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The wild ride of cryptocurrencies

by Neil Sarkhel | Jul 15, 2020 | Technology

ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 15TH 2018 I spent Christmas in Northern California this year and met up with friends whilst in San Francisco. Given that I was in the world’s tech hub, it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to Bitcoin (amongst many other...

The price of not knowing the value of Bitcoin

by Diego Zuluaga | Apr 17, 2018 | The Analyst

Some time ago, I confessed to CapX readers my unease about pricing cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. I wasn’t alone in my hesitation: New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran has voiced scepticism that assets with no cash flows can be valued, in the...

The bloodbath in bitcoin has only just begun

by Matein Khalid | Sep 20, 2017 | The Macro View

Jamie Dimon, the unanointed king of Wall Street and chief executive of New York banking colossus JP Morgan did not mince his words. He called bitcoin “a fraud”, a speculative bubble comparable to the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century and declared he would fire any...

Democratising real estate via blockchain: the example of FundPlaces

by Kok Keong Tan | Jul 6, 2017 | Technology

Kok Keong Tan is the co-founder of FundPlaces, an alternative investment platform for real estate. I embarked on a different type of real estate journey three years ago, setting out to change how people invest in real estate. My team and I saw how our daily lives have...

Proptech: the future of real estate?

by Andrew Baum | May 12, 2017 | The Professor

2017 seems to mark a turning point. Proptech has been building such mass and momentum that it will change the world. Will we soon be able to buy a house with the click of a button? My report PropTech 3.0: the future of real estate, published by Saïd Business School,...