The luxury wine sector thrives as a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but so is wine counterfeit and fraud, which is not restricted merely to fine wines but entry level bottles as well. During the prestigious OIV World Congress of Vine and Wine 2023 in Cadiz-Jerez, Spain, I was privileged to showcase a piece from my doctoral …
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David Carlisle is Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Elliptic, the Blockchain analytics firm. He is also an Associate at the Royal United Services Institute and worked previously at the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the Treasury Department of the United States. He has appeared on major media outlets such …
Time flies when you are having fun and sometimes it moves so fast, events might overtake you whilst you are scribbling your two cents. Not too long ago I wrote about the challenges of regulating AI and why something must be done. The general thought was (and still is) that balancing the scales of innovation …
Just my luck… A couple of years ago, I was due to give a presentation about blockchain and regulation. It was at the height of the ICO frenzy and blockchain was the solution to every problem there was and would be. Few things were hotter and even though I wasn’t going to talk about the …
Regulating innovation is in most cases a balancing act: act to soon and you might stifle it, at times even smothering it before it can even begin to blossom. Wait too long or do too little and you might find yourself in a situation where your hesitation or negligence may have had severe consequences. The …
The Real Estate industry, a cornerstone of modern society, is an ever-evolving realm that profoundly influences our lives. From the homes we live in to the commercial spaces we work and shop in, Real Estate is the foundation of our built environment. Today I would like to take you on a journey through the dynamic …
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Blogging is dead. Why would anyone care about what some girl or guy somewhere around the world had to write about something when a machine with the authority of the knowledge of the entire Internet could do the same faster, cheaper and better? Well, if you put it that way, it really sounds like the …
Threads has launched to much fanfare, but is it any good? A first impression by a seasoned Twitter user. One In A Million Are you one of the 100 million? What I mean to ask is: Have you tried Threads yet? Following the initial wave and hype that lead sixty million tech aficionados or other …
Martin Schilling is an angel investor, startup builder, and scale-up executive. Having co-created and scaled several companies, including a McKinsey subsidiary as well as the neobank N26, he is now the managing director of the German Start-Up Accelerator TechStars. Together with Thomas Klugkist, he is also the author of The Builder’s Guide to the Tech …
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Much has been written about the FTX scandal, but while this story provides plenty of material for the next Netflix blockbuster, most of the coverage focuses on the immediate events. While they are admittingly very enthralling and packed with suspense, they disregard the bigger questions, in my opinion. Looking deeper into the peculiar case of …
