“Economic Sovereignty” Through Bitcoin: Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert When it comes to cryptocurrency, it seems that there are always two sides of the (bit)coin.On the negative side, there’s everything that can go wrong. For example, the unpredictable value swings can ca…… Read More
Fighting for Freedom in Venezuela: How Crypto Helped Héctor’s Family Buy Food On July 1, 2018, Héctor* received 0.5 nano. The transaction was a first for the Venezuelan, and he received it thanks to a donation from one of his fellow countrymen. To some, the roughly $1.80 sum in USD may be …… Read More
Digital Isle of Man Joins the British Blockchain Association One of the earliest adopters of blockchain technology — the Digital Isle of Man (Digital IOM) — is now an official member of the British Blockchain Association (BBA). The organization serves as a bridge between g…… Read More
Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley” Successfully Completes Blockchain Voting Trial Zug, a city in Switzerland’s Crypto Valley, completed its first blockchain-based municipal vote on July 2, 2018, the Swiss News Agency reports. Hailed as a “success” by local officials, the vote was held using a …… Read More
Facebook Reverses Cryptocurrency Ad Ban Amidst Rumors of a Coinbase Acquisition Facebook has reversed its blanket ban on cryptocurrency ads and will now allow pre-approved crypto businesses to advertise. However, ICOs and binary options will still be prohibited from the platform.In a publish…… Read More
How to Slow Down a Startup: Erik Voorhees’ Hard Lesson The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network has added a new show to its lineup, “What Bitcoin Did.” The WBD podcast is hosted by U.K.-based Peter McCormack, an “accidental Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency investor, miner, blogger a…… Read More
MetaCert’s Newest Product, Cryptonite, Solves Twitter’s Scambot Problem Anti-fraud software company MetaCert has a fix for the simplistic yet frequently effective rackets that have come to plague cryptocurrency’s online communities: Twitter scams.Cryptonite, as it’s playfully dubbed,…… Read More
Insight From a Place of Crisis: Bitcoin as an Agent of Change Delving into bitcoin can take guts — and not just the type of bravado needed to embrace crypto speculation. Sometimes standing up for bitcoin also means standing up for your homeland and fellow citizens, in searc…… Read More
World Refugee Day: How Digital Identities Can Help a Population in Crisis According to statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency, there are 25.4 million refugees in the world and some 3.1 million asylum seekers. On this year’s World Refugee Day, we’re reminded of the perpetual …… Read More
Chain Accelerator Opens Its Doors to Blockchain, Crypto Startups in France \Chain Accelerator has launched in France. It is the first startup acceleratordedicated to the blockchain that can call Europe its home. Among the organization’s chief operators are Hyperloop Transportation Techn…… Read More