A private equity specialist has joined the board of Peterborough-based BGL Group, the company behind comparethemarket.com.
Although cryptocurrency investment comes with as many drawbacks as upsides, it is immensely rewarding when done right. The best cryptocurrencies to invest in 2018 are those with a solid roadmap for the future, whether in upgrades, partnerships, exchange listings or even token distribution. Within this article we discuss 10 of the best to Invest before the end of 2018.
Business advisors Grant Thornton has completed two major private equity deals where social impact was a key factor.
In partnership with the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA), the University of Malta recently signed an agreement to create a blockchain scholarship fund. The EUR 300,000 blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) fund will be available for students who are interested in pursuing studies in courses related to the technology within the coming academic year.
Crypto users could soon be enjoying more hardware choices. Multiple smartphone manufacturers announced plans to integrate blockchain technology into their products in the coming months. Blockchain telecommunications is taking crypto users to the next level with integrated decentralised applications (Dapps) and much more. Get ready for crypto phones.
In the world of accounting audits and financial assurance, only the Big Four matter. Deloitte, EY, PwC, and KPMG are the masters of the universe. The Big Four accounting firms have a firm oligopoly over the provision of tax, accounting, consultancy, and audit services to almost all big companies across the globe.
The rise of Bitcoin and the blockchain industry has been accompanied by criticism, just like any other emerging tech sector. Such criticism was heard during the dawn of the internet, and despite it, the internet is still alive and well today. Industry experts have offered different hot takes on the nature of cryptocurrency in general..
Unless you dedicate your working week to crypto (and even then, new concepts develop at lightning speed), you probably still have a few questions about blockchain. And maybe you feel too dumb to ask them in your circle of knowledgeable peers. Well, there’s no judgment here. We’re all on a learning curve when it comes this new technology.
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding cryptocurrency and blockchain, mostly due to the potential high sums of money that can be made in the industry. Recently, though, a lot of that attention has shifted to the applications of this technology across other industries.
The amount of people who currently partake in cryptocurrency investment every day shows a rise in the blockchain revolution. It has been reported that trading tokens on platforms like Bitcoin and Ethereum add more than 100,000 users each day. Global funding of blockchain-based startups has also increased from $550 million in 2016 to over $1 billion in 2017.
