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Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


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Liberal Radicalism: Glen Weyl And Vitalik Buterin Think Your (Good) Idea Should Be Funded, Even If They Hate It

A newly published white paper by Glen Weyl, Vitalik Buterin, and Zoe Hitzdig offers bold new ideas about structuring power, authority, knowledge, and resource distribution. The authors seek to create a system wherein communities with divergent values can coexist, and where resources can be appropriately distributed in a way that promotes the most good for the most people. дальше »

2018-9-5 21:00


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How Blockchain Technology Can Make Us Start Paying Attention To Advertisements

Advertising is pivotal for the internet. The majority of what we consume online is funded by advertising and thus, every page we visit is saturated with advertising. As consumers, we are becoming more and more desensitised to advertising by the day and thus, ‘ad blindness’ is becoming more of a problem for advertisers and those that rely on advertising for profit. дальше »

2018-8-14 16:00


Australian State Government Invests $8.3 Million in Crypto Tourism Startup

Queensland, an Australian province, has devised an effort to promote tourism to its state. The project, called Advance Queensland Ignite Ideas, will be funded by an $8.3 million grant. The project will then issue the funds to participating organizations who aim to fulfill the state’s goal of increasing tourism. Interestingly enough, Queensland is being creative […] дальше »

2018-8-3 09:09


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Facebook’s ‘trustworthy’ news is mostly Anderson Cooper and Fox News

Facebook this week unveiled the schedule for its funded news shows, and it could use a little diversity — the entire slate is dominated by two shows. I really hope you like Anderson Cooper and/or Fox News, because both of those combined take up a hefty portion of the schedule — Fox News in particular is on every single day of the week. дальше »

2018-7-12 20:11


Consortium Project Involving IOTA Wins EU Commission Approval to Roll Out Smart Tech in Several European Cities

Internet-of-Things crypto platform IOTA has just announced that the EU Commission has given the green light to a smart city initiative, which will have IOTA involved. The smart city consortium called +CityxChange is a project to be hosted and led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and to be funded by the […] Consortium Project Involving IOTA Wins EU Commission Approval to Roll Out Smart Tech in Several European Cities was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-7-10 17:19