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Today’s conditions are now different from when interested retail investors freely plowed in spare cash to blockchain projects. Startups have reacted to this change by increasingly making use of tailor-made token sale solutions. What this entails is that startups no longer have to build a crowdsale platform from scratch and […]
Despite some of the bad press that cryptocurrency, and bitcoin in particular gets, we’ve seen tremendous interest from many traditional financial institutions and investors. The driving force behind this interest isn’t so much the cryptocurrencies themselves, as it is the technology that the industry is built on – Blockchain technology. If asked […]
It’s fair to say that everyone in the crypto community has heard of airdrops. In fact, airdrops could be the reason for some people to have joined the community in the first place. Some have been pretty worthless, but others have been fairly significant in value. Whether worthless or valuable, […]
At the recent Blockchain Futurist Conference 2018 in Toronto, Canada, popular American television and radio host Larry King spoke with blockchain entrepreneurs Charles Hoskinson, Justin Wu, Al Burgio, and Matthew Roszak about the future of the emerging technology. Speaking to the audience, Larry King opened the discussion with his personal […]
Like with all jobs and hobbies, the desire for focused communication is always present. No matter what people are interested in, they are often inclined to join together in groups to share ideas and tips. This is why sites like Reddit and Twitter thrive. The need for healthy discussion is […]
With Binance entering its Coin of the Month voting season, now is a great time to discuss the common practices of crypto exchanges. While exchanges are a necessary element of the industry, they are still lacking in a number of areas. One feature which particularly bothers investors is how slow […]
Tokenization on the blockchain can make all asset groups easier to liquidate by creating a tradeable standard in security tokens. Longer term, return-seeking strategies typically tend towards investment in real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and companies. But as illiquid assets, these can be hard to shift quickly, and this […]
In the last decade, the term “smart city” has evolved from a geeky name drop opportunity, evoking Venus Project-esque undertones, to the gold standard of serious urban planning. With the world’s population scratching the 8 billion mark from below, and urbanization rates at all-time highs, it’s not hard to see […]
The IP market is currently filled with R&D waste and corporations that hold onto vast patent portfolios. This stifles innovation. If it were more transparent and accessible, then it follows that invention would be more forthcoming; Lexit and Loci are two startups developing the tools to do exactly that. The […]
It may come as a shock to some, but scientific pronouncements aren’t nearly as trustworthy as they seem. Consider the tale of saturated fat. Until about the middle of the 20th century, the Western world was largely unconcerned with the effects of saturated fat on health. Fatty fish, butter, and […]