There's a few "theories" about Polymarket’s 5-minute BTC windows. If you want to know what’s actually going on, look at the data. We’ve added live + historic prediction market data to LO:TECH Data across Polymarket, Kalshi and Opinion.

One week ago today we had over 100 London builders together for pints and karaoke at The Local WMC meet up. After all the doomerist nonsense you see on the timeline, this is what the London scene actually looks like… and it is as vibrant as ever.

In 5 years, will Nasdaq look like Coinbase? Tokenised US stocks, 24/7 trading, instant settlement. Nasdaq and Kraken hint that the future of finance might already be on-chain...

andy any regulars in search of a local?

Bonjour. Remember how fun this was last summer? Well we're doing it again in a fortnight with our good friends at Veris Ventures and Stake Capital Group. Once again, the food will be excellent, the rosé will be chilled, the guest list will be curated, the view will be spectacular and

One week today, the LO:TECH team will be gracing a rather nice rooftop in Cannes, It's great to be co-hosting with Stake Capital Group again, and this year it's a pleasure to also joined by the team at Veris Ventures. EthCC - Ethereum Community Conference felt like a huge success in Cannes last year. We're looking

“I was waking 2–3 times a night just to pay gas…” itamar joined us in the pub last week with Tim Meggs to discuss the future of on-chain banking, mainstream Stablecoins and how Ready tackles traditional banking friction. Full episode drops tomorrow. 🔔 Turn on

Can you actually live on stablecoins? It's a reality for many users of Ready. Great to have itamar join Tim Meggs in the Local pub to talk all things self-custody, crypto cards, and why banks still make it so hard for people to move and use their own money. Links below:

Great to have itamar from Ready join us in the office pub last week. This one is a good listen!

The best week in Cannes with the blocmates. lads, can’t wait to share what they’re cooking up. Pure cinema

Having a bank account is something most people take for granted. But what happens when you get turned away for being into crypto or an OF creator? itamar talks about how Ready is creating the Protonmail of finance.

This time last week, the LO:TECH team joined forces with @stakecapital and Veris Ventures for a special rooftop edition of The LOCAL W.M.C.. For those queuing downstairs who couldn't get up before we hit capacity, this is what you missed out on:

What happens when you get the local lads and the blocmates. boys together in a french chateau, ply them with booze and stick some cameras and microphones in front of them? Follow along to find out more, full episode coming next week.

Thanks to Astrid Doerner of Handelsblatt for the thoughtful piece, and for joining Tim Meggs and the team in Cannes. Good to see the shift we're building for being covered properly: blockchain is becoming part of the underlying rails of finance. handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerk…

This one spiraled in the best way possible. One of the most fun pods we've done in a while

What if crypto was only ever meant for one thing? blocmates. and The LOCAL W.M.C. discuss...

ads are a ubiquitous part of the internet experience, but have you ever delved into the ecosystem behind them? We're joined in the pub by Ben Putley of Alkimi to discuss adtech, and an openclaw setup named after the arsenal set piece coach. Links below as always

Is Crypto getting more TradFi or is TradFi getting more Crypto? alex, Grant and The LOCAL W.M.C. discuss who's shitting it the most...

Arsenal may bottle the league, but if they do end up winning it, it'll have a lot to do with their set-piece coach Nicolas Jover. Turns out he's also pretty handy at running a Monte Carlo analysis too. Ben Putley explains how he's putting him to work at Alkimi

Another productive conversation about AI, ended, as they all do, with Greggs. alex Grant