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Beyond the hype: Charting blockchain applications in the real world – Part 2

Why crypto cards are revolutionising payments

Why institutional investors are ready to shake up crypto markets

Oct 31, 2018
5 min

Why institutional investors are ready to shake up crypto markets

With cryptocurrencies having seemingly broken out of their protracted range-bound cycle, the speculation on how these markets will mature continues to build, particularly with regards to institutional investor participation. While some argue that the original intent of the decentralised, blockchain-based cryptocurrencies runs diametrically opposed to the world of stocks, bonds, and other financial assets under the centralised control of the large banks, others opine that part

Stablecoins: crypto stalemate or currencies of the future?

Jul 31, 2018
8 min

Stablecoins: crypto stalemate or currencies of the future?

Throughout history, there has been an inherent need for peoples and cultures to have a means to store value and exchange goods and services. The first currencies that moved beyond barter systems were primarily in the form of receipts representing commodities stored in central or communal locations, such as grain silos in the temples of ancient Egypt. With the spread of humans around the globe, new forms of currency were developed. These took one of two forms – items that rep

Bitcoin: what can the crash of 2014 tell us about the 2018 bear market?

May 30, 2018
8 min

Bitcoin: what can the crash of 2014 tell us about the 2018 bear market?

Cryptocurrencies have been on somewhat of a rollercoaster ride since December’s huge sell-off sent prices of bitcoin and major altcoins tumbling between 60-80% by February, followed by a sharp rally in the opposite direction before settling into a trading range between $7,000 - $10,000. When the bull turned to bear, it sucked much of the momentum and interest out of what many still consider to be a hype-driven market, and for a moment, it appeared the cryptocurrencies had bee

Crypto crash: end of the beginning, or beginning of the end?

Feb 12, 2018
5 min

Crypto crash: end of the beginning, or beginning of the end?

Barely six weeks into 2018 and already it seems that heightened market volatility could well make it the year of the big one. While still a ways from crash territory, the sell-offs seen in the Dow and S&P500 in the first week of February–both plunging some 10% from their January highs–may well prove to be harbingers of market conditions to come, as the growing inflationary pressures raise the odds of more central bank monetary tightening. However, in the event of any major co

Why it may not be long before Bitcoin is short

Oct 2, 2017
5 min

Why it may not be long before Bitcoin is short

With stories of soaring stock markets becoming the new norm and analysts continuing to fall over themselves to predict the bursting of the debt market bubble, one could be forgiven for thinking that 2017 has merely been more of the same ol,' same ol' in the world of financial markets. But that would be wrong. Enter bitcoin, the biggest and most widely-known of an ever growing army of cryptocurrencies, and elephant in the room of investment houses the world over. Quietly appe