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Tony Sagami On
October 8, 201807:55 AM Eastern“Blockchain is rewiring commerce and rewiring business, from the back office to the front office.”
— Scott Likens, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Cryptocurrencies have gotten clobbered so far in...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. and
Juan M. Villaverde On
October 3, 201807:55 AM EasternWhat will it take for blockchain, more broadly called Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), to go mainstream and change the world as we know it today?
In the first part of this series, we...
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Tony Sagami On
October 1, 201807:55 AM EasternBitcoins — and other cryptocurrencies — are “mined” when computers solve a complex mathematical puzzle.
So, every time a Bitcoin is bought or sold, a computer must solve one of these complicated...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
September 26, 201807:55 AM EasternToday’s banking system is an opaque web of intermediaries and third parties that stand between you and your money.
Moreover, as I’ll demonstrate in just a moment, they’re gutting the income on...
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Tony Sagami On
September 24, 201807:55 AM EasternWho are you going to believe when it comes to blockchain technology? Some know-it-all industry observer like me, OR a collection of the chief information officers who run the largest companies in...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. and
Juan M. Villaverde On
September 21, 201807:55 AM EasternOn January 24, 2018, the first Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings were released. Bitcoin got a C+ (“fair”). And many in the crypto community fiercely denounced the grade as overly punishing.
Charles...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
September 19, 201807:55 AM EasternLast week, I demonstrated how highly successful distributed applications (killer dApps) will be the driving force behind mass adoption of cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology.
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Tony Sagami On
September 17, 201807:55 AM Eastern“Everyone is talking about blockchain, and no one wants to be left behind.”
— PwC 2018 Global Blockchain Survey
2018 has been a tough year for cryptocurrency investors. Losses range from as...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. and
Juan M. Villaverde On
September 14, 201807:55 AM EasternWith Bitcoin again testing its lows of 2018, crypto critics are reverting to their same old mantra. “Cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value,” they say. “Their market price will fall to zero,”...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
September 12, 201807:55 AM Eastern“You’ve gotta start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.”
— Steve Jobs, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, 1997
The key to mass adoption of...
