In this episode, we review what JP Morgan and Alibaba are working on, how large enterprises are using blockchain and what this means for ICO/IEO coins. Yahoo! has also gone live with a new cryptocurrency exchange – what does this mean for the broader adoption of coins? Finally, we take an in-depth look at the new Ledger Nano X. Join […]

The New York Times has revealed the steps it takes to protect its journalists’ privacy and online security. Speaking to Vice on the CYBER podcast, Runa Sandvik, the newly-instated senior director of information security at The New York Times shed light on the tools and practices employed by the media organization to maximize safety for its staff.  The Importance of […]

World trade shrank by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and is likely to grow by 2.6 percent this year, below a previous forecast of 3.7 percent, the World Trade Organization said. The WTO said trade had been weighed down by new tariffs and retaliatory measures, weaker economic growth, volatility in financial markets and tighter monetary conditions in […]

If you’re feeling iffy about ICOs and STOs, the ADAF provides the 4-1-1 on how to give some TLC to your TGEs. The African Digital Asset Framework (ADAF) has published “version 0.1” of a set of guidelines meant to provide “an evolving framework of minimum standards for consumers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs” to follow when participating in or evaluating ICOs. With […]

That finding comes from the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics being released Monday. Its economists collectively project that growth, as measured by the gross domestic product, will reach a modest 2.4 this year and just 2 percent in 2020. Among the key factors in their dimmer assessment are a global slowdown and the ongoing trade conflicts […]

The world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of one another’s goods over the past year, battering financial markets and souring business and consumer sentiment. “I suspect there are some more bumps in the road ahead as the most difficult issues get worked out,” Lew told CNBC’s Martin Soong in Beijing, China on Monday. If […]

The system that supports international transactions is years behind the times. Can IBM’s World Wire catapult us into the present? On Monday, March 18, technology giant IBM announced that its new cross-border payments network, intended to clear and settle foreign exchange transactions in seconds instead of days or weeks, is widely available. The pilot phase of the new payment network, […]

Investor focus was mostly attuned to global trade developments, after a report overnight said the U.S. and China were closing in on a deal. Elsewhere, investors will likely monitor construction spending figures, which are due to be released at 10 a.m. ET. Meanwhile, the Treasury is set to auction $48 billion in three-month Treasury bills and $39 billion in six-month […]

“Our base case is that an agreement would leave some US tariffs in place, potentially lifting them in stages as various commitments under the agreement have been met. We nevertheless expect some US tariffs to remain in place into 2020,” Goldman Sachs wrote in the report. Going forward, the process to reach a trade deal would be expected to occur […]