Reading Time: 8 minutes by guest columnist Mark Helfman I had conceived of this article as a Ted talk. Maybe one day, if I’m lucky. For now, I’m publishing it here. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about for a while and I feel compelled to put it out there. Somebody needs to say […]
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DeFi Has Modelled Incentivization Based on the Best — Bitcoin
Reading Time: 2 minutes by guest columnist Justin Roberti DeFi continues to garner the attention of retail and institutional investors with incentivized participation, one of the keys to Bitcoin’s continued success. Unlike most of us in 2020, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been having a very good year, becoming one of the most compelling innovations […]
Stop Procrastinating: Time to Learn About Bitcoin
Reading Time: 5 minutes by GUEST COLUMNIST Justin Roberti A plain-talk explanation of crypto for people who just want to get it over with Ever since I started representing blockchain startups 3 years ago, I have had many opportunities to explain what crypto is and why it’s not completely a scam — mainly to […]
Your Criticism of Bitcoin is Valid—and Irrelevant
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Guest Columnist Mark Helfman Ponzi, fraud, and rat poison squared Those are three terms you may have heard people use when talking about bitcoin. If you’re in that camp, you have good company. Pretty much everybody hates bitcoin. Guess what? Bitcoin will succeed anyway. Yes, your arguments start with […]
Canadians Should be Buying Crypto — Here’s Why and How
Reading Time: 6 minutes by guest columnist Justin Roberti Canada’s relationship with blockchain and cryptocurrency has definitely had its highs and lows. With a risk-averse buyer sensibility and a tendency toward regulating access, Canada did not embrace crypto with the same zeal as some other countries. And unfortunately, bad actors in the crypto community […]
Genomics and Blockchain – who owns our DNA?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Let’s first address the elephant in the room: data ownership. It’s a term we have all become familiar with in recent years. Data is the new oil and personal data is our new oil. Social media has in part been responsible for our awareness: both in terms of how much personal data […]
Why Women Need Blockchain
Reading Time: 4 minutes I’d like to start this article with the punchline. I feel it’s much more important to tell you the why of the title without you having to wait until the end for the joke. And it goes like this: If the Lehman Brothers had been the Lehman Sisters then we […]
As Australia Economy Staggers under COVID-19, Aussie Agency says Brands have Grown through Pandemic
Reading Time: 2 minutes By guest columnist Justin Roberti Australia released its first economic update since the COVID-19 outbreak — and the news is predictably bad. Thursday’s update shows a deficit of $85.8 billion is estimated for the 2019–20 financial year. The deficit in the current financial year is estimated to be more than twice […]
11 Tips Protect Yourself When Buying Crypto
Reading Time: 5 minutes BY GUEST COLUMNIST JUSTIN ROBERTI 11 Tips from an Exchange Insider to Protect Yourself When Buying Crypto More than halfway through 2020, virtually everyone has experienced significant changes in both personal life and in business. More than 40 million people have filed for unemployment in the US and people worldwide […]
Crypto Tokens: A tool for the unification
Reading Time: 7 minutes by GUEST COLUMNIST Mary Schwartz of CoinIMP Recently a congressman from Arizona, U.S, representative Paul Gosar said that “Cryptocurrencies offer a way for forgotten and oppressed people to participate in the global economy”. He also expressed his personal interest in working towards the U.S remaining as an important piece in […]