Paul de Havilland

Paul de Havilland
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Paul de Havilland is a fan of disruptive technologies. He's an active VC investor in promising startups and has experience covering both traditional and emerging asset classes. He also writes on politics and the development sector. His real passion, though, is violin and opera.
  • MicroStrategy Outperforms Nasdaq Composite After $175 Million Bitcoin Purchase

    Business

    MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) stocks rose over nine percent as their CEO revealed the company had purchased another $175 million in Bitcoin. The investment makes up part of the firm’s strategy...

  • The “Airbnb of Databases” ‌Expands‌ ‌Its‌ ‌Reach, Enters ‌the‌ ‌Polkadot...

    Business

    ‌Decentralized‌ ‌data‌ ‌network‌‌ ‌‌Bluzelle‌‌ ‌is‌ ‌working‌ ‌with‌ the‌ ‌Web3‌ ‌Foundation‌ ‌(W3F)‌ ‌to‌ ‌provide‌ ‌services‌ ‌to‌ ‌the‌ emerging ‌Polkadot‌ ‌ecosystem.‌ ‌ Bluzelle to Bring Web 3.0 Capabilities to Polkadot The Web3‌...

  • India’s Bitcoin Revival May Be Short-Lived as Government Mulls New Ban

    Business

    The Indian government is planning to ban cryptocurrency trading in the country, according to new reporting. If passed through parliament, a new ban would impact almost two million active crypto...

  • Ampleforth, Balancer Launch Rebasing “Smart Pool” to Prevent Impermanent Loss

    Business

    Ampleforth, the protocol behind the elastic supply token, AMPL, announced today the launch of a rebasing “Smart Pool” in collaboration with Balancer Labs. The initiative will help reduce costly impermanent...

  • Bitfinex Leads Investment in Lightning Network Bitcoin Exchange

    Business

    LN Markets, the first Bitcoin derivatives exchange built on top of the Lightning Network, has raised pre-seed funding round to drive the project forward in collaboration with Bitfinex. Lightning Network’s...

  • DeFi Lending Project Teller Finance Taps Chainlink for Unsecured Loans Product

    Technology

    DeFi lending project Teller Finance has announced its upcoming integration with Chainlink. The oracle provider will provide Teller with three cryptocurrency price feeds via its Price Reference Data oracle networks....

  • FTX Crypto Exchange Buys Popular Blockfolio App for $150 Million

    Business

    FTX has acquired Blockfolio for $150 million, according to a conversation between Crypto Briefing and CEOs Edward Moncada and Sam Bankman-Fried. The deal will likely see the fast-growing exchange add...

  • What Bitcoin Holders Should Expect from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s Speech This Week

    Business

    Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, is expected to announce measures to drive up inflation at Thursday’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Powell Set to Continue Fed’s Easy Money...