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Joe Luc Barnes

Joe Luc Barnes is a London-based writer and journalist with a specialism in the former Soviet Union. He has previously written for The Financial Times and The Sunday Times, London. He holds a Masters in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Oxford, and has been a crypto convert since February 2020.

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  • Market Analysis

    Crypto and Formula One’s honeymoon is over, can Web3 save a rocky marriage?

    The third installment of Forkast’s ‘Crypto in Sport’ series comes from Singapore, which this week plays host to Formula One’s Singapore Grand Prix. Crypto companies poured hundreds of millions of sponsorship money into F1 at the height of the bull market, but might a prolonged crypto winter pull the plug on this marriage of convenience? Or can diversification and real world use cases help breathe new life into the relationship? Welcome to crypto’s very own drive to survive.

    Joe Luc Barnes

  • Bitcoin News

    Real Bedford — Bitcoin, football and the bear market

    In the first installment of Forkast’s ‘Crypto in Sport’ series, we visit the U.K. and the homeground of Real Bedford — the world’s first Bitcoin-funded football team. Can the team’s rock-n-roll rebrand under Bitcoin evangelist Peter McCormack propel the team up the English football pyramid? Or will the crypto winter put a freeze on its progress?

    Joe Luc Barnes