Singapore

25 Sep 2024

I just got back to London after spending a little over a week in Singapore. Although I’d visited once almost 20 years ago when I was a child, I didn’t remember much, so this trip felt like my first time there. It’s a city that has left...

Europe: at the heart of crypto

03 Sep 2024

Most major waves in information technology have been centred in the U.S. Breakthroughs in the internet, cloud computing, mobile, and AI, along with the influential companies that emerged from these developments, largely originated there. Crypto breaks that pattern. Entrepreneurial activity is not as concentrated in the US but is...

DeFi is real business

14 Aug 2024

DeFi is evolving from a set of financial toys into a sustainable financial system. In an industry like crypto, where new and shiny narratives tend to get prioritised over existing ones, this evolution can go unnoticed. However, in my opinion, it’s one of the most important and perhaps underrated...

Moderation and open social

20 Jun 2024

Content moderation remains one of the biggest challenges facing social media platforms today. Currently, decisions about what content is permitted and shown to individual users are made by the platforms themselves. These decisions are then enforced by closed source algorithms that shape the user experience on platforms like Twitter, Facebook,...

Ancelotti, Jackson and startup investing

07 Jun 2024

Carlo Ancelotti led Real Madrid to their latest Champions League victory this past weekend. It's his fifth title in the competition, the highest tally for any coach. What's striking about Ancelotti is the calm and collected figure he cuts on the touchline. He rarely gets involved...