4 Years Ago

Jonny Fry Posted

4 Years Ago |
A seasoned Investor take on the similarities between crypto and derivatives

 Written by Bryan Coyne is a non-executive Director of Kasei Holdings PLC and a director of emerging markets at  BGC Partners.

The 1983 movie “Trading Places” changed my life. It tells the story of an upper-crust executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) who are the subjects of a bet by successful brokers Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy) That was the day I realised my mundane legal career was going nowhere. I was intrigued by the world of derivative trading and the...


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Jonny Fry Posted

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Alternative Investments and Tokenisation in English and Chinese
Written by Peter Habermacher, CEO, Aaro capital

Alternative Investments and Tokenisation - investing in alternative assets is usually reserved for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. It is also often a slow and paper-intensive process, one that is out of date relative to the new retail investing apps. In this note, we discuss how Blockchain technology can enable a more efficient and accessible process through tokenisation. Tokens are digital representations of assets which are issued and traded within a distributed ledger. They allow for faster and cheaper transactions, greater liquidity and access to a wider...


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Jonny Fry Posted

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Metaverse and self-sovereign identity (SSI): new superpower?

By Alex Tweeddale at cheqd, a technology company enabling individuals and organisations to take full control of their data

The metaverse is a new buzzword that has been ‘doing the rounds’, but what does it actually mean and how is it going to change everyday life? Besides an exciting front side of virtual reality (VR) element that everybody could at least vaguely relate to, there are a lot of other interesting developments, particularly around the digital economy and trusted interactions enabled through digital and self-sovereign identity (SSI). In this blog, we explore the symbiosis...


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NFT in sports: manna from Heaven?

Written by Nicholas Fitzpatrick, partner at DLA Piper 

As the sports world sought to recover from the financial consequences of COVID-19 two themes emerged. First, the paramount need to secure sources of revenue. Second, an urge to accelerate the adoption of technologies which offer new ways of engaging with fans in a way at least partially insulated from the vagaries of global pandemics. And so the news early in the year that the NBA (as it so often is) was a successful earlier adopter of NFT collectibles, and is (in partnership with Dapper Labs) generating significant numbers from...


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