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st May 2021 3:00 pm
The first time I heard the word “Bitcoin” was in 2016, after I asked a classmate from my Chinese course the slightly intrusive question “What do you do for a living?”.
He replied he was buying and selling “Bitcoins”, an answer I found puzzling, as I had absolutely no idea about cryptocurrencies. After further explanation, I understood it was a digital currency, the value of which is constantly fluctuating, but you cannot use it to purchase goods or services.
I have always been a sceptical person, and so quite naturally deemed Bitcoin as highly suspicious. It really sounded like a scam to me; it could not be that easy to earn money.
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th May 2021 9:02 am
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A challenger’s ambitions
There are deals taking place all over the advice market of late with ambitious upstarts taking on established players.
One to watch is platform Hubwise that has just announced a tie up with fintech Moneyinfo.
The management at Hubwise have big plans and this new development underscores the intention to meet growth targets.
The deal also shows the fierce competition among platforms and fintechs to show advisers their digital infrastructure is cutting edge.