5 Years Ago

Jonny Fry Posted

5 Years Ago |
Inflation outlook and possible investments to consider

2 min video - if inflation takes off how do you protect your investments?

Will Biden ‘throw the kitchen sink’ at America’s economic mess in an effort to get the bad news out of the way now, so that in four years the US economy looks better? As they say, ‘no gain without pain’. Is the party for US equities also over? Cazenove Capital US reports that equities have been in a bull market for over 3,450 days — the longest bull market ever! With interest rates at almost 0%, the Fed has little room to stimulate the...


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The US Government grab 69,000+ Bitcoins worth over $1.2 billion
https://youtu.be/mDBTYatNfds
2 min video as to why is the US are holding so much BTC

Just recently, there has been a $1billion of BTC changing wallets, the first time since the Silk Road was shut down by the FBI in 2013. The US government is reported to have seized approximately 70,000 — $1billion of BTC, confirming they had been generated from the selling of drugs on the Silk Road website, according to court documents. Interestingly, the government had been assisted by a hacker to gain control of the wallet and one wonders how much the hacker...


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Cutting carbon emissions for ships using Blockchains

2 min video as to how Blockchain technology is able to help shipping firms improve their carbon footprint

Source. Reuters/Michel Kooren
The world’s largest container shipping company, MAERSKB.CO, has donated 400 million Danish crowns (£48.6 million) to carry out research in Denmark in order to assess how carbon emissions could be reduced in the shipping industry. Container shipping accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions due to its transportation of over 80% of global goods. The industry has confirmed its objective for container ships to have reduced carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2030.

Historically,...


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Copyright, IP — helping to protect composers, writers, photographers artistic creations

2 min video looking at different ways Blockchain technology is being used to help protect IP.

According to a study carried out in 2019 by the European Union Intellectual Property Office

(EUIPO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

(OECD), Intellectual Property (IP) infringement may account for up to 6.8% of EU imports, or €121 billion of fake goods per annum. Recently, the US Supreme Court refused a re-trial of a long-running legal case where it was claimed that damages could amount to over $58 million regarding the IP one of the most famous...


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ESG — Food sector is using Blockchain technology in a variety of ways

Oxfam claims at least 60 million people face worsening hunger and poverty because of climate change and scientists believe that much of the climate change is due to the impact of too much carbon being released into the atmosphere. Meanwhile, global supply changes chains have become longer and more sophisticated, offering the opportunity to eat almost any type of fruit or vegetable at any of the time of the year. Just look at where your food comes from next time you are in a supermarket! Unfortunately, by not providing food seasonally...


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Visa, Mastercard and now PayPal embracing Bitcoin

2 min video looking at how global payment cards are turning to crypto currencies

Visa and Mastercard have been actively courting crypto currencies for a while enabling companies like Coinbase and Baanx to offer debit cards with digital wallets so that Fiat and Crypto currencies can be held and then spent in the millions of merchants that accept Visa or accept Mastercard. These debit cards enable one to transfer Fiat or crypto currencies globally, quickly and cheaply in a highly secure manner all from your mobile phone.

This year Fold announced it was joining it Visa’s...


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Are US regulators stifling Digital innovation?

2 min video — America have been the tech global leaders but they seem to be slipping behind……

The attraction of doing business in the US is obvious, being the biggest economy globally, and there still exists a very ‘can-do’ attitude. However, if you are running a regulated business or, even worse, you do not think there is the necessity to be regulated but the Americans think you do, then you potentially face the double challenge of both State and Federal laws.

For the last 20 or 30 years, California’s Silicon Valley has, without doubt (largely due to...


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