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What businesses can learn from the political divide in the US

By the time you read this, I hope you’ve at least received your far-delayed tax return due to the US government shut down. But no matter who blinked first to end the shutdown (or possibly start it again), chances are another self-inflicted crisis will likely happen between now and 2020 because Washington politicians don’t remember how to work together. дальше »

2019-3-17 16:30


“Remember Lads, Subscribe to PewDiePie”: We Need to Talk About How Domestic Terrorists are Created Online

When I was a wide-eyed 19 year-old sophomore at the University of Hull in 2009, I had a close friend and housemate whom we shall call ‘Harry. ’ Despite the wide cultural gap between this privileged Nigerian international student and the ‘third culture’ child of middle-class Chinese-Norwegian parents who spoke in an American accent, we bonded over our mutual love for girls, videogames, Chinese cuisine, internet culture and anime. дальше »

2019-3-17 12:42


BitPay facilitates international payments through blockchain for Center Source SAS, a South American BOP giant

The Center Source SAS has partnered with BitPay to make international payments and settlements faster with lower transaction fees. Business to Business money transfers are usually plagued by high transaction fees while international B2B transfers, further have to deal with the foreign exchange rates. This are some of the problems that a new client to […] дальше »

2019-3-14 20:57


Venezuelan Economic Professor Shares Passion Behind Cryptocurrency Advocacy in Spite of Bolivars Uselessness

As many of our readers are probably well aware of, the South American nation of Venezuela is currently in the midst of its worst ever financial crisis— with inflation rates currently at an all-time high due to a host of international economic sanctions that have been levied against the nation. As a result of all […] дальше »

2019-3-11 19:42


Bitcoin-Friendly Square Headlines London Stock Exchange’s Blockchain ETF

Invesco, an American firm, and Elwood, a British digital asset investment company, announced the launch of a blockchain ETF on the London Stock Exchange today. The exchange-traded fund features 48 companies with ties to the blockchain industry, including some – like Square – that have dabbled directly in the bitcoin or crypto space. дальше »

2019-3-12 18:26


Trump Just Made the Defining Move of His Presidency – and He Didn’t Even Tweet About It

Pangburn, Arkansas is the quintessential slow-paced, idyllic American small town where everyone knows everyone else, and no one is in much of a hurry. Like the vast majority of rural America, the town of 600 voted for Donald Trump in 2016 after he made a successful appeal to their identity as the American “heartland,” and the president may be about to pay them back in spectacular fashion – even if no one seems to know it yet. дальше »

2019-3-11 00:30


French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Faces Imprisonment for Anti-ISIS Tweets

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces three years imprisonment and a possibly €75,000 ($90,000) fine over tweets she shared four years ago showing ISIS atrocities. The 50-year-old former presidential candidate, President of the National Rally political party (previously named National Front), is being prosecuted for distributing violent images, few weeks after the Paris terror attacks in November 2015, where 130 people were killed, according to reports. дальше »

2019-3-8 10:52


American Success Story or Impending Disaster? Experts Wary of Lyft’s IPO

The story of Lyft’s rise to glory is quite a tale. The ride-hailing service filed to go public on Friday with a potential valuation of $20 billion to $25 billion, with a familiar prospectus which shows rising revenue which could one day turn into immense future profits as well as overall losses which could send the company under without a cash injection. дальше »

2019-3-4 18:32


British Broadcasters Battle Netflix for the Future of Television

The world is enamored with Netflix and this hasn’t gone unnoticed in the U.K. where the two leading TV companies have come together to create a competitor for the American powerhouse. While this might appear a strange partnership at first glance, it actually makes a lot of sense when looked at from the point of view of the two British broadcasters Fighting Back Against Netflix Dominance The motivation for the creation of Britbox is many-fold, but one key driver must have been the BBC’s and ITV’s knowledge that some of the most popular programs shown on Netflix are in fact The post British Broadcasters Battle Netflix for the Future of Television appeared first on CCN дальше »

2019-3-2 09:51


P2P Markets Report: Iranian Localbitcoins Volume Gains 190% in a Week

The peer-to-peer (P2P) markets have seen a dramatic increase in Iranian and Indonesian trade activity, with both markets posting triple-digit volume gains in recent weeks. Localbitcoins volume has also surged in select Latin American markets this past week, with the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Venezuela posting some of their strongest trade on record. дальше »

2019-3-2 00:30


Neutrino Acquisition Causes Trouble for Coinbase as Users call for Boycott

American based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is facing trouble with users following its acquisition of Neutrino, a platform made up of a team of surveillance and security experts. The problem started when the users understood that Neutrino could be used to violate their privacy and monitor transactions and other details on the exchange. дальше »

2019-2-28 16:40


Asteroid-powered volcanoes killed the dinosaurs, scientists say

It’s almost 40 years since scientists discovered what wiped out the dinosaurs: an asteroid hitting Earthnear modern-dayMexico. That was it, or so we thought. A paper published today in Science further supports an alternative hypothesis: that catastrophic events following the impact could have helped cause the end of the dinosaurs and many other forms of life. дальше »

2019-2-27 17:57


AidCoin Showcases the First Pilot Donation Entirely on Blockchain, Supported by Kate Moss and Other Celebrities

43% of people believe that the funds they donate to charity will never reach their goal and as a result, even worthy causes are left with insufficient funding. This 43 % have a legit reason for such attitude though: recent scandals in the world’s biggest charities, who are supposed to be the role models for the whole sector, signalize that the charity mechanism is broken. дальше »

2019-2-27 21:31