Search
Milton Friedman’s 1999 Vision: Predicting Bitcoin Before the Digital Age Dawned
3.3.2024
Nearly two decades before the Bitcoin network revolutionized the digital world, Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman foresaw the emergence of digital currencies. His prediction of an electronic currency facilitating anonymous transactions has become a cornerstone in understanding the evolution of digital...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Consolidates Near $42,830 Amid Cathie Wood’s Gold Comparison
6.2.2024
Bitcoin price prediction; February 6, 2024 Bitcoin price prediction remains bullish as BTC‘s climb to $42,830 ignites discussions, with Cathie Wood championing it as the new gold, reshaping investment strategies in the digital age. Market sentiment appears cautiously optimistic as influential...
Dash: Transforming transactions and play in the digital age!
11.9.2023
Dash is making a big impact on online globe transactions safer than ever. The distributed blockchain network of blockchain technology is redefining global financial transactions. Likewise, Dash provides a variety of methods that enable users wherever in the world to enjoy even more online material....
Your rights in the metaverse: The benefits and challenges of collaborating in the digital age
15.8.2023
Collective creativity and shared ownership of content in the metaverse raise considerations regarding fair use, credit and compensation for creative contributions
Evaluating research on crypto regulatory landscape in digital age
21.7.2023
In a few years, crypto has grown from being digital novelties to one of the most advanced technologies worth trillions of dollars with great potential to disrupt the entire financial system globally. Bitcoin and thousands of other digital currencies are being held by users as investments or used...
České vědkyně zkoumají odolnost médií vůči dezinformacím
4.5.2023
Vědkyně z Institutu komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky FSV UK se podílejí na mezinárodním výzkumu odolnosti médií vůči dezinformacím a propagandě. Tříletý grant Horizon Europe získaly s dalšími evropskými výzkumnými institucemi
Stop the Presses: Criticism Against the New York Times Mounts as Newspaper Is Accused of Killing 59 Million Trees Annually
19.4.2023
After the New York Times (NYT) published an editorial about bitcoin mining, claiming the industry is harmful to the environment, an organization called Stop the Presses took issue with the Times’ paper usage. Stop the Presses launched a social media campaign against the NYT’s newspaper...
Marta Belcher: Reframing Privacy for the Digital Age
21.3.2023
Somehow we accept that financial transactions get turned over to the government by default without a warrant, says civil liberties lawyer Marta Belcher, a speaker at this year's Consensus festival
File Transfer Giant Wetransfer Joins NFT Industry, Partners with Blockchain Platform Minima for March Launch of Minting Product
7.2.2023
File transfer service giant Wetransfer announced Monday it is collaborating with blockchain platform Minima to offer a non-fungible token (NFT) minting product in March. Wetransfer’s announcement details that users leveraging the Minima cooperative will be able to mint NFTs from a mobile...
Is “The Howey Test” outdated? Modernizing regulations for the digital age
20.1.2023
The rate and reach of cryptocurrency adoption in recent years signals the dire need for modern regulation that simultaneously safeguards investors and enables innovation to flourish
Islamic Scholar Says Digital Currency is Not a ‘Fictitious Currency’
1.3.2022
An Islamic scholar, Irshad Ahmad Ijaz, has asserted that digital currency is not fake currency and that it should be legitimized once certain conditions are met. Ijaz’s viewpoint is echoed by other scholars that attended a seminar examining the status of digital currencies from...
Public and Private Money Can Coexist in the Digital Age
21.2.2021
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli is a Deputy Division Chief in the same Department.
___
We value innovation and diversity—including in money. On the same day, we might...
Mining City: A Blueprint for Success?
3.12.2020
“Together we grow!” This is the slogan of Mining City, a company with a solid foundation in the cryptocurrency market. Is this catchphrase a real promise, or an overstated declaration? Let’s find out. Brick by Brick Cryptocurrencies are considered by many as the “gold of...
ECB Executive Board Member on European Payments in the Digital Age
24.10.2020
Speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the ECB Conference "A new horizon for pan-European payments and digital euro." Frankfurt am Main, 22 October 2020.
______
Key points:
An uncontrolled change in the payments landscape...
E-Krona or Bust, Says Sweden’s Chief Central Banker, Trying to Drag Swedish Govt Into Digital Age
16.10.2020
Riksbank Governor Stevan Ingves sees a Swedish digital currency as an imperative for his central bank
After BitMEX: Regulation Must Change for the Digital Age
6.10.2020
Recent regulatory enforcement against BitMEX shows how out of step the world's financial regulators are with digital innovation
A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
22.9.2020
Veteran futurist Don Tapscott imagines the world in 2030 and finds reasons for optimism in the face of persistent social crisis
Digital Platform for Smart-Contracts Barter Smartplace: Future Unicorn of Decentralized Commerce Sells Tokens With a 50% Discount
8.9.2020
The Barter Smartplace blockchain ecosystem team believes that closing deals in the fast-paced digital age can be as fast, reliable, and efficient as using online-banking. However, without the participation of intermediaries, the execution of contracts, and the physical presence of both parties,...
Copycats and Copyright: Empowering Content Creators in the Digital Age
16.6.2020
One of the greatest challenges for digital content creators is the ability to maintain copyright over their works, and blockchain tech can help them
Prediction: Bitcoin to Rival Gold as a Store of Value in the Digital Age Thanks to Halving
9.2.2020
The total market capitalization of gold is estimated to be above $7 trillion, which is over 38 times that of bitcoin at the moment. However, there are those that think that the cryptocurrency is a better store of value for our age than the precious metal. The latest take on the idea explains...