Among the benefits — new investors and a more liquid and structurally sound investment vehicle. Following the ICO wave of 2017, the cryptocurrency markets came crashing down amid concerns of regulatory backlash, and since then, the space has felt relatively muted. But make no mistake, the community has been quietly gearing up and building infrastructure to […]

Powerful US billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are funding a multi-million dollar campaign against President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Three political groups backed by the brothers say they will use advertising, lobbying and grassroots campaigns to push the benefits of free trade. The duo run Koch Industries, one of the world’s largest privately-owned firms. […]

With a presence in 32 countries already, US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is expanding into Japan, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency markets. In an announcement on Monday, San Francisco-based Coinbase confirmed the launch of an office in Japan and its plan to work “hand-in-hand” with the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country’s financial regulator, to ensure it […]

The notorious 51-percent attack: it’s the major fault in cryptocurrency protocols but it’s rarely seen, especially among the most popular cryptocurrencies. Yet, in the past couple months, the exploit – whereby a single miner (or group of miners) takes control of over half of the network’s total computing power and can then bend the protocol’s […]

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. military is increasing spending on a secret research effort to use artificial intelligence to help anticipate the launch of a nuclear-capable missile, as well as track and target mobile launchers in North Korea and elsewhere.   The effort has gone largely unreported, and the few publicly available details about it are […]

By Laura Desmond The Holy Grail for the financial industry is enabling access to capital for the more than five million small businesses that operate in the United States. Venture capital and banks only give money to a small fraction of companies, and it’s no secret that the recipients of that capital are not exactly diverse. Much […]

Moon Alert After 7 AM EDT (4 AM PDT) today we have the “all clear” today to shop and do business. The Moon is in Pisces.   Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is the Monday that you wanted yesterday. you have a productive day to begin the rest of your week. You will be forceful […]

For years we’ve been fed the line that a diet of red meat, supplements and protein shakes can have real health benefits. If only it were that simple   or the past two decades, the benefits of high-protein nutritional regimes have been relentlessly marketed to the general public, largely through the booming diet, fitness and […]

A reporter called tennis superstar Serena Williams “baby,” and asked whether she was “intimidated” by opponent Maria Sharapova’s “supermodel good looks” during an interview Saturday.   And she handled it like a champ (that she is). In the course of the interview, Inside Tennis’s Bill Simons said to the tennis star, “I know you want to get […]

Washington President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has the right to pardon himself but suggested that he won’t use that power, adding that the special counsel investigation is “unconstitutional.”   “As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I […]