Sean Kiernan, CEO, Greengage, talked recently with Rebecca Park who leads the financial services practice at Global Counsel, a political and regulatory risk consultancy that works with businesses to help them understand the political environment, current challenges that may impact their businesses and crucially, how they can have a better…

In our last blog, we discussed traditional financial services providers’ increasing interest in exploring the potential of new metaverse environments to deliver products and services to existing and new target markets. Greengage is already a pioneer in digital innovation. We are building a robust digital platform to deliver merchant banking…

Leading US institution Morgan Stanley has estimated that global spend on the core metaverse technologies — virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — will exceed $73 billion by 2024 (up from $12 billion in 2020). These numbers are hard to ignore. The concept of metaverses — virtual worlds and…

Sean Kiernan, CEO of Greengage, recently talked to Teana Baker-Taylor, VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy (UK and EU) at Circle, to discuss Decentralised Finance (DeFi), Centralised Finance (CeFi) and Traditional Finance (TradFi), and the roles each plays in the financial ecosystem. Specifically, they discussed how regulation might influence the pace…

Greengage was delighted to have the opportunity to speak to Keith Bear, Fellow, Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge University, about its world-class research, and continuing collaboration with business and thought leaders in global financial markets, around the development of AI, blockchain and other technology innovations. Widely acknowledged as a pioneer…

Greengage CEO Sean Kiernan talks to UK MP Lisa Cameron (SNP), chair of the Crypto and Digital Assets APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group). Education “One of my reasons for getting involved in the APPG was being contacted by a constituent who had been scammed by an alleged crypto firm and…

In October 2022, Greengage CEO Sean Kiernan spoke to prominent digital technology advocate and parliamentarian, Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE, about championing the cause of blockchain for the public good. As Lord Holmes observes, much has changed in the relatively short space of time since the publication of his 2017…

UK Crypto Litigation: Then and Now The UK Law Commission (LC) has been very busy in the crypto, as well as the wider digital assets space, for over four years (which is like dog years in such a nascent and rapidly evolving industry). With all of the above case law…

SMEs and start-up entrepreneurs in many ways represent the “squeezed middle”. They are typically hit hardest in times of crisis — be it Covid, inflation or rocketing energy costs. But these two groups are also likely to be more digitally savvy and adaptable and, as such, represent a significant force…