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Paul Quickenden

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“Not my keys, not my crypto?” Maybe it’s time for an upgrade?

There was a time when being into crypto was akin to living dangerously. You’d scribble your recovery phrase on a napkin, stash it in a drawer and pray you didn’t spill your coffee on it. If you were a little more sophisticated, you’d use a hardware wallet or air-gapped device. Reddit was your ‘financial adviser’ and every second conversation bega

20 October 2025 /security /crypto

AI agents meet stablecoins…when money gets interesting!

Imagine waking up and… Your alarm goes off at 6am. By the time your feet hit the floor, an AI agent has scanned your smart fridge, noticed you’re low on your favourite milk and already placed a grocery order that will be delivered by 8am. On your way to work, your agent has rebalanced your monthly budget after a spending ‘blowout’ at a restauran

01 October 2025 /ai /crypto

Crypto: From grey zone to growth zone

The world is entering its ‘crypto era’. The headlines say it, the wallets prove it and the inflow in capital is speeding up (hello spot Bitcoin ETFs). Yet adoption hasn’t even hit full stride yet. Look at Australia for example: crypto adoption hovers around the 20% mark and dived 3% due to concerns around crypto regulation (41%). Ceilings like

17 September 2025 /regulation /crypto

“Is this the top?” Keeping a calm brain amidst the noise

Every time Bitcoin summits a new high price, the collective room does the same dance: whoops, screenshots, a victory lap… and then a very long inhale. The chorus follows on cue: “Is this the top?”; “Am I too late?” and “Should I sell?” Peaks are often exhilarating not only because of what they promise, but because of what they threaten - the next...

08 September 2025 /crypto /markets

From locked-out to let in: tokenisation’s promise for everyday investors

Young people in particular have increasingly been told the same story over the past five years with escalating insistence: property is out of reach, the ladder is being pulled up and ownership is a dream slipping further away. But what if there was a mechanism that could flip that script entirely on its head? Earlier this year in Dubai, a tokenise...

18 August 2025 /regulation /inclusion

How to invest like you’re uber rich (even if you’re not!)

Let’s be honest - ‘Invest like the uber rich’ sounds like classic headliner clickbait. But here’s the thing… in a tokenised world, that headline is actually starting to hold up because the old barriers to high-value, long-horizon investing are crumbling fast and blockchain is the earthquake shaking the establishment's foundations. There’s always

31 July 2025 /inclusion /crypto

Could Bitcoin finally be ‘mooning’?

Let’s be real… if you told a crypto fan six months ago that Bitcoin would go through its halving (which usually kicks off a major price run), get the green light on those shiny new ETFs (so big investors can pile in easily), and STILL be moving sideways in price, they’d probably look at you like you’d just downed three craft beers before midday. B...

15 July 2025 /crypto /markets

Stablecoins, smart contracts and the rise of more intelligent cash

Fintechs already have the talent, the ingenuity and after a decade of challenger success with innovations like Wise’s borderless accounts, Stripe’s one-click checkout and Revolut’s multi-currency wallets - the credibility to reshape finance on a global stage. Those breakthroughs gave consumers faster payments and slicker front-ends; but let’s call...

30 June 2025 /payments /crypto

Bitcoin breaks the rules - but that might just be the point

Let’s talk about price. Or more specifically, let’s talk about how Bitcoin defies the neat rule we try to impose on financial markets. While Wall Street was catching its breath this May with equities softening under the weight of interest rate uncertainty and macro drag (including the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and the Dow Jones losing ground) Bitcoin ca...

03 June 2025 /inclusion /crypto

Are stablecoins the new superstars of crypto?

Let me tell you a story… Fifteen years ago, a guy bought two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin. At the time, Bitcoin was only worth a few cents and crypto was still regarded as an experiment. Today, those pizzas are worth over US$1 billion. The story has become folklore in industry (touted as ‘Bitcoin pizza day’) and a symbol of just how volatile and unpr...

21 May 2025 /inclusion /crypto