Gavin Lucas is a writer at CoinGeek specializing in blockchain, digital assets, payments, fintech and emerging technologies. His work examines both the technologies themselves and their wider economic and commercial implications, with particular interests in Bitcoin, stablecoins, digital payments, blockchain scalability, regulation, Web3 and the growing intersection between digital currencies and established industries.

During his time at CoinGeek, Gavin has written extensively about the development of blockchain technology and digital currency markets, covering everything from technical infrastructure and regulation to payments, financial institutions and real-world adoption. His reporting and analysis have followed the evolution of the sector as blockchain moved from an experimental technology into an increasingly important part of global finance and digital infrastructure.

Payments and digital money, including CBDCs, are recurring themes in his work. His CoinGeek writing has explored the evolution of stablecoins, their regulatory environment, the challenges created by fragmented blockchain infrastructure and their potential role in an internet-native economy. His work on the subject includes “Stablecoins hot now: Here’s all the news you need to know,” “The stablecoin Tower of Babel—why fragmentation is fatal,” and “Unraveling how stablecoins power the next Internet economy.” Across the series, he has examined stablecoins from financial, regulatory, technical and payments perspectives.

Gavin has also appeared on the CoinGeek live stream with Kurt Wuckert Jr., discussing blockchain, Bitcoin and developments across the digital currency industry. These conversations can be viewed on CoinGeek’s YouTube channel here and here.

Gavin spent around a decade living in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and visits the region regularly. That experience gave him first-hand exposure to markets where remittances, mobile payments, financial inclusion and cross-border money movement are everyday economic realities. It has informed his interest in how blockchain, stablecoins, micropayments and other digital payment technologies can reduce friction and reshape financial infrastructure in emerging and international markets.

Outside journalism, Gavin has more than a decade of experience in digital publishing, search engine optimization and content strategy. He founded Cobra Media in 2017, working across digital publishing, SEO and content in sectors including blockchain, iGaming and emerging technology. This combination of reporting and hands-on publishing experience has given him a practical perspective on how technologies such as blockchain, digital currencies, micropayments, and cryptographic verification can solve some of the big challenges facing digital entrepreneurs and publishers as AI reshapes the economy.

His experience in iGaming and online publishing also gives him insight into industries where digital currencies, frictionless payments, regulation and consumer technology frequently intersect. He has followed the adoption of new payment technologies across international online markets and writes about the broader implications of blockchain-based financial infrastructure as it moves into mainstream commercial use.

Based in the United Kingdom, Gavin writes for an international audience and has worked across digital media for more than a decade. He can also be found on LinkedIn and X, where he discusses digital publishing, blockchain, digital currency, technology and related industry developments.

Latest Articles by Gavin Lucas

Decentralized? Ethereum and Lightning Network both at the mercy of cloud computing giants
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19 July, 2023

Decentralized? Ethereum and Lightning Network both at the mercy of cloud computing giants

It is a cruel irony that Ethereum and other blockchains had come to rely on large cloud computing firms like...
How the $275M FTX disaster caused Temasek to shun digital currency investments
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19 July, 2023

How the $275M FTX disaster caused Temasek to shun digital currency investments

Readers should let Temasek's $275M loss be a cautionary tale: nothing is as it seems in the 'crypto' industry, as...
UK bill designed to keep children safe online should cover metaverse
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18 July, 2023

UK bill designed to keep children safe online should cover metaverse

U.K. spokesman for the digital economy Timothy Clement-Jones argues that failing to include environments such as the metaverse in the...
How will Ordinals affect Bitcoin?
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17 July, 2023

How will Ordinals affect Bitcoin?

In this podcast, Joshua Henslee goes in-depth on the impact of Ordinals on Bitcoin, the value of costs, and why...
CoinGeek Weekly Livestream: IPv6 and blockchain with Ralph Wallace
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14 July, 2023

CoinGeek Weekly Livestream: IPv6 and blockchain with Ralph Wallace

In this CoinGeek Weekly Livestream episode, Kurt Wuckert Jr. and Ralph Wallace had a fascinating conversation about the benefits of...
UK update: CBDCs, tokenized bank deposits, and self-sovereign identity systems in play
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14 July, 2023

UK update: CBDCs, tokenized bank deposits, and self-sovereign identity systems in play

In the past week, the U.K. has been moving quickly with innovations related to digital currencies, blockchains, and financial innovation...