Having reached its highest ever price, Bitcoin is currently in greater demand than it has ever been. Unfortunately along with that demand has come enormous criminal attention.     This criminal interest has only been heightened by the fact

The first quarter of 2017 has seen a rapid rise in Bitcoin-related crime.  It is a rise that undoubtedly has much to do with the fact this was the period that saw the cryptocurrency being incorporated within then hitting an

As the popularity of blockchain technology grows so, leading industry figures warn, does the associated threat of blockchain fraud . Andreas Antonopoulos, a leading blogger and spokesman on all things blockchain, recently warned that, as blockchain is arguably just a

In  last week’s blog  we looked at what an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is and explored some of the risks associated with investing in a new venture via an ICO.   This week we wanted to balance that viewpoint by looking at

You may have noticed increasing coverage of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO ) in the press recently.  You may not, however, be totally clear what an ICO is. The easiest way to explain it is that it’s a type of crowdfunding that has grown out