Crypto

BISQ smashes records as demand for financial privacy soars

The decentralised peer-to-peer exchange saw its highest volumes ever in 2024-2025, driven by Monero traders and Brazilian PIX users.

MoneroTalk Podcast - Keeping Bitcoin's Cypherpunk Dream Alive

Discussion with Doug from MoneroTalk about the Forbes Monero article, crypto adoption in Cuba, privacy coins, and the future of digital cash.

Is 2024 the year Bitcoin obituaries died?

Every year commentators prophesise that bitcoin has died. This year no longer.

How Stripe And Stablecoins Are Rewiring Remote Work

An analysis of how cryptocurrency infrastructure is transforming global labour markets, examining the convergence of grassroots adoption and institutional implementation in reshaping international payments

Crypto Banks Under Fire? Regulatory Crackdowns And Opportunities

An examination of the evolving regulatory landscape for digital asset banks, exploring the tension between institutional oversight and financial innovation in the post-FTX era

Stablecoin Volumes Reach $450 Billion Monthly While Bitcoin Rises

An examination of cryptocurrency's evolution from radical financial experiment to mainstream economic force, exploring the tensions between institutional adoption and cypherpunk principles

Decentralised Bitcoin trading platform BISQ has hit record highs.

Will we see a return of peer to peer trading?

A quick view at P2P trading volumes on BISQ

Crypto newbies seem to forget that the original way to buy bitcoin was through peer-to-peer trading on sites like LocalBitcoins. Yet despite the high profile recent failures of centralised exchanges, P2P fiat on-and-offramps have also faced significant issues.

Crypto Critics Corner - An Argument for Tether in Cuba

A podcast appearance with Cas Piancey & Bennett Tomlin.

Arise TV - Cross Border Payments

My first appearance on Nigerian television, talking about FinTechs & cross-border payments.