• Blockchain project helps restaurants
    Brooklyn's Red Hook Lobster Pound was saved after 2012's Hurricane Sandy by the type of Save Your Business program Tatum is putting on the blockchain (Photo: Flickr/Mr.TinDC)
    Commentary,  Technology

    Blockchain project steps up to save businesses hit by coronavirus

    As well-meaning as the Save Your Business initiative is, there are sadly some flaws to the concept

    April 16, 2020 /

    The coronavirus pandemic has hit restaurants, retailers and millions of other small businesses hard. Now, a blockchain startup is attempting to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 for companies who have been forced to close their doors. Enterprise blockchain developer Tatum’s nonprofit Save Your Business project is designed to deliver much-needed cashflow to firms that saw their income practically dry up overnight.

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  • Sen. Loeffler sells low
    If Sen. Kelly Loeffler did trade on inside information, she's paying a high price (Photo: U.S. Senate).
    Commentary,  Politics

    After insider trading fight, Sen. Loeffler sells low

    Former Bakkt CEO and current Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler blames ‘baseless attacks from political adversaries and the media’ for divesting stock holdings in a down market

    April 10, 2020 /

    Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler announced on April 8 that she and her husband were selling all of their stock holdings following weeks accusations of using her position for insider trading.

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  • Poloniex launching Tron-based token
    Justin Sun's Poloniex is kicking off a new IEO launch platform with a Justin Sun-branded token (Photo: Tron)
    Alt coins,  Commentary

    JUST a coincidence? Poloniex launching Tron-based token

    Poloniex is creating an exchange token launch platform. The first project is a Tron-based stablecoin lending service. Who controls Poloniex? Tron founder Justin Sun

    April 7, 2020 /

    Months after finally admitting he was a part of the group that snapped up Poloniex late last year, Tron founder Justin Sun appears to be using the once-dominant cryptocurrency exchange’s reputation to boost the credibility of his week-old stablecoin.

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  • Binance buys CoinMarketCap
    CZ's latest purchase is raising eyebrows (Photo: CoinMarketCap)
    Commentary,  Cryptocurrencies

    Binance buys CoinMarketCap, raising skepticism and doubts

    From an eyewatering reported price tag of $400 million to concerns about whether the crypto ratings site can maintain its neutrality, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao’s latest purchase is raising eyebrows

    April 2, 2020 /

    Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao reportedly spent as much as $400 million on CoinMarketCap. If true, that’s a princely—if not laughable—sum, especially during a market crash of such historic proportions that investments and acquisitions in nearly every industry have dried up.

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