Futurism

As finance has evolved, the ecosystem around it has become far more complicated. The addition of card payments, along with their accompanying networks and infrastructure, has introduced many new processes and intermediaries, all for a…

As Changpeng Zhao of Binance said: 2018 was the year of “correction”.It has also, in some ways, been the year for experimentation and discovering creative ways to grow the industry, as well as a year to invigorate and innovate the…

Rewind to mid-2018, and how we witnessed the end of ICO mania, during which blockchain startups were raising millions of dollars with a white paper and a website.  While this was an exciting and entrepreneurial time, it introduced trouble…

With 2018 in the rear-view mirror (finally), the crypto industry is embracing what's to come in 2019. The blockchain community has a way of looking at the glass half full, focusing on the hodlers and buidlers instead of the infighting and…

If there’s one thing the mainstream business media and their allies in banking managed to achieve in 2018, it was to throw shade on the entire blockchain industry.There’s no proven use-case. It’s a work-in-progress. It’s better-handled…

Fake news! Fake news!We’re practically lining up to lynch the media these days, but journalism, marketing, internet, and even social media are vital lines of communication. Key battles in past wars like the Ho Chi Minh trail, Battle of…

Big tech can be hard to visualize at times, and we're now talking about the blockchain, AI and even the Cloud as separate and competing technologies. The thing is they're not going to compete at all. They're going to work together, and the…

Facebook is considering the launch of its own digital currency, according to insiders.  Cheddar, a tech and business video news network, reports that the social network is “very serious” about creating a virtual coin in competition with…

Tokenization is the key driver behind many successful blockchain startups, making it possible to digitize virtually any asset. It’s now possible to trade tokenized bananas, in-game items, or even spare processing power. A Russian crypto…

An Amazon cryptocurrency wouldn't just change the face of the world's largest online retailer. It would change the world. The era of mass adoption would be upon us within minutes of Jeff Bezos announcing either a proprietary AmazonCoin, or…