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Why Blockchain needs Women
I’d like to start this article with the punchline. I feel it’s much more important to tell you the why of the title without you having to wait for the end of the joke. And it goes like this: If the Lehman Brothers had been the Lehman Sisters then we might not have had the 2008 ...read more
New columnist - CryptoKimm, aka Alex Kim
Web 3.0 speculates a future of a decentralized internet that runs on the blockchain fueled entirely by token-economics. Even if you may have never heard of this term before, at one point or another, the word has probably shown up on LinkedIn profiles, NFT and cryptocurrency ...read more
Thinking of Investing in Cryptocurrency? Read This First
by guest columnist Luke Fitzpatrick There’s no way to ignore the rise of cryptocurrency. Around the world, more and more people are jumping on the crypto bandwagon, investing in this newfangled form of digital currency. As of June 2021, around one in six Australians owns crypto, ...read more
Why Bitcoin Matters to Millennials
by guest columnist Mark Helfman I had conceived of this article as a Ted talk. Maybe one day, if I’m lucky. For now, I’m publishing it here. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about for a while and I feel compelled to put it out there. Somebody needs to say it—why not me? ...read more
DeFi Has Modelled Incentivization Based on the Best — Bitcoin
by guest columnist Justin Roberti DeFi continues to garner the attention of retail and institutional investors with incentivized participation, one of the keys to Bitcoin’s continued success. Unlike most of us in 2020, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been having a very good ...read more
Stop Procrastinating: Time to Learn About Bitcoin
by GUEST COLUMNIST Justin Roberti A plain-talk explanation of crypto for people who just want to get it over with Ever since I started representing blockchain startups 3 years ago, I have had many opportunities to explain what crypto is and why it’s not completely a scam — mainly ...read more
Your Criticism of Bitcoin is Valid—and Irrelevant
By Guest Columnist Mark Helfman Ponzi, fraud, and rat poison squared Those are three terms you may have heard people use when talking about bitcoin. If you’re in that camp, you have good company. Pretty much everybody hates bitcoin. Guess what? Bitcoin will succeed anyway. Yes, ...read more
Canadians Should be Buying Crypto — Here’s Why and How
by guest columnist Justin Roberti Canada’s relationship with blockchain and cryptocurrency has definitely had its highs and lows. With a risk-averse buyer sensibility and a tendency toward regulating access, Canada did not embrace crypto with the same zeal as some other ...read more
Genomics and Blockchain - who owns our DNA?
Let’s first address the elephant in the room: data ownership. It’s a term we have all become familiar with in recent years. Data is the new oil and personal data is our new oil. Social media has in part been responsible for our awareness: both in terms of how much personal data ...read more
Why Women Need Blockchain
I’d like to start this article with the punchline. I feel it’s much more important to tell you the why of the title without you having to wait until the end for the joke. And it goes like this: If the Lehman Brothers had been the Lehman Sisters then we might not have had the 2008 ...read more
As Australia Economy Staggers under COVID-19, Aussie Agency says Brands have Grown through Pandemic
By guest columnist Justin Roberti Australia released its first economic update since the COVID-19 outbreak — and the news is predictably bad. Thursday’s update shows a deficit of $85.8 billion is estimated for the 2019–20 financial year. The deficit in the current financial year ...read more
11 Tips Protect Yourself When Buying Crypto
BY GUEST COLUMNIST JUSTIN ROBERTI 11 Tips from an Exchange Insider to Protect Yourself When Buying Crypto More than halfway through 2020, virtually everyone has experienced significant changes in both personal life and in business.More than 40 million people have filed for ...read more
Crypto Tokens: A tool for the unification
by GUEST COLUMNIST Mary Schwartz of CoinIMP Recently a congressman from Arizona, U.S, representative Paul Gosar said that “Cryptocurrencies offer a way for forgotten and oppressed people to participate in the global economy”. He also expressed his personal interest in working ...read more
Top 5 Best Stablecoins of 2020
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MARY ANN CALLAHAN Top 5 Best Stablecoins of 2020 Stablecoins are becoming more and more popular. The idea of a cryptocurrency without the chronic instability of BTC price is very appealing to many. But there are many stablecoins to choose from now, and it’s ...read more
Signals of growth: Crypto’s journey toward the mainstream
BY GUEST COLUMNIST TEANA BAKER TAYLOR From pop culture icons to industry behemoths, crypto is indeed gaining momentum. Last week, many on crypto Twitter were surprised to see a post from JK Rowling responding to one of crypto’s renowned reporters, Leigh Cuen, with a question: “I ...read more
