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Academia Revolts Against Copyright with help from Bitcoin-Fueled Alternative
By Justin O' Connell, Scientists in multiple nations might be forced to turn to piracy in order to maintain their research in 2017, and...
A New Hyper-Local Bitcoin-Based Market Service | Drop Zone By Jamie Redman, There have been many attempts to create a working...
Why Volume Is Exploding at Mexican Bitcoin Exchange Bitso
By Justin O' Connell, The peso has steadily declined in the past three years and today sits at twenty-to-one to the dollar amid a period...
US Government Escalates Push for Post-Quantum Cryptography
By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Federal agencies of the US government are expanding their calls for quantum computing resistant encryption methods....
Bitcoin Price Tops $1,000 in First Day of 2017 Trading
By Pete Rizzo, The price of bitcoin inched upward over the course of trading today, passing $1,000 for the first time on CoinDesk Bitcoin...
Electric Powered Cars with Astounding Results
2017 is going to be a FAST YEAR Electrifying competition between Tesla and Faraday -
Econ 101 Outlook for 2017
BY ALASDAIR MACLEOD We exit 2016 on a tide of investor optimism. At long last, there will be a businessman in charge of the US economy in...
Top Ten Reasons why fiat currency is superior to gold (or silver) money
HUMOR In the spirit of the NEW YEAR and hope for a more prosperous 2017 I thought our readers might appreciate a little new year humor. So...
Bitcoin’s Inverse Relationship to the US Dollar Is Breaking Down
By Justin O' Connell, Despite the dollar’s 2016 gains and year-end rate hike, Bitcoin still outpaced the global reserve currency in 2016...
Ethereum Review The State of Developer in 2016
By Raine Revere, Revere is a developer and teacher with over 15 years of coding experience, and a leading voice in the developing field of...
A Slow Awakening: 2016 in US Blockchain Policy
By Frederick Reese, At the PYMNTS' Innovation Project 2013 conference, former US vice president Al Gore made waves by speaking out in...
‘The Bitcoin Oracle’ Price Prediction for 2017 – Bitcoin may go to $3000
By Michael Krieger, One of the things I try to do here at Liberty Blitzkrieg is identify and comment upon major macro trends before they...
Next Cash-Like Bitcoin USB Stick
By Justin O' Connell, When Opendime made its ‘bitcoin stick’ with multi-signature Bitcoin wallet provider Coinkite, it called it a...
Meet Tumblebit: The Unlinkable Payment Hub By Jamie Redman, There are lots of development projects in the bitcoin space. One of them may...
Crypto Security in 2016: A Tale of Two Weaknesses
By Bill Shihara Shihara is the CEO and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex, and a former security engineer at Amazon, Blackberry...
Hyperledger Adds 8 More Members to End 2016
By Michael del Castillo, Open-source, business blockchain consortium Hyperledger has announced that eight new members have joined its...
Big Question: Who Pays for the Blockchain?
By Wayne Vaughan, Vaughan is the CEO of Tierion, a proof engine that lets you prove the integrity of any data, file, or business...
From Power Currency to Power Money
By David H. Smith, On a Tuesday evening in early November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had been elected 2 years earlier on...
One of These 5 Hyperinflating Economies Could Adopt Bitcoin in 2017
By Kevin Helms, Fourteen countries have inflation levels above 18 percent right now, 10 of which are rising at press time. Bitcoin prices...
Bitcoin is Tapping Into the Laws of Nature
By Mike White Although it is on the cutting edge of technology bitcoin might be more closely aligned with nature than we think. This...
IRS Asks Court to Reject Protest Filing From Coinbase Customer
By Michael del Castillo. The IRS has asked a district court in California to dismiss a filing by a Coinbase customer that might prevent it...
Watch Tesla Autopilot Predict a Crash Seconds Before it Happens
BY MATTHEW HUMPHRIES, One of the unique features of owning a Tesla vehicle is the inclusion of Autopilot: an advanced driver assist...
