Two years ago I [Daniel Masters] was gripped by the promise of bitcoin the currency and bitcoin the protocol. Blockchain, an immutable, synchronised, global, time-stamped ledger offered the prospect of many exciting use cases and bitcoin was, and still is, the most obvious one. At that time I saw three major risks on the horizon: […]

 HSBC has severed ties with the firm behind the world’s first regulated Bitcoin investment fund. Jersey-based hedge fund Global Advisors (GA) claims the bank was worried about “money laundering risk”. GA’s Daniel Masters told the BBC that the development threatens well publicised plans to make Jersey a global centre for digital currencies. HSBC would not […]