January 30, 2018
One of the most influential tech conferences of the year will open tomorrow, with world-leading Canadian companies there to interact with investors and the public. This will be the fifth anniversary of the Cantech Investment Conference! There will be many companies whose business models...
January 25, 2018
In less that a week this year's Cantech Investment Conference will open its doors, with loads of innovative companies there to make connections, and share what they do best. The last year has seen a new wave of investment hit the Canadian tech sector. Pretty much any tech industry you can...
January 18, 2018
The last few months have seen a number of new Blockchain based companies pop up. Some are crypto miners, while others, like Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) offer more specialized services for looking at Bitcoin based transactions. Unlike some of the companies in the 'Blockchain'...
January 13, 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off in Davos, Switzerland, before too long, and the meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies is almost certainly going to be a hot topic. 2017 saw some incredible price action in the crypto space, and today, the cryptocurrency market as a whole is valued at well...
January 10, 2018
When HIVE Blockchain hit the TSX-V over the summer, there were some questions surrounding the new business model they were bringing to the market. While Frank Holmes and Genesis Mining were both well respected, the idea of a public crypto mining company was seen by some commentators as being too...
January 9, 2018
It would be hard to argue that the cryptocurrencies haven't taken the investment world by storm. The last year has seen some pretty amazing returns generated by just about any crypto out there, and when it comes to Bitcoin, the rapid appreciation of the world's most valuable crypto has...
January 5, 2018
The crypto space has seen a lot of action over the last couple of months, but since Christmas, the Ripple coin has stormed to the forefront of the crypto world. Sometime over the last few days Ripple's total market value over took Ethereum, which is still rising right along side of Ripple....
December 31, 2017
The TSX-V has long been known for trading in highly speculative stocks, that usually have something do with mining. Today there is a new kind of miner that is finding a solid footing on the TSX-V, and they may represent a new force in the world of finance. Mining cryptocurrencies is a pretty...
December 26, 2017
The last few years have seen many new ideas enter the world of finance. While Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the idea of a digital, stateless currencies have been hot topics, there have been a number of other innovations that have been taking place behind the scenes. One of the most...
December 23, 2017
Many people who are alive today may not remember Betamax, or the conflict between Sony and the rest of the videocassette industry. Not that this has much relevance to life today, as services like Netflix have supplanted pretty much every other form of monetized personal media delivery. But it...
December 22, 2017
James Black, VP of Listings Development at CSE - Canadian Securities Exchange, discusses the importance of promoting a fair playground for raising capital in Canada.
December 18, 2017
Justin Hayek, Investment Advisor and Associate Portfolio Manager at PI Financial Corp, interviews Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc. and Chairman of Hive Blockchain Technologies. Car Ride Confessions follows top CEOs to explore their greatest...
December 18, 2017
The cryptocurrencies stormed the world's mind this year, with breakneck price appreciation that has put Bitcoin's market value (market cap) on par with some of the largest companies in the world. But today's hot could just be a flash in the pan. The real story, according to some,...
December 10, 2017
2017 saw some of the first Blockchain and Bitcoin stocks listed on major exchanges. Canada has become a world leader in helping cutting edge technology companies to access capital in the equity markets, and it looks like 2018 will see a lot more action in this area. According to GMP Capital...