Blockchain-related articles on Data Driven Investor (DDI).

Blockchain

Cryptocurrency

Bridging the Cryptocurrency Divide: A Challenge for Communications Pro...

Some first-person research here: when I mention cryptocurrency to those outside its universe, the immediate reaction often is: “stay away,” or...
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Does Crypto Have the Power to Disrupt the Financial Ecosystem?

When Bitcoin was created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, not many people knew what it was or what it meant for...
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Blockchain Home Equity Loans Now a Reality

On September 5, 2019, Caliber Home Loans – a leading American mortgage company, became the first creditor outside of Figure (the...
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Crowfunding

7 Use Cases for Blockchain-based Crowdfunding

Startups from around the world have found crowdfunding to be an extremely viable alternative to traditional venture capital. To date, crowdfunding...
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Legal Technology

Legal Technology in the Age of Blockchain

Emerging technologies have been transforming entire industries recently. Even traditionally technophobic sectors like the legal system are being upended as well....
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music industry

Can Blockchain Save the Music Industry?

The music industry is constantly changing. From records to cassettes to CDs to streaming, how people consume music is ever-evolving. One...
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A New Era of Lending: Blockchain Based Loans

Current Issue Without a history of credit, it is nearly impossible to receive a loan from traditional financial institutions. Banks typically...
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Fintech Felt Like Funtech but Now Libra is On Its Way

Libra is on its way. The battlefields are marked. The trenches are built. The die is cast. The financial crisis of ten...
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cryptocurrency

For Bitcoin, Slowly But Surely Is Better Than Quickly But Vaguely

You have probably heard about the many criticisms against Bitcoin (BTC) and its PoW (Proof-Of-Work) consensus mechanism. Bitcoin is being called...
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token offerings

Race to win Token Offerings, China raises $1.11 billion – New In...

China-based Blockchain and crypto startups raised a whopping $1.11 billion during H1 2019, accounting for as much as 33.2% of the...
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Bitcoin’s surge & Facebook’s Libra launch has put the...

Financial Regulators have not been really forthcoming ever since the announcement by the social media giant to launch its own digital...
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The current state of Stable coins in Six charts

Going through a recent report from the blockchain research group Blockdata, gives you insight into how big the whole Stable coin...
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