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Disintermediation and the Bankers’ Conundrum – Stanford Prof Says Status Quo Can’t Avoid Digital Currencies

As central banks face dismal economic forecasts that show the global economy contracting by 3% in 2020, far worse than…

May 4, 2020

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Posts $49.75-Billion Loss Triggered by Closures on Retail Stores, Restaurants and Entertainment Venues

Despite the golden touch of its chief executive, legendary investor Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway has not been spared from the…

May 3, 2020

Cardano Founder and Ethereum Co-Creator Charles Hoskinson Questions Covid-19 Lockdowns: Where’s the Data?

Blockchain visionary Charles Hoskinson, who is the co-creator of Ethereum, creator of Cardano and founder of IOHK, the research firm…

May 2, 2020

Israel’s Largest Bank to Pay $874 Million As Tax Evasion Scandal Reveals $7.6 Billion Hidden From the IRS

A web of secret transactions involving bribe payments, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering conspiracy, and account shuffling has led to…

May 2, 2020

May Day Strike Incoming As Workers Face Off Against Tech Giants Amazon and Instacart

Amazon warehouses and Whole Foods stores are the latest epicenter of the coronavirus battle as workers organize a May Day…

May 1, 2020

YouTube Introduces New Fact-Checking System – Will It Stop Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Scammers?

The world's largest video-sharing platform is introducing a new system to help viewers in the US determine whether certain videos…

April 28, 2020

Bank Protests in Lebanon Turn Violent As Currency Tanks 50% in Six Months

For the past six months, banks in Lebanon have imposed severe capital controls on their customers amidst a currency collapse,…

April 28, 2020

McDonald’s and Starbucks Testing New Central Bank Currency As China Prepares to Launch Digital Economy

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) is taking the trial phase of its digital yuan to the next level after…

April 25, 2020

Bitcoin (BTC) Bull Palihapitiya Says $2,480,000,000,000 in Emergency Stimulus Measures Won’t Cut It, Forecasts Waves of Layoffs in Q4

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says the US government's efforts to get money into the hands of taxpayers have been…

April 24, 2020

Coinbase and Ripple-Backed Startup Launches Twitter-Based Payments System

The fintech startup Dharma is launching a new system that allows Twitter users to accept payments in US dollars. The…

April 22, 2020