Archive for the ‘bitcoin’ category: Page 44
Oct 7, 2018
Ric Edelman: Bitcoin will be an asset class
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, finance, government, innovation
Kudos to WallStreet analyst and advisor, Ric Edelman. He drank the Kool-Aid, he understands a profound sea change, and he sees the ducks starting to line up.
Check out the clearly articulated interview, below, with Bob Pisani at the New York Stock Exchange and legendary Wall Street advisor, Ric Edelman, (Not my term…That’s what CNBC anchor, Melissa Lee, calls him). Read between the lines, especially the last words in the video, below.
Ric Edleman has just joined Bitwise as both investor and advisor. This lends credibility and gravitas to the organization that created the world’s first cryptocurrency index fund. Bitwise benefits from Edelman’s affiliation, because the US has been slow (some would say “cautious”) in recognizing the facts on the ground: Cryptocurrency is already an asset class.
Edelman fully embraces a strong future for Bitcoin—not just as a currency or payment instrument, but as a legal and recognized asset class; one that is at the starting line of a wide open racetrack. He explains that the SEC sets a high bar for offering a Bitcoin ETF, but that this will be achieved. It will pave the way for large institutions, pension funds, etc to allocate a portion of money under management for blockchain products.
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Oct 7, 2018
“This is some of the most important innovation to improve Bitcoin resilience and censorship resistance” -@remyers_ @SamouraiWallet announce #TxTenna at #HCCP18!
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bitcoin, innovation
Visit tomorrow to download the app. Watch the full presentation: https://youtu.be/JVhYulwDBmI”
Oct 7, 2018
How Blockchain Technology Can Accelerate Stem Cell Research
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin
While still in its infancy, there is tremendous potential for stem cell technology to improve the quality of life for many. Blockchain technology can help accelerate this process.
Decentralized last mile communication using mobile mesh networks
Globally decentralized protocols like Bittorrent, Bitcoin and Tor provide users a remarkable level of censorship resistance, privacy and communication freedom. But highly centralized local communication networks can block, throttle and log users of these protocols and work with governments and private firms to surveil and harass users. Centralized communication networks historically tend toward rent-seeking behavior, do a poor job at serving last-mile communities, and are fragile during natural and manmade disasters. This talk will review decentralized alternatives for local communication and demonstrate a new open source solution called TxTenna for sending offline Bitcoin transactions over a mobile mesh network.
Sep 28, 2018
Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, law
But there’s a catch: what about the faithful ‘execution’ of a contract? Doesn’t that require trust as well? What good is an agreement, after all, if the text is there but people don’t respect it, and don’t follow through on their obligations? Which brings us back to the crucial matter of how Buterin managed to piss off so many people.
The great cryptocurrency heist.
Blockchain enthusiasts crave a world without bankers, lawyers or fat-cat executives. There’s just one problem: trust.
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Sep 25, 2018
Disruption Experience Nails It
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, education, finance, innovation, internet, policy, robotics/AI
The Disruption Experience this Friday in Singapore is a blockchain event with a difference. With apologies to the Buick commercial, this is not your grandfather’s conference…
I know a few things about blockchain conferences. I produced and hosted the first Bitcoin Event in New York. My organization develops cryptocurrency standards and practices. We help banks and governments create policy and services. And as public speaker for a standards organization, I have delivered keynote presentations at conferences and Expos in Dubai, Gujarat India, Montreal and Tampa, New York and Boston.
Sep 22, 2018
Reverse-Engineering Technologists’ Brains
Posted by Ankur Bargotra in categories: bitcoin, engineering, internet, robotics/AI
Should we trust technology experts? We live in times of incredible innovations and impressive complexity. The last 30 years of technological development overturned our society, and the next 30 will likely reshape the foundations of what it means to be human. Machines have been the wealth engines of our industrial modernity, while data control and artificial intelligence will structure the power battlefields of this century.
It’s not hard then to understand why technologists, computer scientists, engineers, tech-entrepreneurs, IT experts, data analysts, etc — dress the status of champions in our age. They are shipping us into the wonders of Web 3.0, Industry 4.0, 5G communications, the blockchain transition, the G (eneticengineering). R (obotics). AI. N (anotechnologies) Revolution…and another thousand of cryptic acronyms forbidden to ordinary mortals.
We are flooded with tech-narratives. Let’s start by playing with our imaginations. What does naturally come to your mind if I say:
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Aug 27, 2018
Three-Quarters of Companies Aren’t Diving Into Blockchain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin
Need more evidence that blockchain isn’t the cure-all for Corporate America? Well, a new report from PwC says adoption of the technology is stalling.
Aug 24, 2018
After the Bitcoin Boom: Hard Lessons for Cryptocurrency Investors
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, finance
The virtual currency markets have been through booms and busts before — and recovered to boom again. But this bust could have a more lasting impact on the technology’s adoption because of the sheer number of ordinary people who invested in digital tokens over the last year, and who are likely to associate cryptocurrencies with financial ruin for a very long time.
The number of people who bought virtual currencies more than doubled last winter. For people who got in late, the bust has been disastrous.