Hot on the heels of his legal victory over the Winklevii, Bitcoin bad boy and early adopter Charlie Shrem has unleashed a new podcast looking at the early days of the first cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology on which it’s built.
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In ‘Blockchain Babel,’ a warning for banks and FinTechs
Igor Pejic’s new books sees blockchain bringing misunderstanding, opportunities, and looming threats to the financial sector
If there’s one theory at the heart of Igor Pejic’s new book, “Blockchain Babel: The Crypto Craze and the Challenge to Business,” it is that when it comes to using blockchain technology to remake the banking business, neither the financial institutions looking to maintain their dominance nor the FinTech firms trying to topple them understand each other, or how much they need each other.
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Forte’s $100 million Ripple-backed fund draws top developers at GDC, says COO Wakeford in interview
Why the future of gaming could lie in the cloud and on the blockchain
Forte Labs, the latest venture from Kabam founder Kevin Chou and former Kabam COO Kent Wakeford, had an overwhelming response at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco this past week. This comes on the heels of announcing its brand new $100 million fund backed by Ripple that will enable traditional games to add key blockchain features.
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Mt. Gox CEO acquitted on most serious charges, receives suspended sentence on the rest
Mark Karpelès’ year-long detention and interrogation in Japan was a nightmare; lost 77 pounds
A Japanese court handed Mt. Gox founder Mark Karpelès a suspended sentence for tampering with financial records, but acquitted him of the far more serious charges of embezzlement and breach of trust on March 15.
