Jarek Sygitowicz, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at London-based Authologic, believes that startups should prioritize understanding problems over pushing products, especially in the UK's fintech sector. This last point about the importance of credibility and trust is echoed by Sygitowicz, a YC-backed founder. For the UK market to succeed, he...
Cryptocurrency investment firm Paradigm has made a move, filing rebuttal in response to Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Discussion Paper 25/1. They are calling on the United Kingdom to embrace decentralized finance (DeFi) in its upcoming regulation of crypto assets. We believe that DeFi has the potential to fully transform how...
Britain’s desire to become a crypto capital. We've heard the rhetoric. So are the FCA’s proposed DeFi regulations a warm welcome or a good plans roadblock? I terrify myself that it’s the latter – in which case the impact would be catastrophic for British innovation. Have we blundered our way...
The expected passage of the DAU Bill, or Data (Use and Access) Bill, will be nothing short of revolutionary for how the UK operates digitally. Together, we stand at the edge of this critical change! This legislation holds enormous potential to change how data is processed, shared and used for...
The UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill (DAU Bill) is about to become law, and it feels like we're sleepwalking into a Philip K. Dick novel. Picture a world in which every one of your online moves is cast in stone. Imagine your purchases and consumer profiles and internet usage—all...
Picture this: you wake up, slip on your VR headset, and step into Neo-London, a bustling metaverse replica of the city. You zip through immigration at Heathrow Meta-Airport with the bat of an eye, your biometric digital ID card verifying your citizenship in an instant. You hit the digital jackpot...
As the shift to digital continues and we seek to improve public services, strong identity verification is critical and even more so for government agencies. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) understands that a good digital identity is foundational. Recognizing this need, they’ve hired Hippo Digital to implement some substantial...
After some setbacks, this big idea has continued to build significant momentum, drawing support from an unusual and politically diverse set of people and political constituencies. This time around, an attempt to establish a similar system a few years ago was met with massive public outcry and ultimately dropped. Advocates...
The UK government is placing all its bets on passkeys, scrapping SMS verification altogether in support of this new, shiny authentication method. They’re claiming better security, reduced costs, and improved user experience. Sounds great, right? Before we pop the champagne, let’s step back and examine what’s really going on. Are...
The UK government’s plan to make passkeys the default method of access to all of its digital services would be great in theory. More safe, more efficient, more convenient – sounds great, right? Not only are they saving millions, they’re patting themselves on the back for possibly saving millions. Before...
The cryptocurrency industry is currently going through a deep paradigm shift. Regulatory clarity is growing, enforcement actions are changing, and institutional interest is increasing. Recent developments across the globe signal a maturing market, with jurisdictions refining their approaches to digital assets and seeking to balance innovation with risk management. Read...
Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...
Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...
The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...
A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...
It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...
Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...
Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...
