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Facebook’s Coin Will Repackage the Status Quo
By Andy Gordon on May 8, 2019
Facebook is already being hailed as revolutionary for looking to create its own digital coin. But it hardly fits that description.
News Fix: MIT, Harvard Dive Into Cannabis Research; Facebook Goes Big on Crypto Payments
By Allison Brickell on May 4, 2019
In this week's News Fix: MIT and Harvard receive money for cannabis research, Tesla is raising more than $1 billion, Facebook's audacious crypto plans have been leaked, and Canada and Singapore have completed a cross-border blockchain payment.
News Fix: Lyft Launches Its IPO, Trades Higher
By Allison Brickell on March 30, 2019
This week, Lyft launched its much-anticipated IPO, Uber bought one of its rivals and New Jersey worked by its own schedule.
Getting in Before the IPO Party Starts
By Andy Gordon on March 27, 2019
CNBC can’t decide whether IPOs are good or bad for investors. It ought to subscribe to Early Investing...
Crypto Monitor: Facebook’s Super-Secret Crypto Project, Jameson Lopp’s Guide to Disappearing
By Early Investing on March 15, 2019
In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Fidelity leads the institutional push into crypto, Facebook works on a secret crypto project and Jameson Lopp shows us how to disappear.
Mailbag: A Reality Check for Facebook Coin and AI
By Early Investing on March 10, 2019
In this week’s Mailbag, Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon separate the hype from the reality surrounding “Facebook Coin” and AI.
Blockchain Technology for a Broken World
By Andy Gordon on February 13, 2019
The consumer economy has trust issues. But blockchain technology has the potential to fix the problem.
News Fix: Google and Facebook Up Their Blockchain Game
By Vin Narayanan on February 9, 2019
In this week’s News Fix, an Arizona county prosecutor has charged a cancer patient for a medical marijuana technicality, and Google and Facebook are stepping up their blockchain game.
Mailbag: Airdrop Requirements and Risk Tolerance
By Early Investing on December 2, 2018
In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team answers questions about airdrop social media requirements and risk tolerance in the crypto market.
Net Censorship on the Rise
By Adam Sharp on October 19, 2018
Google, Facebook, Twitter and others have ramped up censorship of unpopular political views. Can free speech be saved?
Big Investors Gear Up for Bitcoin
By Vin Narayanan on July 7, 2018
Prices of bitcoin rallied this week as institutional investors began moving in, and one big company showed how serious it was about blockchain.
News Fix: New York Stock Exchange Parent Company and Facebook Make Big Moves into Bitcoin and Blockchain
By Vin Narayanan on May 11, 2018
It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. Between CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Facebook and Twitter – just to name a few – there’s so much information flying around that it’s become hard to tell what’s really important… and what’s just noise. The cryptocurrency news…