These days, you hear about blockchain and cryptocurrency ad infinitum. Despite the hype, blockchain could have a notable impact on education and schools.…
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Josh London
Josh London is a young, voice in the world of cryptocurrency. After producing a ~130 page detailed thesis on behavioral economics of Bitcoin, he went on to work for the U.S. State Dept.
List of Cryptocurrency Scams & Hacks: ICO Scams and Crypto Fraud Run Rampant
On Monday, December 4th the US Securities and Exchange Commission fired the first shots in what many expect to be a period of renewed regulatory enforcement in the crypto space. The SEC’s new Cyber Unit engaged an emergency asset freeze against PlexCorps, the group behind PlexCoin. PlexCoin’s recent…
The Crypto Community Needs to Work on its Sales Pitch
Owen Davis of Dealbreaker—a self-described Wall Street Insiders’ publication—recently attended the inaugural ICO Forward summit in Manhattan. Davis’ take away has been making its way across the web over the last week, popping up in Bloomberg and a handful of other high-profile fintech publications. The gist of Davis’…
Coinbase Custody Caters to Investment Giants
The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently added a new custodian service for major institutional investors. Catering to hedge and state run wealth funds, the new service, Coinbase Custody, has a whopping $10 million minimum deposit with a hefty $100,000 set-up fee. So what will Coinbase Custody provide for its…
Can Derelict Power Stations Solve Bitcoin’s Energy Crisis?
The last few months have seen a growing concern over the environmental costs of mining Bitcoin . As the computational requirements of mining the signature cryptocurrency become increasingly demanding, the system has begun to approach a dramatic tipping point. Citigroup recently reported that for mining to remain marginally profitable, Bitcoin’s…
ICOs Have Potential for Inventors, Claims Russian Bank Official
Initial coin offerings or ICOs gained support from Russia’s central bank recently. Sergey Shvetsov feels ICOs have tremendous potential for business startup and entrepreneur funding. The first deputy governor of the Bank of Russia, Sergey Shvetsov, claims the bank will support the advance of ICO fundraising in Russia. TASS,…