Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist and founder of the strategic foresight firm Future Today Institute, thinks the world can, indeed, get worse. In her most recent book “2020 Tech Trend Report: Strategic Trends that Will Influence Business, Government, Education, Media…
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Blockchain startup Fluree, already building a distributed data management platform to boost the U.S. Air Force’s decision-making prowess, has raised $2.5 million in additional funding from its venture capital backers. The fresh capital pushes Fluree Public Benefit Corporation’s total seed…
If the internet was a person, ARPANET was its first tooth, Facebook was the pubescent rage of middle school and Bitcoin was the key to its first car. Today, we find ourselves riding shotgun, unsure of what direction the internet…
In the beginning, there was bitcoin. And with bitcoin, a new asset was invented. And with that new asset, the way we interact with capital was redefined. Bitcoin achieved both of these things. It created a new form of money:…
California beefed up its financial regulator, Bitpanda closed a notable raise and some investors say “alt-season” is over. Top shelf Brokerage raiseEuropean crypto brokerage Bitpanda has raised a $52 million Series A led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, to be put to…
Crypto has many problems of its own making. Bad user experiences, unsustainable transaction fees, an inability to assess risks in the face of unyielding innovation. But until this year, I doubt anyone would have suggested that an interdependence on the…
Artificial intelligence and data service Ocean Protocol has suspended its old contract on the Ethereum blockchain and hard-forked its project, following the $150 million KuCoin hack. On Sunday at 22:00 UTC, Ocean Protocol announced it had migrated from its old…
With bitcoin’s record-breaking run above $10,000 and Twitter talking blockchain strategy, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! Bitcoin is often criticized for being over volatile, but it’s been a sea of calm compared with Tesla…
Welcome to Opinionated, a new podcast featuring CoinDesk’s leading columnists and contributors. I’m your host, Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s opinion editor. On this week’s show, we’re joined by Nic Carter, cofounder of Coin Metrics and partner at Castle Island Ventures. Nic…