DeFi and the End of Banks: Top 10 Trends 2021 – No.4

This fourth trend in the Top 10 is DeFi – Decentralized Finance and the End of Banks. Roger James Hamilton is joined by Chad Pope from Cashbox where he shares how he build a multi-million dollar company in 24 months by giving retail investors access to the same banking instruments that were only available to institutional investors in the past. These Top 10 Trends 2021 are from the Impact Investor Summit held in May 2021 with 20,000 investors joining from around the world. I’m posting the 10 trends over 10 days on YouTube. This is Trend No.4.

Roger James Hamilton (born August 7, 1968, in Hong Kong) is a Singapore-based author, educator, futurist, social entrepreneur, and New York Times Bestselling Author of the Millionaire Master Plan. He is the founder and CEO of Genius Group, a global entrepreneur education company. He is also best known as “Asia’s leading wealth consultant” is He is the founder of Entrepreneurs Institute and the creator of the Wealth Dynamics, Talent Dynamics & Genius Test Profiling Systems, used by over 250,000 entrepreneurs to follow their flow.

Roger James Hamilton Career Track Record:

• In 1989, at age 21, Hamilton co-founded Footprints, a publishing company in London. The company pioneered pictorial maps in England and grew to 42 cities before being sold to a national printing company in 1994.
• In 1995, Hamilton joined the two senior principals of Dell Inc to develop Hand Technologies, selling Apple, Microsoft, and HP Technology Services through a community network. Hand was one of the pioneers in early internet sales communities.
• In 1997, Hamilton launched Free Market Media in Singapore, and secured funding from venture capital firm 3i PLC. This was followed by Expat Living magazine, which has become the leading magazine for the expatriate community in Singapore.
• In 2002, Hamilton wrote the book Wink And Grow Rich, which became an international bestseller. He co-founded XL Group to serve and connect social entrepreneurs.
• In 2009, XL Nation was established as one of the top international non-profit organizations of social entrepreneurs.
• In 2014, Hamilton focused on Wealth Lighthouse, supporting the growth of XL Nation.
• In 2015, GeniusU.com – An Edtech platform focused on entrepreneur education.
• In 2017, Entrepreneur Resorts Limited, a group of Entrepreneur Resorts and Beach Clubs around the world went public on the Merj Seychelles Stock Exchange.
• In 2019, Hamilton launched Genius Group as a Singapore public company, as a global entrepreneur education group, and acquired Entrepreneurs Institute, which included Wealth Dynamics and Talent Dynamics.
• In 2020, Genius Group made over $80 million in acquisitions of entrepreneur education companies, including Entrepreneur Resorts, Education Angels, E-Square Education, and Property Investors Network.