6 Years Ago

Jonny Fry

6 Years Ago |
China gears up to launch a Digital Currency



• Chinese manufacturing accounts for 28% of the world 10% more than USA
• China is looking to dominate the digital landscape now according to McKinsey it is one of the top three VC investors in VR, Autonomous vehicles, Drones, 3D Printing and AI
• Mobile payments are 11 times the value of USA and these figures from McKinsey where back in 2017
• The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China has said Blockchain will cloud computing, (AI) and (IoT) will underpin how China manage information in the future
• China accounts for 40%...

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Jonny Fry

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Are there lessons from history that give Blockchain technology a place in today’s world


2 min video https://youtu.be/IBscJbfuE-A



Did you realise that in the 17th Century Europeans had healthcards/ID cards, and the word quarantine comes from Latin and Italians for 40 and was used during the “Black Death” in 1347 to 1350 when 1/3 of European population was wiped out?

The Medici dynasty in today’s money alleged to be worth $129 billion having made its fortune from banking and trading and was responsible arguably in creating Florence to be the epicentre of renaissance

In the winter of 1629 the Plague had been found Villfranche...

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Jonny Fry

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Global shipping and the role of Blockchains

The International Chamber of Shipping, based in London, estimates that the global shipping industry which is responsible for moving approximately 90% of goods around the world, generates $half a trillion of turnover p.a. There is a fleet of 50,000+ merchant ships registered in over 150 jurisdictions and crewed by 1 million sailors. It is, without doubt, an industry that we all rely on for the goods we purchase but pay little attention to on a day to day basis.

However, one set of statistics that many fund managers do monitor, as it gives an indication...

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Jonny Fry

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Video Bytes

Given the increased demand for visual and audio content videos, these are posted each working day on LinkedIn. Based on feedback from our readers, we include some of the more popular videos each week linked to the number of views the videos received.

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A quick canter through the history books looking at how European royalty and the aristocracy financed pirates, and how this 500-year precedent may offer the basis for a new better regulated form of ICO. How hordes of gold in Spanish galleons from South America ‘kicked on’ inflation in the 16th Century, and why the US$ is due...

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Jonny Fry

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How an technology help SMEs raise capital

Public Capital Markets Evolution for SME’s

Despite the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) to the global economy, 2008’s global financial crisis forced a contraction in traditional sources of finance for SME’s,

including Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) capital markets. Questionably, this contraction has not yet been fully addressed. It certainly created new financing avenues for SME’s largely using technology, such as Peer2Peer (P2P) lending, crowdfunding and digitisation offerings in the form of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Tokens (STOs). At the same time the role of traditional public capital markets as a source of funds for SME’s...

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