including the future of the internet, so business and society – and likely their [...]
Malta Blockchain Summit 2018 October 9, 2018 Malta’s unprecedented economic success is a result of a collective effort – the political will of decision makers but even more so the hard work of our enterprises, our workers and our resilient institutions. We have a solid financial services sector and through innovative technologies we’ve vouched to enhance it even further. We are now [...]
Will Britain Lead the 4th Industrial Revolution? October 2, 2018 With the USA in isolationist mode, if not paralysis, who will lead the west, post-Brexit and as we enter the full flood of what the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab dubbed The Fourth Industrial Revolution: “The possibilities of billions of people connected by mobile devices, with unprecedented processing power, storage capacity, and access to knowledge, [...]
The times, they are a-changin’: Innovation is happening faster than ever before, especially in the world of blockchain October 2, 2018 Innovation is happening faster than ever before, especially in the world of blockchain. So too with ICO NEWS, which today becomes the TOKEN INTELLIGENCE column, reflecting the changing and broadening out of what started out as just ICOs. Now we have the rise of ‘Tokenised Securities Offerings’, along with TGEs (Token Generation Events – not [...]
Blockchain and the Future of Humanity: Economy. Environment. Ethics October 2, 2018 Crypto Challenge Forum is the world’s major industry event. It will take place on 28-30 October 2018 at the iconic Central Hall Westminster, London, connecting global thought leaders, policy makers, investors and startups from across the world for a three-day top content event. It will be attended by industry leaders, think tanks, institutional and private [...]
Why The Next Step is Crucial September 25, 2018 The last 18 months of ICOs, and now Token Offerings, is often characterised as the ‘The Wild West’. So reminiscent of the early day of Crowdfunding, which so nearly got ‘regulated away’. How can it be fixed? We are clearly past this turning point with the world of Token Crowdfunding. Not least because so many [...]
Crypto and cybercrime – a marriage made in heaven? September 18, 2018 For years, cybercriminals have been experimenting with new ways to steal and extort money from victims. More recent trends involve the boom in cryptocurrency. Here, Tyler Moffitt, Senior Threat Research Analyst at Webroot, explores the relationship between cybercrime and cryptocurrency. Basic ransomware attacks, where a cybercriminal demands payment in exchange for something they’ve taken from [...]
Crypto and cybercrime – a marriage made in heaven? September 18, 2018 For years, cybercriminals have been experimenting with new ways to steal and extort money from victims. More recent trends involve the boom in cryptocurrency. Here, Tyler Moffitt, Senior Threat Research Analyst at Webroot, explores the relationship between cybercrime and cryptocurrency. Basic ransomware attacks, where a cybercriminal demands payment in exchange for something they’ve taken from [...]
Proof-of-Truth: A New Approach to Communicating and Verifying Knowledge September 11, 2018 The notion of truth has always been a popular target of debate. What exactly constitutes truth? In attempt to answer this question, multiple theories of truth have emerged, such as theories of correspondence and coherence. Correspondence theory, pragmatic in its relation of judgement to reality, in some sense, falls victim to this simple idea that [...]