Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal who is bankrolling the San Francisco-based Seasteading Institute, appears to be accelerating plans for the world’s first floating nation, which now is slated for…
Thomas Ressler
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During the second full week of December, the revolutionary cryptocurrency Bitcoin spent perhaps a day or so at a higher market valuation than even the tulip mania of the 17th…
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Many well-intentioned souls interested in improving the lives of their fellow man ask: What causes poverty? The answer: Just being born. A newborn child arrives in this world with nothing.…
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Those who believe in true laissez-faire are met with incredulity from skeptics, critics, and naysayers when they confront them with the assertion that consumers and investors can be properly protected…
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A new report from Deloitte details how agile regulatory technology – RegTech – can help companies better understand and manage their risks. “RegTech” refers to using new technologies in the…
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In the Bitcoin generation comes the story of someone who missed out on a massive bull run and could no longer go on. On the Bitcoin subreddit, one man recently…
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Regulators on Both Sides of the Pond Looking More Closely at Cryptocurrency Offerings
December 13, 2017With cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin blowing through the roof and blockchain technology captivating the public and private sectors alike, regulators in the US and in Europe are closely eyeballing what are…
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It might be a little easier for providers of telephone services to block some of those annoying robocalls after the US Federal Communications Commission announced new restrictions. “In this Report…
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IBM Watson Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are partnering to investigate how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can benefit the healthcare field. This follows up…
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According to the folks at MADnetwork, a distributed ad technology ecosystem designed to minimize the role of intermediaries and return lost value to advertisers and publishers, blockchain technology can revolutionize…
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Bitcoin valuations leapt higher to start the month of December when the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates the American futures market, gave its blessing to the cryptocurrency. The…
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The United States still lags a number of other developed nations in economic freedom, according to a new report from the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute in Canada, and more…