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…
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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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With 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…