The Inflationary Implications of the Trump Economy
By Stefan Gleason, Something is brewing in the economy. Since the election of Donald Trump, interest rates have spiked, copper prices have...
Bitcoin up Over 400% in Venezuela Over the Past Week
By Joseph Young, The economy of Venezuela has been shred apart by a financial crisis resulted from the local government’s decision to...
Geopolitical Turmoil Spurs Bitcoin Investments Worldwide
By Jamie Redman, As many economists predicted, the Italian constitutional referendum of 2016 shook the country’s banking system to the...
4 Reasons 2017 Will Be Blockchain’s Banner Year
By Peter Loop Loop is associate vice president and principal technology architect at Infosys, a next-generation IT services provider. I...
Trusted Hardware Can Help Bitcoin Scale, But At What Cost?
By Alyssa Hertig As 2016 comes to a close, bitcoin development remains at a crossroads. Take the long-anticipated scaling solution,...
Can Blockchain Stop Online News Distortion?
By Bailey Reutzel "The shitpost is mightier than the thinkpiece." That's a quote a friend says he saw in the news once, though I can't...
‘Blessing and a Curse’: The DAO’s Developers on Blockchain in 2016
By Christoph Jentzsch Jentzsch is the founder of Slock.it, the ethereum smart contracts company that this year developed The DAO, the...
Bitfury Receives $43 Million offer to buy 50,000 Bitcoins – Firmly Declines
By Joseph Young, Major bitcoin mining and blockchain technology firm Bitfury reportedly received bids from various investors and assets...
India’s Demonetization Debacle Highlights the Dangers of Monetary Monopoly
By Michael Krieger As longtime readers know, I believe we are at the beginning stages of what will be historical paradigm level change...
World’s First Cryptocurrency Fund Listed on Exchange
By Richard Kastelein The UK Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) has become home to the world’s first listed regulated...
Electoral College AS A DAO Makes More Sense than a Central Bank
JITLA GOLD The Electoral College vote is normally a little more than a ceremonial event that makes the results of the election official,...
A Stealth Implosion of Global Markets Has Begun, Appears Unstoppable
By Steve St. Angelo The world doesn’t realize it yet, but the implosion of the global markets has started and can’t be stopped. While the...
The Crypto Show Discusses Bitcoin Radio
By Jamie Redman, The bitcoin industry has created a growing economy of businesses, miners, artists, writers and radio broadcasts. One...
Enigma Blockchain – Enabling Autonomous Control Of Personal Data
By Richard Kastelein, MIT grad student Guy Zyskind and Blockchain entrepreneur Oz Nathan, with assistance from MIT Professor Alex...
Dubai Invests US$33m In Pilot Projects Including Blockchain
By Richard Kastelein, Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) announced a $33.5M US deal between government entities and their first round of...
IC3 Publishes Blockchain Utilization of Intel Software Enhanced Protection
By Richard Kastelein, The Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3), a consortium based in NYC of leading academics and industry...
Attacks on Data Privacy Will Continue into the New Year
By Jamie Redman, The U.S. federal government is making substantial advances towards accessing encrypted smartphone data. If authorities...
Yuan Heading for Big Drop – Bitcoin Becomes A Safety Net
By Kevin Helms, Analysts have warned that China’s capital outflows are accelerating while the yuan is depreciating sharply. They predict...
Litecoin Faces a (Soft) Fork in the Road with Segwit
By Justin O' Connell, Litecoin is implementing Segwit, and that could lead to increased interest in the alternative cryptocurrency once...
Bitwage Expands to India Enabling BTC Wages for Workers
By Jamie Redman, Bitwage is now operating in India offering to improve international wage distribution with cryptocurrency. Now millions...
Get Paid in Bitcoin to Play Android Game
By Jérémie Guélat, Arcade games saw a paradigm shift with the introduction of the smartphone. Many smartphone games were huge successes...
Bitcoin Price Surge Continues, Passes $900 to Hit New 3-Year High
Bitcoin prices have shot past $900, the latest move in a week of dramatic market increases. The digital currency’s price peaked at...
