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Predicting the Future With Russia’s Economic Nostradamus, Mikhail Dmitriyev
March 19th, 2015
Mikhail Dmitriyev, president of the New Economic Growth consultancy, is often described as “Russia’s top brain.” He studied in Leningrad in the ’80s and took part in economics discussion clubs with the people who transformed Russia into a market economy, including Anatoly Chubais, the architect of Russia’s privatization ...
IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies
March 16th, 2015
International Business Machines Corp is considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the “blockchain,” to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The objective is to ...
Goldman Sachs Report Says Bitcoin Could Shape ‘Future of Finance’
March 12th, 2015
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are part of a technology “megatrend” that could change the fundamental mechanics of transactions, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs‘ equity research analysts. Bitcoin, along with improved payment security, ‘big data’ analytics and faster ...
Five Reasons Bitcoin Revolution is Over
February 23rd, 2015
2015 will be the year Bitcoin “dies.” The bubble is over and the cryptocurrency, while revolutionary, has serious issues which will prevent it from ever becoming widely accepted. Andre Alessandro — The five problems listed here are both structural and external ...
Oil tycoon Harold Hamm sells company for $3 billion
January 22nd, 2015
Oil magnate Harold Hamm is selling one of his companies for $3 billion, but that kind of money still won’t make up for what he recently lost. Kinder Morgan (KMI) said Wednesday that it will buy Hamm’s company Hiland, which owns ...
Oil-Product Prices Fall as Supplies Climb
January 8th, 2015
U.S. Inventory Data Confirm the Market Is Still Oversupplied Prices at the gas pump are heading even lower. Gasoline futures fell to nearly a six-year low on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed oil and fuel supplies rising to ...
Digital tax increase to take effect in Europe
January 2nd, 2015
A change in fiscal rules in the EU is raising the tax on many purchases of digital content, such as e-books. Europe’s tax showdown could be headed straight to people’s wallets. With the new year, a change in fiscal ...
Bitcoin Needs an Aggressive Legal Defense
November 25th, 2014
Across the board, bitcoin requires forceful and aggressive legal defense, not complicity with governments in crafting policy and regulations. It’s going to get a lot rougher for bitcoin in the months and years ahead. We have to be prepared. ...
SpectroCoin Launches Bitcoin-to-Cash Service in 25 Countries
November 20th, 2014
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin into cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia. The announcement is the latest from the UK and Lithuania-based bitcoin services provider, which added merchant processing to its existing brokerage and ...
NODE Second Generation Cryptocurrency With Different Codebase To Bitcoin Launches
November 10th, 2014
After almost a year in development, recently launched NODE is a second generation cryptocurrency built from scratch in node.js that features encrypted messaging and NodePay launching in February 2015: the first hybrid international electronic payment system that allows users to pay ...
