Unraveling of the state
The State is characterized by three monopolies: coercive power, money creation, and taxation. It also has the sole authority to limit individual freedom on the pretense of protecting one citizen…
Insurers gingerly test bitcoin business with heist policies
Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than miss out on this volatile and loosely regulated, but rapidly…
Insurers gingerly test bitcoin business with heist policies
Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than miss out on this volatile and loosely regulated, but rapidly…
US officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election
The US government plans to launch a program in roughly one month that narrowly focuses on protecting voter registration databases and systems ahead of the 2020 presidential election. These systems,…
Investors left exposed as Trump’s SEC gives America Inc helping hand
The United States’ top market cop is slowly taking the shackles off corporations. Since becoming head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2017, Jay Clayton has presided over…
Crypto revolution
THROUGHOUT history, many new technologies launched with great hype have failed to live up to their potential. Blockchain and Bitcoin are examples of such ‘revolutionary’ technologies that are yet to…
Debt bear stalks Goldilocks economy
The global economy is enjoying a Goldilocks moment, with growth and inflation neither too hot nor too cold. But a decade after the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market…
Bitcoin catches on in tech-savvy Romania
In a well-lit office with red window frames in downtown Bucharest, Romania's first bitcoin ATM attracts many who until it opened in May had to buy or sell the digital…
