When cryptocurrencies fell sharply in price last year, many observers seemed to assume there was an industry-wide decline in usage and practical applications.
Nothing could be further from the...
By Tony Sagami On April 8, 201901:04 PM Eastern
"Crypto[currency] is a far better way to transfer value than pieces of paper, that's for sure."
-- Elon Musk
There is no shortage of hoopla surrounding the immigration situation at the...
By Tony Sagami On April 1, 201904:00 PM Eastern
"The use cases that comprise the blockchain opportunity are developing as swiftly as the technologies enabling it."
— IDC, Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide
What’s the...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 27, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Most people seem to think the much-heralded and -derided Mueller report is all about Trump.
But there’s a good chance they’ll be proven wrong: The Attorney General’s four-page letter to Congress...
By Tony Sagami On March 25, 201908:55 AM Eastern
I don’t have a lot of faith in the Wall Street herd. In fact, that mentality is so strong, they can make a herd of sheep look like independent thinkers. How often have you seen the Wall Street...
By Juan M. Villaverde On March 20, 201908:55 AM Eastern
When companies like JPMorgan Chase or Facebook issue “cryptocurrencies,” everyone gets excited.
“Wow! Now crypto is really gonna to take off,” they think.
Maybe, sure. But the tokens they...
By Tony Sagami On March 18, 201908:55 AM Eastern
If you ever have a chance to attend the Summer Olympics … GO!
I went to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and it was an amazing experience. Warning: Tickets to the most popular events — such as...
By Juan M. Villaverde On March 14, 201908:55 AM Eastern
The Big Four central banks of the world — the U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) — are arguably the most powerful institutions of...
By Tony Sagami On March 11, 201908:55 AM Eastern
Our future is going to be filled with robots. No, not “Terminator”-type androids. Rather, industrial ones that perform many of the tasks humans do today.
Robot usage is already taking off. In...
By Juan M. Villaverde On March 6, 201908:55 AM Eastern
Facebook is taking the plunge.
Behind closed doors and under a veil of not-so-secret hush-hush, they’re preparing to launch their own “cryptocurrency.”
No one on the outside seems to know what...
