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It’s not easy to understand blockchain technology. Some people spend hours poring over cryptic white papers, or studying complex video explainers, or even taking online classes. In Taiwan, it’s a bit more fun: just play a game. Contentos…

In January of 2018, MIT Technology Review suggested that 978 million people worldwide lost $172 billion to cybercrime in 2017. That's $22.84 for every man, woman, and child on the planet. A study by Hiscox found that $50 billion a year…

Investors are in turmoil after Elastos announced that locked-up tokens will be released early, potentially flooding the market with uncirculated coins next month. The project to replace the Internet with a decentralized “SmartWeb” has now…

What does AMBCrypto have in common with BTCManager, Bitcoinist, Cryptovest, and NewsBTC? Two things: they're in crypto, and they pretend to be news sources. An investigation by Corin Faife for Breaker revealed the startling truth about…

Now in its tenth season, “Shark Tank” is a juggernaut for network ABC and its parent company Disney. Over the course of 200 episodes and counting, over $100 million has been invested in up-and-coming startups, small businesses, and…

Pirates are always on the lookout for treasure, so it’s no surprise that Captain Sparrow is getting his share of the blockchain booty. Johnny Depp, who also performed as Raoul Duke and Edward Scissorhands, has teamed up with Andrea…

Here’s a fun bit of trivia: which company runs the largest cloud computing network for rendering graphics? Is it Pixar, whose 24,000-core-data center qualifies as one of the world’s top supercomputers? Or Amazon Web Services, with an…

Dear Mr. Buterin, You are walking into a trap. Debating Nouriel Roubini is a bad idea, for a number of reasons. Mr. Roubini has repeatedly attacked the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries. You have repeatedly advocated for…

There’s nothing as gorgeous as autumn colors. This week has been full of green leaves turning red, before they suddenly fell… wait, did I say leaves? I meant prices, and they're making this October scarier than a Stephen King adaptation…

With investors scattered all over the world, communication is essential in the cryptocurrency sector. Companies in the space want news about them to be accurate and fair.  Teams update followers through a variety of different media, but…

Most Americans are sadly under-educated in the work of PG Wodehouse, one of the giants of English humor. In one of his few novels set in the United States, the hero inexplicably finds himself filling in for the editor of a homestyle…

When it comes to movies, high finance doesn't usually perform as well as the high seas. While the Pirates of the Caribbean flounced around the Bermuda Triangle and made over $4.5bn at the box office, Michael Douglas' Wall Street made a…

A court in the USA has today ruled that tokens sold during ICOs count as securities under federal law, according to Bloomberg, which stated in an article that "Federal prosecutors won a key legal victory when a judge ruled that U.S.…

If it can be, it will be. It’s inevitable that when a new technology emerges, it will be used to pirate music, movies, and other intellectual property. While the internet made sharing work easier, that ease also invited unparalleled levels…

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…

Ethereum may be in the dumps, but CryptoKitties are reaching a nationwide audience. The Indicator from Planet Money, a podcast on markets and economics by National Public Radio, has purchased two digital felines and introduced millions of…