Undoubtedly, blockchain is still hunting for its ‘killer app’, its perfect use-case that can send it on its way to being a usable and functional tool that lives up to the latent potential. Many think that finance, and being a digital form of currency, is that killer app, but the rise in adoption there has stuttered, as it bashes against barriers like regulators and institutionalised ways of doing things.
Blue Star Capital (LON:BLU) is an investing company with a focus on new technologies. Blue Star’s investments include a 31.1% holding in SatoshiPay, a nanopayment software and blockchain company; a 2% shareholding in Disruptive Tech Limited, an investing company with five investments; and a 1% investment in Sthaler, an early stage identity and payments technology business which enables a consumer to identify themselves and pay using just their finger at retail points of sale.