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  • Catalan independence protest in Times Square, New York City in 2013 (via Wiki commons).
    Catalan independence protest in Times Square, New York City in 2013 (via Wiki commons).
    Politics,  Technology

    Road to Catalonian independence may go through blockchain

    It could be more than just self-sovereignty the region’s separatist government hopes to see in IdentiCAT

    September 10, 2019 /

    With its latest blockchain strategy, the government of Spain’s Catalonia region is not only putting itself ahead of the curve in terms of offering citizens control of their personal information, it is ratcheting up its campaign to break away from Spain.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Cornell University (via Pixabay)
    Cornell University (via Pixabay)
    Technology

    Coinbase: Cornell University is the best when it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain education

    The 2nd Annual Coinbase Report on Higher Education finds more than half of the world’s top 50 universities now offer these courses; enrollment in such classes has doubled

    August 28, 2019 /

    Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University are the tops when it comes to offering courses in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, according to a new report from Coinbase.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Nobel laureate and Columbia University professor of economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz (photo via Columbia University).
    Nobel laureate and Columbia University professor of economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz (photo via Columbia University).
    Libra

    ‘Suckers are born every minute’: Economist Joseph Stiglitz takes on Facebook’s David Marcus over Libra

    The head of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency project fires back at the Nobel laureate’s declaration that only a fool would trust it

    July 5, 2019 /

    Earlier this week, a Nobel Prize-winning economist squared off with a Facebook executive over whether the social media giant could be trusted to create a cryptocurrency.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • There would be no Satoshi Nakamoto without Alan Turing (via Shutterstock).
    There would be no Satoshi Nakamoto without Alan Turing (via Shutterstock).
    Distributed Leisure

    Exploring the future of blockchain tech through its history

    CoinDesk’s head of research discusses crypto-economics, cryptography, and some blockchain use cases

    March 1, 2019 /

    While Bitcoin is only ten years old, the origins of the technologies behind it go back much further, and its future implications are still not clear.

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    Michael Hillmeyer
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