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How the Coronavirus Impacts the appetite for Cryptocurrency

July 10, 2020

We’ve heard a lot about how the coronavirus has made an impact across the fintech realm, but what about in the crypto space? With an unstable stock market, why weren’t investors fleeing to alternative, blockchain-based assets?

A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Investing

July 7, 2020

The most frequently asked question I get from people with a new interest in crypto and blockchain technology is how to get investment exposure to the asset class. In this article, I’m going to tell you what options are out there, what, from my view, the respective pros and cons of each are, and, most importantly, which way may suit you best based on your investment size, risk profile, tech understanding and the amount of effort you want to put in.

Why the perfect storm is brewing for Bitcoin

May 28, 2020

A pandemic has struck in the form of Covid-19, grinding the global economy to a halt. Politicians are desperately scrambling to enact legislation to protect their constituents as corporate chief executives jockey for the position of being the first constituent in line for their bailout. Unprecedented payments are being made by governments to their citizens to help meet their short-term obligations, and financial markets have utterly collapsed to the tune of extreme volatility, that in crypto, we call Monday.

Safe haven status sees wealthy flock to UK

February 14, 2012

The number of wealthy foreign nationals given UK investor visas since 2008 increased six-fold, led by Russians looking to take advantage of the country’s safe haven status.

“They want an EU passport and the UK is seen as the premier safe haven,” said Yuri Botiuk, a partner at law firm McGrigors, which released the figures.

Last year, Russians accounted for a fifth of those given investor visas, which allow those with at least £1 million (€1.2 million) to invest to stay in the UK for three years.