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Liam was an Editor in Chief at BTCManager where he reported on all things blockchain and fintech related. Many of his pieces revolve around key players in the sector, analysis of technical features, and regional updates. He is based in Berlin, Germany. He has since gone on to write for other major publications in emerging tech and industries.
The Trump administration has been responsible for the recent wave of economic sanctions placed on several countries. The most notable on this list has been Iran. The two country’s tense history around the accumulation of resources needed for atomic weapons has also added an element of global concern. But as...
The crypto and gaming meme has been a potent one for enthusiasts of both realms. Adding digital scarcity through an amalgam of in-game tokens and blockchain technology appears ripe for online games. This thesis already holds true for the viral collectible sensation CryptoKitties, which at its peak sold a furry...
In an interview with BTCManager, the CEO of the New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC. said that their United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust product is one of the most promising yet. Alongside the rise and fall of the BitWise and VanEck Bitcoin derivative offerings, William Herrmann...
It appears that there is truly no limit as to what individuals will try and tokenize. From real estate, equities, toys, and art, few sectors are untouched by blockchain enthusiasm. In the latest, Satoshi Studio, co-founded by Nicolas Romero, will connect a pair of sneakers to the Ethereum blockchain. The...
In a press release shared with BTCManager, Beaxy Digital LTD, a cryptocurrency exchange, launched their fully-regulated trading platform on June 11, 2019. The exchange boasts quick transaction speeds on 16 different crypto assets and looks to mimic traditional trading products from legacy finance. In partnering with OneMarketData, a data analytics...
Combining security, convenience, and seamless user experience has been one of the major dilemmas in the digital assets space. Since Bitcoin’s inception, a little more than ten years ago, startups all over the world have set out to solve this problem. Along the way, the industry has seen the loss...
While $100,000 CryptoKitties and digital race cars have earned non-fungible tokens (NFTs) a special place in the speculator’s heart, artists and designers are getting excited about the space for much different reasons. The crypto aesthetic, “dankness” as a metric of quality, and multi-media art experiments all paint a much more...
Many in the crypto industry, whether it be financeers or computer science majors, have yet to crack the code of blockchain’s killer app. Will it be tokenized real estate, dismantling large Internet companies, or something in between? At this year’s WeAreDevelopers conference in Berlin, Germany, one of the major themes...
A lot has been going on at Maker over the past few months, and not all of it bullish. In the first, the protocol has experienced a series of stability fee hikes on its collateral lending product that has the community up in arms. After that, the team’s leadership has...
Regulatory arbitrage has been a huge part of the crypto industry since its inception. Whether it be miners moving from China to Canada to escape bans or exchanges opening up shop in Malta, businesses are always on the hunt for the ever-fleeting “Crypto Valley.” In 2019, however, the list of...
The technical infrastructure of the Canadian province has been in place since the turn of the century. And much like several states from its border partner just South, many of these relics of the industry are going to waste. Electricity plants, coal mines, and the like are thus being reimagined...
RIF Labs officially launched their Bitcoin scaling solution at Consensus 2019. The RIF Lumino Network is comparable to the Lightning Network in its scalability potential, but as it’s built on top of the RSK protocol, there are many differences. RIF Labs CEO Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar walked through these differences as...
The blockchain payments platform BitPay has added a new member to help continue growing its business. In a May 7, 2019, press release, the company announced that Glen Braganza, formerly of WorldPay, would join BitPay’s operations as their Chief Financial Officer. Beyond that, Rolf Haag, head of BitPay’s business solutions,...
It’s likely that there won’t be one blockchain to rule them all, and betting on which handful will survive is sure to have a huge bounty for whoever guesses correctly. Thus, establishing a metric instead of blindly throwing money at the top ten projects on CoinMarketCap has in itself become...
One of the major talking points in the crypto space has been bitcoin’s ability to continually dodge government regulations. And while the protocol is resistant to almost all sanctions, the businesses built on top of the technology aren’t. A primary example of this paradox has been the developments in India...
