Blockchain

I am starting to wonder if choosing a blockchain or a Web 3.0 approach is as much a lifestyle choice as a technological choice. Leaving aside the naming challenge (are we calling this blockchain, crypto, or Web 3.0?), I think it represents a movement of peop…

The words "permissionless" and "regulated" don't exactly go together. But Facebook's cryptocurrency project, Libra, is promising to adhere to regulations and be open to everyone, which may turn out to be a tough if not impossible task.  That's assuming there…

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Best-selling speculative-fiction author Neal Stephenson hopes no one really thinks that he could be pseudonymous bitcoin inventor Satashi Nakamoto. Its flattering that anyone imagines Ive got the mathematical know-how needed to make something like blockchain…

AT&T’s mobile 5G network isn’t actually attracting consumers yet, but businesses are interested in the transformational improvements 5G can bring — and Microsoft is getting out in front of the impending wave of change. The carrier and enterprise-focused s…

There’s more to managing contracts than most folks realize. Deals between companies of a certain size must be executed to the letter after they’re drawn up and finalized, and then continuously analyzed to reduce financial risk and improve performance. That’s …

Icertis, a Washington-headquartered startup that develops cloud-based software to help large companies manage contracts, has raised $115 million at more than a billion dollar valuation to become the latest SaaS unicorn as it looks to further expand its footpr…

Review of 33 high-profile blockchain projects within the financial sector and interviews with execs shows the limitations of blockchain and its weak adoption (Reuters)

Markets Insider Bitcoin has plunged 16% after a bruising day in Congress for Facebook's digital coin, Libra."Facebook has burned down the house over and over and called every arson a learning experience," Sen. Sherrod Brown said.Bro…