Month: June 2020

The host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas. What would you do if you were approaching your 40s, … Read More

The idea of a “digital dollar” will once again rear its head before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hold … Read More

Mining conglomerate BHP has completed its first trial trade of iron ore using blockchain technology. As reported by Reuters on Monday, the roughly $14 million deal with Chinese metals giant … Read More

Matic Network announced Sunday that the first iteration of its staking solution was now live. Launched in stages, direct staking will initially be restricted to the Matic Foundation, the non-profit … Read More

Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn is assistant professor of International Political Economy at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is editor of the book Bitcoin and Beyond. Moritz Hütten is researcher … Read More

Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions. The Valley Forge, Pa.-based investment firm ran the pilot … Read More

The future of the U.S. federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. Last week, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate … Read More

The number three decentralized finance (DeFi) application, Synthetix, is also enjoying the current boom times in bankless banking. (Warning: This post is going to go a lot of places so … Read More

The Norwegian Seafood Association has teamed up with IBM and Atea, a technology firm focused on the internet of things (IoT), to create a blockchain-based track-and-trace system. The project aims … Read More

From markets to real estate to the dollar to retail, the data on whether the economy is recovering or not is hella confused. The economy is nothing if not confounding … Read More