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AJ Palmer is a financial journalist covering mergers and acquisitions, capital markets activity, structured finance, and the evolving intersection of technology and finance. With a background as a foreign exchange strategist and over a decade analysing global markets, Andrew focuses on how transactions are negotiated, structured, and executed across jurisdictions. His work explores advisory strategy, debt and equity financing, institutional capital flows, and the mechanics behind complex cross-border deals. He also writes on digital finance and emerging financial infrastructure, translating technical developments into commercially relevant insight for investors, executives, and advisers. Andrew contributes in-depth features examining transaction dynamics, capital allocation decisions, and the strategic considerations shaping today’s deal environment.

Articles by AJ Palmer

Crypto ETFs Are About to Flood Wall Street — But Will Anyone Care?

24th September 2025
Crypto ETFs Are About to Flood Wall Street — But Will Anyone Care? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) latest ruling on cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds could open the floodgates. With the stroke of a pen, regulators have slashed approval times for new crypto ETFs from nearly a year to just 75 days — and […]
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Get Rich or Get Left Behind: Bitcoin’s Wild New Perps Trade

24th September 2025
Get Rich or Get Left Behind: Bitcoin’s Wild New Perps Trade Cryptocurrency has never been a quiet market, but in 2025 the noise has reached a fever pitch. The latest craze pulling traders into the digital casino isn’t a meme coin or airdrop, but a derivative that blurs the line between sophisticated financial tool and […]
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10 Best Crypto Exchanges and Apps of 2025

24th September 2025
10 Best Crypto Exchanges and Apps of 2025 Cryptocurrency trading has come a long way from its experimental beginnings. What was once the realm of early adopters has now become a mainstream investing category—one that millions of people access through exchanges and mobile apps every day. But with hundreds of platforms vying for attention, how […]
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Crypto and ESG: The Energy Debate

24th September 2025
Crypto and ESG: The Energy Debate A $5 Billion IPO Sparks an Old Question When American Bitcoin — a mining firm backed by Donald Trump’s sons — debuted on the Nasdaq in September 2025 with a $5 billion valuation, the headlines zeroed in on politics and profit. But behind the fanfare lies a deeper issue: […]
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How to Keep Your Crypto Safe: Security, Custody, and Insurance

24th September 2025
How to Keep Your Crypto Safe: Security, Custody, and Insurance By 2025, cryptocurrency is no longer an experiment on the financial fringe. Bitcoin ETFs are drawing billions in inflows, Ethereum’s network is powering decentralized applications that range from lending protocols to tokenized real estate, and central banks are openly debating how their own digital currencies […]
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NFTs After the Hype: Are Digital Assets Still Worth It?

24th September 2025
NFTs After the Hype: Are Digital Assets Still Worth It? At the height of the NFT boom in 2021 and 2022, it felt as though the entire internet was being remade in blockchain’s image. Twitter avatars changed overnight as celebrities from Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber to Snoop Dogg and Madonna spent eye-watering sums on […]
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Crypto Taxes in 2025: What Investors Need to Know

24th September 2025
Crypto Taxes in 2025: What Investors Need to Know The End of the Wild West For years, cryptocurrency investing carried a reputation for being lightly regulated, opaque, and — at least in the eyes of some investors — untouchable by traditional tax authorities. That era is now definitively over. By 2025, governments across the world […]
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The Future of Crypto Regulation: SEC, MiCA, and Global Trends

24th September 2025
The Future of Crypto Regulation: SEC, MiCA, and Global Trends Cryptocurrency has reached a turning point. What began as a decentralized experiment in 2009 has grown into a global financial system with trillions in market capitalization, institutional adoption, and government scrutiny. In 2025, crypto regulation is no longer an abstract debate among policymakers — it […]
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DeFi for Investors: Promise and Pitfalls

24th September 2025
DeFi for Investors: Promise and Pitfalls Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has been hailed as one of the most disruptive forces in the modern financial landscape. In just a few years, it has transformed from an experimental niche within the Ethereum ecosystem to a multi-billion-dollar global market. By mid-2024, more than $70 billion in assets were […]
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Stablecoins 101: How They Work and Why Regulators Care

24th September 2025
Stablecoins 101: How They Work and Why Regulators Care Stablecoins have quietly become a tour de force in the global cryptocurrency market, representing more than two-thirds of all crypto transactions in recent months. Unlike volatile cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, they are pegged to assets like the U.S. dollar, the euro, or even commodities […]
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Ethereum Explained: Smart Contracts, Staking, and the Future of Web3

23rd September 2025
Ethereum Explained: Smart Contracts, Staking, and the Future of Web3 Why Ethereum Matters in 2025 If Bitcoin is digital gold, Ethereum is the engine room of the digital economy. Launched in 2015 by a then-19-year-old Vitalik Buterin and a small group of developers, Ethereum began with a bold idea: what if blockchain could do more […]
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Bitcoin in 2025: Still the King of Crypto?

23rd September 2025
Bitcoin in 2025: Still the King of Crypto? A New Era for Bitcoin In January 2024, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust became one of the fastest-growing ETFs in history, pulling in billions within weeks of launch. By early 2025, Bitcoin had cemented its place not just in retail portfolios, but in the balance sheets of corporations, […]
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