Peter Horne
I have worked for over 30 years in product and technology development in the financial services industry, and have worked in Australia, the USA, and Hong Kong. I have held senior positions at large financial services and banking firms, and was CEO of a listed Australian company.
In 2009 I decided to leave corporate life to follow my true passion, which is working on complex computer software and the development of financial and cryptocurrency systems. I also advise and publish on strategy and cybersecurity, and in 2015 I was credited by the New York Times for discovering the Lenovo Superfish Spyware. I am now based in Australia and focus on family office ventures.
I hold a B.Sc. (Hons) from the 
University of New South Wales.
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The Cryptocore Forms Communities
An essay looking at tech privacy and the crypto movement.
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2023 Crypto Review
A wry look back for clients on all things crypto in 2023.
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Prepare for Change
Data showing the intergenerational change the financial services industry faces over the next five years. While the data is from Australia, the theme is global.
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Cryptocurrency Meets OFAC in 2022
The idea that crypto is a wild land of no regulations is reading from an old and wrong script. The focus here is on how the U.S. is addressing these problems through the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
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DeFi: The Financial Fabric of the Metaverse
A look through the claims of Decentralized Finance to separate the hyperbole from the true innovations — concluding that DeFi is the financial system of the metaverse, but not a replacement of, nor an asset in, the traditional financial system.
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Few People Know…
Few people will know that I have been programming computers since I was 13 years old.
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The Ukraine Crisis Puts the Focus on Crypto
Virtual currencies and DeFi are important enough in capital flows to be taken seriously — and controlled.
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Micro and Macroprudential Implications of Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies — arriving into reality as fast as they leave it.
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Integrated Crypto; And Why That's Good for Investors
A perspective on the history and processes of these unconventional assets, showing that their integration into conventional investment and oversight processes makes many highlighted dark-market risks less relevant to investors.
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Researcher Discovers Superfish Spyware Installed on Lenovo PCs
Lenovo was shipping PCs with spyware that tracks customers' every move online, and renders the computers vulnerable to hackers.