A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary historyWhen a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political,…
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Hundreds of hours of research and 73 pages of notes—that’s what it took for Aprilynne Alter to multiply her YouTube subscriber count by 12 times in 30 days! By the time you finish reading this post, you’ll know how she did it, too. More importantly, you’ll have actionable steps that you can use to boost your subscribers and grow your channel on YouTube. There’s a lot of competition on YouTube — Is it worth it? To understand this in context, let’s look at some facts first. YouTube is the world’s second-largest search engine. It’s also the top streaming platform. Hundreds…
In early 2024, a striking deepfake fraud case in Hong Kong brought the vulnerabilities of AI-driven deception into sharp relief. A finance employee was duped during a video call by what appeared to be the CFO—but was, in fact, a sophisticated AI-generated deepfake. Convinced of the call’s authenticity, the employee made 15 transfers totaling over $25 million to fraudulent bank accounts before realizing it was a scam.This incident exemplifies more than just technological trickery—it signals how trust in what we see and hear can be weaponized, especially as AI becomes more deeply integrated into enterprise tools and workflows. From embedded…
Cardano ADA Price Predictions for 2023Blog Introduction: Cardano (ADA) is a blockchain project that has been gaining traction in the crypto space since its launch in 2017. With a market cap of over 11 billion USD, it’s one of the biggest players in the cryptocurrency industry. The question many people have on their minds is, what will be the price of Cardano by 2023? In this blog post, we take a look at some of the factors that are likely to affect the price of Cardano in 2023 and make some predictions about where the price may go.Current Market Sentiment…
There are plenty of labs working on solutions to Kessler Syndrome, where there’s so much debris in low Earth orbit that rockets are no longer capable of reaching it without being hit with hypersonic parts of defunct equipment. While we haven’t yet gotten to the point where we’ve lost access to space, there will come a day where that will happen if we don’t do something about it. A new paper from Kazunori Takahashi of Tohoku University in Japan looks at a novel solution that uses a type of magnetic field typically seen in fusion reactors to decelerate debris using…
Investors are counting down to the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 17 monetary policy decision; markets expect a quarter-point rate cut that could trigger short-term volatility but potentially fuel longer-term gains across risk assets.The economic backdrop highlights the Fed’s delicate balancing act. According to the latest CPI report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, consumer prices rose 0.4% in August, lifting the annual CPI rate to 2.9% from 2.7% in July, as shelter, food, and gasoline pushed costs higher. Core CPI also climbed 0.3%, extending its steady pace of recent months. Producer prices told a similar story: per…
The more time I’ve spent working alongside HR teams, the more I realize hiring is a lot like marketing. You need to attract the right audience (candidates), nurture them through a pipeline (interview process), and ultimately convert them into loyal brand advocates (employees).
As the company that either invented or popularized the dive watch, the GMT watch, the first water-resistant watch, the first automatic watches, and much more besides, you could hardly downplay Rolex’s influence on watchmaking history. But while its iconic sports watches, like the Submariner, Daytona and GMT-Master are endlessly imitated, Rolex is not seen as a trendsetter, preferring to ignore passing horological fashions. It does its own thing, iterating carefully and minimally on its age-old templates.Five years ago, however, Rolex introduced a collection so avant-garde that is still influencing creative decisions across the entire watch industry, and it did so…
September 12, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that XION is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading XION trading is live as of September 12, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Here’s some more information about this asset: XION (XION) XION is a Layer-1 blockchain focused on chain abstraction and usability, simplifying accounts and fees for end-users. XION secures the network through staking,…
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