Jonny Fry / James Tylee of Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain on Cyber.FM 5th November 2021

James Tylee from CyberFM

Jonny Fry is joined by James Tylee to discuss this weeks Digital Bytes newsletter featuring special guest: Christopher Luck, Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

We discuss:

Mastercard set to make access to cryptos easier - Mastercard will make it possible for the millions of merchants and 20,000+ financial institutions which use and accept Mastercard to use cryptocurrencies. This is more evidence of how the payment platforms are embracing change and digital asset adoption, all the while creating the infrastructure to enable CBDCs to be used globally.

How long before we see a Facebook digital currency? - Facebook has been looking to issue a digital currency for over three years. As its CEO, Zuckerberg, extols the potential of NFTs, AR, VR and of the evolving on-line metaverse, are we to see Facebook’s plans finally come to fruition now that it is rebranding its holding company to Meta?

House prices rise, as do inflationary pressures: is Blockchain technology set to impact real estate? - there is growing evidence that inflation rates are rising, together with the price of houses also increasing in many parts of the world. The use of Blockchain technology, and in particular tokenisation of property, has been widely touted as the next ‘big thing’ to impact the real estate market; yet there have been only a few successful examples to date.

FoMo and greed: two powerful drivers of crypto adoption - there is nothing like seeing the price of an asset appreciating quickly to grab the attention and so spark the ‘Fear of Missing Out’ or the emotion of greed to galvanise investors to act. Whilst there have been some spectacular gains in the price of cryptos, traditional equity and bond markets have also significantly risen. Is now the time for caution?

Tokenisation of Funds: we know where we are going, but how and at what speed? - the funds sector represents a significant opportunity for the use of digital technology and tokenisation. There is, however, much to consider from technology to legal and regulatory themes. A recent CMS series of webinars with industry speakers and participants looked at these and how the topic is evolving across different countries at different speeds.

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