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Blockchian Tech Lab - here's what you missed

We’ve had lots of questions about what went on, and how people could find out more. So, we’ve put together this fantastic taster video. If you’re a developer (or know someone who is)...

Investee Showcase: The Panel

As part of our Blockchain Week we hosted an investee showcase, to celebrate some of the great companies we have in our portfolio. It was great to see so many current (and future!) investors join us. T...

2 minutes with RSK Labs

Jan Skoyles, Coinsilium Marketing Manager, spoke to Adrian Eidelman of RSK Labs (Rootstock) at our recent Coinsilium Investee Showcase.  With just a couple of minutes to speak to Adrian, Jan asks: ...

2 minutes with Factom

Watch as Jan Skoyles speaks to Peter Kirby, CEO of Factom, following the recent Coinsilium investor evening. During the short chat, Jan asks the following crucial questions: How did Factom join the...

2 minutes with SatoshiPay

Watch as Jan Skoyles speaks to Meinhard Benn, CEO of SatoshiPay following the recent Coinsilium investor evening. During the short chat, Jan asks the following crucial questions: How did SatoshiPay...

2 minutes with Rivetz

Watch as Jan Skoyles speaks to Steven Sprague, CEO of Rivetz following the recent Coinsilium investor evening. During the short chat, Jan asks the following crucial questions: How did Rivetz join t...
10 blockchain facts

Pt 1: 10 Facts to Make You Sound Like You Know About Blockchain

There are a lot of people out there who are what we call Bit-curious...they like the sound of bitcoin and blockchain, heck they are probably following the news everyday but they're not too sure about ...
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There's a shortage ahead

The blockchain skills-gap

In October 2015 the UK charity Go.On UK announced that the UK was below average when it came to digital skills and that over 12 million people and 1 million businesses would not prosper in the digital...
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SatoshiPay has announced its API launch

SatoshiPay: API and 10,000 wallets

Earlier this week we announced the launch of SatoshiPay's API and that they had reached 10,000 user wallets.  Below is the announcement from SatoshiPay, in full: SatoshiPay’s technology...

Women Investing in Blockchain

There are two subjects that are holding many tech buffs' interest at the moment, the first is blockchain and the second is women in technology. Noticing this, we decided that as part of London Technol...
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Meinhard Benn explains how to use the new API

Nanopayments, everywhere on the web!

A few months ago, we at SatoshiPay launched our first public field test, a.k.a. “beta”. We started by releasing a WordPress plugin and got some great feedback from ...

Blockathon 2016: The winning teams and their prizes

Following the success of the Blockathon, we caught up with each team and found out a bit more about what the results of two days of intense coding, looked like and what prizes they won. ...

2016 Blockathon: The results

 
A few weeks ago the first Blockathon at Canary Wharf was hosted by Coinsilium, sponsored by venue hosts SILK Ventures. The Blockathon signalled the end of Coinsilium’s inaugural B...

Panel: Investing in bitcoin and blockchain

Back in April, Coinsilium's Eddy Travia and Jan Skoyles hosted a panel discussion at the London UK Investor Show. With author Dominic Frisby and Magnr CEO Colin Kwan joining them, the questions came t...

Blockchain Tech Lab - success!

In April we were delighted to host the inaugural Blockchain Tech Lab. Developed with the developer skills gap in mind.  ...

Coinsilium 's crowdfunding on Reuters

Yesterday Coinsilium was mentioned in a Reuters article on crowdfunding. ...
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SatoshiPay: ad disrupters

To the delight of online content publishers everywhere, nanopayment processing company SatoshiPay, a Coinsilium investee company, has today released its long-awaited WordPress plugin. Nanopayments st...

SatoshiPay thoughts on closing seed round

This morning we announced we increased our shareholding in SatoshiPay Limited.  Cameron Parry, Executive Chairman, stated, "We are delighted to announce that Coinsilium has completed its acquisi...

Coinsilium Increases SatoshiPay Shareholding

COINSILIUM GROUP LIMITED (“Coinsilium” or the “Company")   Coinsilium Increases SatoshiPay Shareholding to 14.5% Coinsilium Group Limited, the blockchain technology investme...

Listen: Government advised to adopt blockchain

Sir Mark Walport, the British government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, appeared on BBC Radio Four’s Today to programme to discuss his recommendation that the government consider using blockchain tec...

Progressive Research Latest Report on Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology

Progressive Research has released its latest report on bitcoin and blockchain technology. In this release they look at what lies beyond the hype surrounding the technology and what thought-leaders in ...

Factom's Pete Kirby appears on RT

Pete Kirby of Factom, one of the Coinsilium Group portfolio companies, was invited onto the Keiser Report to speak to Max about how the blockchain can be used to ensure honesty and security when stori...

Eddy Travia: Why I chose to float a FinTech business in London

Following the announcement that Coinsilium will IPO this summer, CEO Eddy Travia put his thoughts down in CityAM's forum area on why now is the right time to float and why London was chosen as Coinsil...

BBC Newsnight on Blockchain technology

Recently BBC Newsnight produced a fantastic guide to blockchain technology. Speaking to a range of stakeholders from Barclays, to the FT to Everledger, a the viewer is given a good understanding of th...

Progressive Research: Bitcoin, blockchain and beyond

Progressive Research have released a report looking at the 'exciting technology' behind bitcoin, which they believe shows 'considerable promise.' ...

Why Venture Capitalists Don't Care about the Price of Bitcoin and Neither Should You

Since the digital currency's conception, the main talking point of Bitcoin has been the price. When searching for 'Bitcoin' in Google, 'Bitcoin Price' is the top recommended search. Over at Google New...

The difference between digitised and digital money

Michael Parsons outlines the key differences between money we transact with every day, and the increasingly popular digital money.  ...

Blockchain, a new revolution

The introduction of blockchain technology through its use as a currency, via bitcoin, was arguably the best (unintentional) marketing move in recent years.  ...

Should I invest in bitcoin?

This article is a longer-version of one originally published in the New Statesman, written by Jan Skoyles. Views expressed are not those of Coinsilium and do not constitute investment advice.  ...

Does bitcoin boost trust in mobile payments?

Walker Sands Communications have released a study on the changes in retail payments behaviour. Payments, and how they can disintermediate the financial system is a hot topic at the moment.  ...