The Influence of Covid-19 on Marijuana Smokers (Survey of 1000 Americans)
ARTICLE first printed here It’s been 5 months now since the coronavirus outbreak started. Due to the lockdown policy that was implemented worldwide, people had to come up with ideas to keep themselves healthy, safe and entertained indoors. Needless to say, people had adapted to ...read more
The Future of Digital Banking
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MRU PATEL Chairman and Co Founder of http://www.betra.eu/ In 2017, I re-entered the cryptocurrency and blockchain market after intensive research. One of the main reasons I got dragged back to my core educational technology background was due to losses from the ...read more
ArchAgenda Curates Liberland Design Competition 2020 - A Global Design Competition for the 21st Century Micronation
By GUEST COLOMNIST Mitchell Mahaffey Global design and architectural minds will soon compete to build the most efficient and livable version of The Free Republic of Liberland. Just over five years ago, The Free Republic of Liberland was proclaimed as a libertarian utopian ...read more
Everything you need to know about Bitcoin Block Halving 2020
BY GUEST COLUMNIST Marina Petrichenko (Crypto Marina) Lots of you might know that a very important event for crypto and blockchain world is coming soon — the Bitcoin Block Halving- so today I am going to explain to you everything you need to know about it. What does Bitcoin Block ...read more
Creative Ways Companies are Keeping Teams Sane & Connected through COVID-19 WFH Mandate
By GUEST COLUMNIST JUSTIN ROBERTI Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote employees and Work from Home arrangements were becoming increasingly common. An Owl Labs 2019 State of Remote Work Report found that 2. 54% of U.S. workers work remotely at least once per month, 48% ...read more
The difference between EOSIO software and the EOS blockchain
By GUEST COLUMNIST JACK TANNER Jack Tanner explains perfectly the difference between EOSIO the software and the chains that use the software like EOS Public Network and Europechain in his article. He is writing this article because there seems to be a lot of confusion about the ...read more
Managing Media Relations through a Global Pandemic
BY GUEST COLUMNIST Justin Roberti On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a pandemic. As of Wednesday, 118,000 people in 114 countries have contracted the virus and nearly 4,300 people have died. Now, more than ever, branding is crucial. So, how ...read more
Determinism: The philosophy of Blockchain
BY GUEST COLUMNIST Fernando Sanchez 'There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice' – Ulysses Grant. Few people, if any, would mention the words blockchain and philosophy in the same sentence. Up to recently, the public at large ...read more
Bigger Pie Spotlight - Helen Disney of Unblocked Events
by GUEST COLUMNIST Bridget Greenwood of The Bigger Pie Helen Disney got into blockchain in 2014 even though, before that, her career had nothing to do with technology. Helen had worked for many years in think tanks and public policymaking, the connection being her interest in ...read more
Creating Corruption-Free Ecosystems with Blockchain: A Study
GUEST POST by Fernando Sanchez One can argue that the Roman Empire stands as one of the greatest successes of human civilization. For most of its 1,000-years plus existence, Rome conquered and expanded across vast swathes of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, creating cultural, ...read more
Cryptos in space: The future of blockchain in the final frontier
Guest Post by Fernando Sanchez Oh my God…it's full of stars! Thus spoke astronaut Dave Bowman, the last surviving crew member of the ill-fated Discovery One spaceship, moments before entering the stargate in the 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A space odyssey. These eternal words, ...read more
Blockchain in Africa
GUEST POST by Paul Scott Managing Director at P2 Digital Holdings & Co-Founder at eXtendIT, Xigital & P2DH. Non-Executive Chairman at Whrrl Paul will return next month to talk about some of the solutions offered by blockchain. While Blockchain adoption in Africa is incredibly ...read more
In Blockchain We Trust? New Paths to Religious Consensus
GUEST POST by Ferando Sanchez Religion and technological advancement are concepts that often find themselves in conflict with each other. Those who believe in superiority by higher powers tend to dismiss the more rational and scientific explanations for the grandest issues in ...read more
Emerald: the journey from Electrification to a Digital Trust Framework for the Island of Ireland
GUEST POST Barry Ryan, Chief Architect, Europe at Canada Life / Irish Life TL;DR We’re going to change Ireland by making it the first country in the world where digital credentials are routinely issued and accepted in important everyday interactions. This article is either going ...read more