Clear Junction, who were the payment processor for Binance’s Faster Payments, announced on 12th July 2021 that they would no longer be facilitating payments related to Binance. One month later and there is still no direct method to withdraw GBP from Binance to your bank account as a UK customer. Fortunately there are…
Category: Explainer
Who Governs Britain?
This article was originally posted here. There is an obvious and simple answer to the question: the UK has regular general elections; at each election, a party led by a proposed prime minister is elected; the new Prime Minister selects his cabinet; they govern the country on behalf of the electorate. But in…
What Is A Smart Contract?
Traditional contracts In order to understand what smart contracts are and how they can be used, we should first define what a traditional contract is. A contract can be broadly defined as a promise or performance given in exchange for a promise or performance. Traditionally this involves an offeror making a specific offer…
Ethereum 2.0: Everything you need to know
What is Ethereum 2.0? Ethereum 2.0 refers to a set of upgrades to the Ethereum blockchain that will make it more scalable, more secure and more sustainable. Currently the network is secured using a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism in which miners compete to solve complex mathematical equations using computational power to secure new…
Which Crypto Wallet Is Right For You?
‘Not your keys, not your coins’ is an expression often used in the crypto space and for good reason. A private key is a part of a wallet that is used to spend the funds held within it. Therefore, if you don’t hold the private key to the wallet that stores your funds,…
Chatter #168 – Malcolm James On The Glorification Of Plunder And How We Misunderstand Tax
Malcolm James is the Head of Department of the Accounting, Economics and Finance Department at Cardiff Metropolitan University and has lectured widely on the subject of taxation on both professional and undergraduate courses. He has also lectured for the Chartered Institute of Taxation and written a number of articles for their journal Tax…
