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Juan M. Villaverde On
June 15, 201807:55 AM Eastern“Who needs Bitcoin?” say most people. “My credit card works just fine, thank you.”
“What problems do cryptocurrencies actually solve?” complain many so-called experts. “It seems like a solution...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
June 13, 201807:55 AM EasternBlockchain is the new buzzword CEOs and policymakers use to inject energy into their otherwise-boring press releases. And some of them are very serious about it …
Fortune 500 companies like IBM,...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
June 11, 201808:55 AM EasternWhile the EOS community continues to work on finalizing its MainNet release, we have some serious questions about its centralization that remain unanswered.
EOS is a still great project. It...
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Tony Sagami On
June 11, 201807:55 AM Eastern“It took about 10 years from when the World Wide Web [started]
… to when my mother started hearing about email.”
— Joseph Lubin, Ethereum founder
Do the wild, unpredictable price swings of...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. and
Juan M. Villaverde On
June 6, 201808:55 AM EasternWith the June 12 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un just a few days away, a critical unanswered question is: Will rogue states be able to launch...
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Tony Sagami On
June 4, 201808:55 AM EasternUnfortunately, there are a lot of smart people in the world who would rather cheat or steal than work for a living. But fortunately, the ability to nip that in the bud is one of the root benefits...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
June 1, 201808:55 AM EasternExactly nine years ago today, Europe was tumbling into chaos.
The Greek economy was collapsing, as nationwide strikes turned violent.
In Hungary, the spokesman for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
May 30, 201808:55 AM EasternVenezuela has launched the Petro.
Russia and Iran also want to start working on their own cryptocurrency projects.
Soon, other Third World countries could be jumping into the act as well.
...
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Tony Sagami On
May 28, 201808:55 AM EasternCare to guess how many cryptocurrencies there are?
If you include non-native tokens (typically dubbed “ICOs”), there are over 1,600 in existence worth around $370 billion in market cap.
And,...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. and
Juan M. Villaverde On
May 25, 201808:55 AM EasternIf you haven’t heard the news, you probably will very soon: The U.S. Justice Department is collaborating with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch a probe into the Bitcoin...
