by Andrew Gillick | Jul 12, 2022 | Research and content
The Metaverse is being built on reputation scores and social ranking for access to the ‘decentralized economy’ where people will directly to each other. But before we get there Zuckerberg is bringing us to the Instaverse (Meta’s Metaverse!), in which anyone can...
by Andrew Gillick | Mar 22, 2022 | Research and content
In case you’ve been hiding under a moon rock on some alt-planet in the metaverse for the past year, play-to-earn games are all the rage now. This is e-sports where gamers earn NFTs simply by playing their hobby on phone or laptop, whether shooting asteroids or scoring...
by gkn | May 9, 2021 | Research and content
Covid has accelerated the network effects and dominance of e-commerce giants leaving SMEs with even fewer crumbs to fight over than ever. Many are also caught in a vice of inflation squeezing margins while eroding their cash as well as more middlemen joining the gold...
by gkn | May 9, 2021 | Research and content
Moving operations from traditional banks to Fintech disruptors may improve your margins, efficiency and the ability to hedge FX currency exposure. But businesses also need to prepare for the paradigm shift in money to take advantage of it and engage with new customer...
by gkn | May 9, 2021 | Research and content
Nebulous product descriptions and ridiculous investment returns are creeping from crypto into ‘fintech’ as companies pivot Her linen apron smelling of star anise and cinnamon sticks the merchant at the refillery grocery store apologies to a customer, yet again. She...
by gkn | May 9, 2021 | Research and content
A Ponzi scheme or a new version of Multi-level Marketing, the Herbalife for money? And why the greatest danger is that the crypto pyramid does not collapse, for the future of our business models and the future of money. For full disclosure, I hold small amounts of ETH...
