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Gold Versus Bitcoin: The Pro-Gold Argument Takes Shape
November 24th, 2017
Sound money advocates who love the concept of cryptocurrencies but don’t want to abandon precious metals have been trying to clarify their thoughts of late. Risk Hedge just helped, with a comprehensive statement of the pro-gold position. The following ...
The Blockchain Revolution: Which Industries Will Cryptocurrency Affect?
November 22nd, 2017
Cryptocurrency is here to stay, establishing the ability through blockchain technology for secure identity, ownership, and records of transactions. It is no secret that there is big money involved—the collective worth fluctuates between $150 and $200 billion, and this ...
Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
November 22nd, 2017
As the price of Bitcoin has soared, the virtual currency has edged toward the mainstream. Square, the fast-growing payments company run by the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has begun selling Bitcoins to ordinary consumers, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ...
‘$300m in cryptocurrency’ accidentally lost forever due to bug
November 10th, 2017
More than $300m of cryptocurrency has been lost after a series of bugs in a popular digital wallet service led one curious developer to accidentally take control of and then lock up the funds, according to reports. Unlike most ...
Former Fed Chief Bernanke described bitcoin as a “mostly speculative venture”
October 17th, 2017
Bernanke Thinks Bitcoin Will Fail (But He Likes Blockchain) What does the former head of the Federal Reserve think of a digital currency that operates outside the control of central banks? The answer, unsurprisingly, is not much. “Bitcoin is ...
Deloitte cyber-attack: Is your firm safe?
September 27th, 2017
Cybersecurity is a pervasive issue in the digital age, and no organisation is completely risk-free. So how did this happen to Deloitte, and how can firms protect their data and prevent similar cyber-attacks? Big Four firm Deloitte suffered a ...
Accountancy giant Deloitte hit by cyber attack
September 26th, 2017
One of the world’s biggest accountancy firms had been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack that has compromised the confidential emails of some of its blue-chip clients. Deloitte is one of the ‘big four’ global accountancy firms and one ...
Bitcoin mining has become very big business
September 14th, 2017
In China’s Hinterlands, Workers Mine Bitcoin for a Digital Fortune One of the largest sources of Bitcoin can be found in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, despite Chinese skepticism over its potential for risk. They worked as factory hands, ...
‘Robo-Lawyer’ launched for property investing
August 10th, 2017
Legal and fintech startup Bootstrap Legal, brainchild of seasoned lawyer and crowdfunder GC Amy Wan, has launched software that automates the drafting of complex legal paperwork for those raising capital for property projects of $2 million and under. The ...
How Bitcoin is infiltrating the $60bn global art market
July 26th, 2017
Why is the art world getting excited about digital currency Bitcoin and its underlying technology blockchain? Eleesa Dadiani owns and runs an art gallery in London’s famous Cork Street. She was born in Georgia in the Caucasus and was ...
