Blockchain research & industry insights

As more and more money flows in and out of cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency exchanges, these institutions are finding themselves subject to the laws and regulations imposed on the broader financial services industry.  Some find that this is burdensome, and detracts from the libertarian, anti-bank ethos of cryptocurrency. The crypto-to-crypto exchange Shapeshift, for instance, refuses to serve customers in the state of New York, due to New York’s controversial BitLicense.

Could Distributed Ledger Technology Aid Corporate and State Governance?

With Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices in the news more and more these days a lot of people are asking, "What is this stuff and how does it work?" Lucky for you there are a slew of podcasters out there doing their best to inform people but with new podcasts popping up each day how do you know the right ones to listen to? To make it easy for you we've listened to almost every podcast on crypto and blockchain available to bring you our top 5 picks so you can start listening and learning today!

It’s hard to predict or understand how a new technology will be used, even when we’re given a lot of clues. It’s especially difficult to envision how a versatile technology, like the blockchain, will drive new products and services compared to a specific one, like a 3D printer. We take a look at how blockchain and cryptocurrency evolved this year in unexpected ways, and make our predictions for 2018, knowing full well the odds are against us.