Why 2017 Will Take Blockchain in South Korea to New Heights
By Ryan Uhr, Uhr is CEO and founder of Coinplug, a South Korea-based bitcoin services company. It's often outside the major US and...
Collaboration To Drive Blockchain’s Success in 2017
By Richard Collin Collin leads the software engineering team in Thomson Reuters' Applied Innovation group. He oversees the development and...
What 2016 Taught Us About Smart Contracts
By Jeffrey Billingham, Billingham is a vice president in Markit’s Processing division, and also leads the company's Chain Gang, focusing...
Ledger Publishes First Volume of Peer-Reviewed Blockchain Research
Michael del Castillo, The inaugural issue of academic journal Ledger has been published. The issue includes 10 peer-reviewed papers...
Venture Capitalists Back ChronoBank Blockchain Crowdfunding
By Richard Kastelein, Blockchain HR startup ChronoBank’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which opened only hours ago (December 15, 2016) has...
Royal Canadian Mint Goes Blockchain – via Goldmoney and Cryptocurrency By Richard Kastelein, Canadian Blockchain startup...
French Bank Completes First Real-Time Blockchain Payment
By Richard Kastelein, Paris-based French Bank BNP Paribas, the third largest bank in the world and the 18th largest corporation with...
Corporate Patents on Blockchain Could Create Legal Problems for Startups
By Richard Kastelein, Over the past few months, some of the world’s largest financial companies including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America...
Rebranding From Dao to JITLA
First, we want to thank each and every one of you, our early adopters of our premier subscription to Dao Daily News and Dao.Gold...
Bill Gates Among Rich Individuals Backing $1 Billion Energy Fund
by Ashlee Vance The goal is to pump money into risky, long-term energy technology that could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
Bitcoin Cross Boarder Transactions Slowed to a Crawl
By Corin Faife, There was a time when cross-border remittance was expected to be bitcoin’s killer app. It was a simple equation: the...
Bitcoin Continues To Surprise
By Jamie Redman, It was like yesterday when it happened — the bitcoin price shot up and broke the spot price of gold. Jumping in the air,...
Crypto Mkt’s Report: Augur, Maidsafe Remarkable, but Mooncoin Awe-Inspiring
By Kofi Akosah, The cryptocurrency markets today evoked mixed feelings with four of the top ten falling in value. However, all in all, it...
Interview: Impact of Demonetization on Ordinary Indians
By Kofi Akosah, India’s ongoing demonetization process has created chaos and inconvenience for many Indians, especially the country’s...
Bitcoin Prognosticator: If We Hit 800, We’ll Go Straight to 900
By Justin O' Connell, Vinny Lingham, who appears on South Africa’s version of the popular television show Shark Tank, has made a bold...
Time is Money as Alternative Banking Moves to the Blockchain By Bailey Reutzel, A new project is seeking to adapt the adage 'time is...
The State of Global Blockchain Consortia
By William Mougayar - author of "The Business Blockchain" and a board advisor to, and investor in, various blockchain projects and...
Andreessen in hot water for messages he sent Zuckerberg
by Katie Roof, Facebook’s board was sued earlier this year, with investors alleging that their interests were notadequately represented...
Permissionless Bitcoin Creates Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders
By Kei K, Ex-offenders often face tremendous social and financial challenges after their incarceration. However, bitcoin can offer...
CFTC Rules May Be More Blockchain-Friendly Under Trump
By Kevin Helms, The current chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Timothy Massad, will likely step down early...
Following Demonetization India Is Changing Its Outlook On Bitcoin
By Joseph Young, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization of 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes has thrown India’s economy and...
Bitcoin Wallet Cards Are Here
By Jamie Redman, The Bitcoin-based hardware and software manufacturer General Bytes has developed an NFC bitcoin wallet that hopes to...
Smart Contracts Set Off ‘Alarm Bells’, Says a US Regulator
By Michael del Castillo, Two members of prominent US regulatory bodies took to the stage earlier this week to talk about the difficulties...
‘Sovereign’ Blockchains Will Change Monetary Policy
By Stan Higgins, A new research paper published by South Africa’s FirstRand Bank explores the world of central banks and...
