What are the biggest obstacles to creating blockchain companies? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Samantha Radocchia, Co-Founder at Chronicled, on Quora: When we first started Chronicled, it was a very unique time for blockchain-based businesses. No one really knew about blockchain, so […]

Bitcoin prices have been dropping steadily after news broke that the Securities and Exchange Commission had launched an investigation of cryptocurrency-related tech companies and advisors this week. At 14:34 UTC today, the price of one bitcoin token traded at $10,811, down 3% from $11,165.66 just 12 hours earlier. While the exact cause of the drop in value isn’t clear, market observers believe […]

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum will play Cheetah in the superhero sequel. Kristen Wiig is in talks for the villain role in Wonder Woman 2, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Patty Jenkins is returning to direct the sequel that will star Gal Gadot as the Amazonian princess. Very few plot details are known about the […]

It was morning in the universe and much colder than anyone had expected when light from the first stars began to tickle and excite their dark surroundings nearly 14 billion years ago. Astronomers using a small radio telescope in Australia reported on Wednesday that they had discerned effects of that first starlight on the universe […]

It’s testament to how rough stocks had it in February that the last two days, a stretch that would’ve qualified as the worst selloff in all of 2017, barely shows up in a monthly graph. Not that it wasn’t painful. The S&P 500 Index slid 2.4 percent over Tuesday and Wednesday to cap the biggest […]

BILLIONAIRE Bill Gates has made a cynical economic prediction, saying a financial crisis like the one in 2008 is “a certainty”. BILL Gates believes another financial crisis is coming. In an “Ask Me Anything” Q & A on Reddit this week, one user asked the Microsoft co-founder, “Do you think in the near future, we […]

We’ve been giving tech giants free rein over our data for far too long. It is genius on their part. They’ve created services that are so ubiquitous that we now use them without even really thinking about the consequences and trade-offs. Companies like Facebook and Google have done such fine jobs creating online experiences that […]

Cryptocurrency trading is a dream come true for expats who finally have access to a way to make money without the worry of cross-border controls. One of the major benefits of cryptocurrency is the concept is global. Other financial opportunities are wrapped up in government and central bank regulations that can stifle entrepreneurship. As long […]

The main reason why some potential contestants never get to compete on the “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” has nothing to do with their looks. The “top reason applicants don’t make it onto the show” ― according to Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure, by Los Angeles Times staff writer Amy Kaufman […]

The chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an attack on the market power of large tech companies Wednesday. “I’m not looking for a lot of regulation, I’m looking for responsibility,” Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said at an Axios event. “If responsibility doesn’t flow, then regulation will.” Why it matters: Walden leads the House […]