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“Bitcoin is correlated!”I often hear that thrown out in conversations as a dismissive way of saying that it isn’t really an “alternative” asset at all, and that all this mumbo jumbo about it being external to the broader economy is just "hopium." But

Thursday, Oct. 13, was one of the strangest days for asset markets in recent memory. Stocks, bonds and bitcoin all closed flat to up despite gloomy inflation news that should have triggered a broad sell-off. It’s an important moment for reflection on the all-too-human stran

“My tribe is Absentee Shawnee – the tribe of Tecumseh,” says Henry Foreman. “He created his own tribe among tribes, building a larger community. So this is my version of something that’s deep in my history.”Foreman is the founder of IndigiDAO,

Season Five of the Showtime series “Billions” ends with a scene that exposes the ugly bargain governments strike with banks and how that deal works against society’s interest.It seems apt to reflect on those relationships now, when the “too-big-to-fail&rdq

Spark began a year and a half ago with a clear goal: to accelerate the deployment of solar plants around the world. How to accomplish this wasn’t quite clear, however. After a few pivots, Spark’s founder Jon Ruth is now focused on building a marketplace for all partie

While key players have seen user traffic plunge in recent months, the nascent industry can revive its fortunes if it works to improve infrastructure and launch more exciting user experiences while paring down exorbitant headset prices.

Leaked texts show Musk wants to make cryptocurrency and blockchain a key feature of Twitter, turning it into a WeChat-style super app.

It's no secret that the crypto ecosystem has been -- and still is -- male-dominated, including on the investing side and the leadership one. While there has been progress and advancement for gender...

Maren Altman, a popular bitcoin and ether-focused astrologist, is suddenly a fallen star among some Twitter critics. A newly surfaced court document shows she received $30,000 in marketing payments from the crypto lender Celsius Network in the months before it declared bankruptcy

Venture investor Alex McDougall is embarking on a new endeavor that looks to simplify cross-border digital asset payments.Stablecorp Inc., a fintech firm using bank-grade blockchain technology, was founded by 3iQ, Canada’s largest crypto asset manager and blockchain develop

The Treasury Department fined crypto trading platform Bittrex $29 million for apparent violations of sanctions against Cuba, Ukraine-related, Iran, Sudan and Syria -- representing the largest virtual...

Cryptocurrencies have taken a massive hit this year, losing more than a trillion dollars in market capitalization since the most recent rally of 2021.

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is cutting ties with rapper Kanye West. This comes after West shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in a series of social media ramblings in recent weeks, and his appearance on FOX’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” at

Google announced that it partnered with Coinbase to enable select customers to pay for its cloud services with several cryptocurrencies through Coinbase Commerce, in an effort "to accelerate Web3...

For Jeffrey Miller, growing up on a farm in New Athens, Illinois, meant being exposed to pesticides, welding fumes and spray paint. What became everyday life would later define Miller's experience as a young adult, and would later manifest itself as organic dust toxic syndrome.De

Think about “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” It was more than a show, it was one of the internet’s first cultural juggernauts: Fans obsessed in chat rooms, they wrote fan fiction, they organized conventions.People did that for free. They did it because they loved Buf

Addressing Bitcoin’s energy-intensive proof-of-work model would encourage greater institutional adoption, according to one chief executive who has focused on sustainability for more than eight years.Bradford Van Voorhees, CEO and co-founder of Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol,

The knowledge required to manage a crypto portfolio is much different than what is required to manage a portfolio of traditional investments like stocks and bonds.Although people recognize the potential disruption that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology may have on various

Matt Hancock hasn’t always backed the right horse – but he has no regrets about his support for crypto in spite of the recent market downturn, the British lawmaker told CoinDesk.Hancock – who served as health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic during the Bori

Hollywood is a $100 billion business. Much of that business, for better or worse, is now fueled by franchise intellectual property (IP) – “Star Wars,” the “MCU,” “Harry Potter,” “Fast & Furious.” If you own the IP, you own