A crypto winter has befallen us and it’s unlike any other we have seen. On 18 June 2022, history of a different kind was made when for the first time ever in Bitcoin (BTC)’s 12 years trading history, the price of the flagship cryptocurrency fell below its previous cycle’s all-time-high…

Financial investment markets are arguably the most heavily regulated sectors as regulators strive to warrant investor protection and enhance market integrity. No financial investment market worth its salt is immune to bouts of volatility which threaten to cause instability. …

The rise of technology has transformed our modern lifestyle whereby our wants and needs could be met through a few taps on a smartphone equipped with internet connectivity. …

Blockchain which is the underlying technology of cryptocurrency has often been described as being trustless in nature. This can be gleaned from Bitcoin’s whitepaper which envisioned the flagship cryptocurrency as the bedrock of “an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to…

The genesis of cryptocurrency can be traced back to the release of Bitcoin’s whitepaper in October 2008 but it was not until July 2013 when the concept of crypto crowdfunding came to life through the undertaking of the first initial coin offering (ICO) by Mastercoin which managed to raise 31,000…

In 2015, a young Singaporean dabbled into the crypto market by trying his hands in crypto trading. After making some profits, he was wondering about what he can do to put these profits to good use. That’s when he had an eureka moment as it dawned on him that he…

Since the crypto market hit its record USD3 trillion market capitalization back in November 2021, so many things have happened that the interval between then and now seems like an eternity. As we embark on the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, the capitalization of the crypto market is hovering somewhere…

Albert Einstein once famously said, “for every action, there is a reaction” and this sums up the principle of causality which governs our world. Although we may lack the comprehension to understand the precise causes and effects underlying the causal relationships which underlie the comings and goings of this world…

Geopolitical risks are an ever present factor in the commercial sphere so much so that their materialization are generally provided for in contractual documents through force majeure clauses which allows parties to a contract to be released from their contractual obligations in the event the materialization of these risks results…