Tag: blockchain

Cryptocurrency
Trent Barnes

Decentralized Finance – An Overview

Imagine a world where you can loan money, access credit markets, trade both financial and non-financial assets, margin trade or even invest in a managed fund, all without financial institutions acting as intermediaries. Instantly and globally. How? Through Decentralised Finance.

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Podcast
Chris MacIntosh

World Out Of Whack: India Stack and Bitcoin (An Insider’s View)

Before the good stuff… the fun stuff. Here’s a fan mail I received in response to this. I guess he/she never made it as far as this part: “Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against EVs, and I’m all for technological innovation.” Though, in all fairness, it may be the

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Banking
Chris MacIntosh

The Coming Financial Disruption

Get ready for an entirely new structure whereby every value component of a business is tied to an outcome via smart contracts, and, instead of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” as that lunatic Marx wanted, we will have “from each according to his contribution”

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Fourth Industrial Revolution and Disruptive Technologies
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

A Massive Shift Is Underway!

I was abruptly awoken yesterday by a “PMS day.” A Richter-like force, brimming under the surface, evidenced by the stomping, grumbling, and frustration that accompanies this phenomenon. As a husband, I’m grateful for the warning signs; I can hide prepare accordingly. It’s not hard to see change when it’s upon

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Zombie Apocalypse
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Blockchain In a Zombie Apocalypse

With a strong focus on investing in game changing trends, whether in private or public markets, it’s not surprising that the technology underpinning the Bitcoin digital currency has been more interesting to us than a gaggle of suntanned string bikinis. I wrote about the technology recently, first here and then again here, and

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Money Burning
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Is This How the Dollar Gets Replaced?

I’m sitting here at my desk, laptop open, 7 browser tabs open, a half dozen documents open, emails popping in every few minutes, Skype messages coming in, and bunch of PDF reports open for review. A smartphone collects calls and texts coming in, and next to this is a Kindle

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blockchain
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

You Can’t Seriously Expect Your Banker to Tell You About This

Years ago I had the misfortune of sitting adjacent a colleague who was a pretentious moron. We were both young and of no real importance at the investment bank which had hired us. This particular guy became so entranced with the absurd things that rich people with more money than

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