Why Smart Contracts Will Need ‘Smart Term Sheets’ to Match
By Ted Mlynar and Ira Schaefer - partners in the Intellectual Property practice at Hogan Lovells in New York City. They advise on...
Startup Gets $10 Million To Invest in Blockchain Token Trading
By Pete Rizzo, A startup that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised a $10m fund backed by Andreessen Horowitz...
The Botnet ‘Mirai’ Broke the Internet – Isn’t Going Away
By LILY HAY NEWMAN It's going to take years to move past Mirai, the botnet that's causing havoc online. WHEN THE BOTNET named Mirai first...
Google Makes So Much Money it Never Had to worry But Now?
Now It seems like Google Boys are bored Google Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline — Until Now Alphabet’s CFO Ruth Porat wants...
UK FCA Spread Betting Rules Changing Affect Bitcoin
By Kevin Helms, The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed stricter rules for Contract for Difference (CFD) products which...
Circle’s New Bitcoin-Powered Smart Contract Platform ‘Spark’
By Pete Rizzo, If you needed another sign that we're living in a multi-blockchain world, Circle's latest product reveal might have been...
Ethereum Looks Ahead – After Blockchain Repairs
By Alyssa Hertig, Ethereum's developers are shifting focus. Following efforts to make the blockchain-based distributed application network...
Why Put Bitcoin + 5000 MLM Distributors in 600B Remittance Industry?
By Kei K, Hong Kong-based Bitspark Limited, a bitcoin remittance company, has announced a new partnership with Malaysian Vitaxel Group....
Federal Reserve Report Says Private Ledgers Better Than Open
By Jamie Redman, The U.S. Federal Reserve is showing strong interest in attributes of distributed ledger technology (DLT). The private...
Google’s DeepMind Healthcare A.I. Will Use Blockchain
By Jamie Redman, The British Artificial Intelligence (AI) company DeepMind Technologies, a subsidiary of Google, recently revealed it will...
Chain Reveals ‘Ivy’ Smart Contract Language
By Michael del Castillo, The 'Wild West' of smart contracts is about to get a little wilder. Following the first-ever public demo of...
Circle’s Shift Away From Bitcoin
By Stan Higgins, You could say there was a certain feeling that went beyond the news. On the surface, Circle's decision to stop offering...
Bitcoin Price Could Triple in 2017, Saxo Bank Prediction
By Stan Higgins, Saxo Bank wouldn't be surprised if the bitcoin price saw big gains next year. The Danish investment bank recently...
Legal Tax Dodges
Americans Are Paying Apple Millions to Shelter Overseas Profits by Andrea Wong Over the years, Apple Inc. has become the poster child for...
SAP Goes Africa Blockchain With 2017 Conference
By William Suberg, International tech firm SAP is set to increase its Blockchain commitment as the main sponsor of the 2017 Blockchain...
Why Bitcoin Privacy is Understated
By Joseph Young, On a London Real Academy interview hosted by founder and host Brian Rose, security expert and digital currency expert...
New Developments in Quantum Computing Impact Bitcoin
By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Quantum computing might be closer than we thought, thanks to a series of newly developed scientific methods....
Chinese P2P Lending Platform Joins Hyperledger Project
By Jamie Redman, The Linux-led Hyperledger Project recently announced a partnership with Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) platform Dianrong.com....
Theft In Progress Hackers Got $300k From a Blockchain VC So Far
by Pete Rizzo A notable blockchain industry investor was hacked today, the latest target in a string of apparent social engineering...
First Real Private Blockchain – A Huge Step Forward
By George Samman, a blockchain and cryptocurrency consultant and advisor who recently co-authored a seminal report on blockchain...
Donald Trump’s Transition is a Trial Run for Smart Contracts
By Michael del Castillo, When Republican President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States next...
OCC Could Give Cryptocurrency Exchanges Special Bank Status
By Michael del Castillo, The office of the US Treasury in charge of currency policy has revealed plans to grant special-purpose bank...