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Patrick Tan Crypto Expert

Patrick is an innovative entrepreneur and a lawyer passionate about cryptocurrencies and the business world. He is the CEO of Novum Global Technologies, a cryptocurrency quantitative trading firm. He understands the business concerns of founders and business people helping them to utilise the legal framework to structure their companies to take advantage of emerging technologies such as the blockchain in order to reach greater heights. His passion for travel, marketing and brand building has led him across careers and continents. He read law at the National University of Singapore and graduated with Honors in the Upper Division and joined one of Singapore’s top law firms, Allen & Gledhill where he was called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate & Solicitor in 2005. He created Purer Skin, a skincare and inner beauty company which melds the traditional wisdom of ancient Asian ingredients such as Bird's Nest with modern technology. In 2010, his partner and himself successfully raised $589,000 from the National Research Foundation of Singapore under the Prime Minister’s Office. He has played a key role in the growth of Purer Skin from 11 retail points in Singapore to over 755 retail points in Singapore and 2 overseas in less than a year. He taught himself graphic design, coding, website design and video editing to create the Purer Skin brand and finished his training at a leading Digital Media Company.

Bakkt To The Future For Cryptocurrencies

Takatoshi Nakano wiped another bead of sweat from his brow. With a complexion the color of sand and deep creases carved across his forehead, Nakano, the weather-beaten rice farmer on Japan’s Honshu island is hard at work, harvesting rice from his small plot.

Written by: Patrick Tan
05/09/2019
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Nothing Gets Governments Together Quite Like Cryptocurrencies

With concerns growing over the use of cryptocurrencies to facilitate capital flight and money laundering, governments are banding together to share personal user data involving cryptocurrency transactions.

Written by: Patrick Tan
03/09/2019
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Cryptocurrency Startup Funding Is Anything But Trustless

With regulations few and far between, investors hoping to cotton on to the next big cryptocurrency startup are willing to trust almost anything and just about anyone.

Written by: Patrick Tan
28/08/2019
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China’s Cryptocurrency Represents An Entirely Different Worldview

For all the promise of decentralization, China’s central bank is close to launching its own cryptocurrency which will upend the decentralized and pseudonymous ethos upon which Bitcoin was first launched. The shakes are always the worst part of the day, if he could somehow get over the shakes, maybe the rest of the day would be bearable. In the searing summer heat of Hillsboro, Ohio, John Langley, a third-generation dirt farmer wants nothing more than a swig of an ice cold beer or an ale, a stout or a cider to quench his parched lips.

Written by: Patrick Tan
27/08/2019
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Central Bank Currency Devaluation Drives Demand For Cryptocurrency

As central banks devalue their currencies in a tit-for-tat race to the bottom, demand for cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoin as a macro hedge has risen.