Last week I bought some cryptocurrency. Not enough to break the bank, but enough of a step to make me feel empowered, which apparently, is the point of crypto.

When I lived in Dubai in 2009, Bitcoin had just been unveiled and was seen as a novelty and used by online retailers to promote whatever they were selling. It was also being given out for free, which with hindsight sounds...

Paypal and Visa are the latest fintechs to allow cryptocurrencies for day-to-day transactions - and a Bristol-based startup leading the way for digital currencies in the southwest, hopes this will be the catalyst for blockchain technology becoming mainstream.

Derek Rodriguez, CEO of Gridlock, which will store cryptocurrency for owners says: “It's a promising step in the right...