05/01/2021
I first came across Bitcoin in 2013, I was working in FX sales at Hermex FX in the City of London and it was after I became responsible for publishing the morning market report, which required I digested the international financial news everyday.
Later that year in the 08:30 morning meeting, in the conference room overlooking Broadgate Circle, I pitched buying 10 coins at roughly £100 each, although admittedly I wasn't looking at it as an investment.
I proclaimed "we can use it as a marketing gimmick, we sell so many currencies... we even sell Bitcoin". Unsurprisingly it was laughed off and we moved on with the meeting.
Years later at IFX in Mayfair I continued to follow Bitcoin while again publishing a daily market report as chief currency strategist and it was here that I really began to understand the potential of this new asset class.
Flash forward to today, Monday 4th January, the first trading day of 2021 and to be starting the first new calendar year, standing in the offices of my own company with Bitcoin on the front page of The Financial Times will be a moment I’ll never forget.
While today will forever be remembered for other reasons, this remains my moment of today.
Happy New Year!