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Graeme Moore

Graeme Moore

Graeme Moore is the Head of Tokenization at the Polymesh Association, a not-for-profit dedicated to the growth of the Polymesh blockchain ecosystem. He is also the author of B is for Bitcoin, the first ever ABC book about Bitcoin. Prior to Polymesh, Graeme was the first employee at Polymath; the creative director at Spartan Race; and an associate at Canada’s largest independent investment advisory firm.

Stories by Graeme Moore

  • Image: Shutterstock

    How On-Chain Attestations Unlock Blockchain’s Most Valuable Use Cases

    While normalized in the Web2 world, identity verification isn’t a reality on Web3—yet. With world regulators from the European Union to South Korea passing virtual asset legislation this year, on-chain know your customer has become a regulatory inevitability. Known in the financial industry as KYC, know your customer verifies that an individual is a valid human, and that they are who they say they are. For blockchain—often blighted by bots—this trust in a real-life human offers important protect...

    NewsOpinion
    6 min read
    Graeme Moore
  • Société Générale headquarters in Paris, France. Image: Shutterstock

    Blockchain Fixes This (No, Really)

    On Tuesday, March 28th, French authorities raided the Paris offices of five major banks—including HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Société Générale—in relation to an ongoing fraud and money laundering investigation where authorities are reportedly looking to collect at least €1 billion. The investigation centers on dividend payments; asset custody; centralized, opaque record-keeping systems; and tax avoidance strategies. When a dividend is paid to a shareholder, the shareholder must pay the associated tax...

    NewsOpinion
    3 min read
    Graeme Moore