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Top US Business Schools Are Racing to Incorporate Blockchain

Top business schools are beginning to compete for blockchain talent amidst what professors say is a changing Wall Street job market.

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Millions in Minutes: How Polychain Makes Sense of the ICO Wild West

What does a 'crypto hedge fund' think of the ICO market? Its team provides perspective on what makes an attractive offering.

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What the Father of Venture Capital Can Teach Us About Blockchain

Early venture capitalists were driven to break the regulatory mold to allow something new to flourish. Ring a bell?

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Bullion on the Blockchain: A New Gold Standard?

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson puts blockchain gold trading trials within the wider context of changes in the precious metals markets.

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'User-Generated Currency': Bitcoin and the YouTube of Money

Why the ability of blockchain technologies to create many currencies could create a 'long tail' of new commerce opportunities.

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Cryptocurrency Investment Cues From the South Sea Bubble

A warning from history: what the South Seas Bubble of the 1700s can teach us about the current craze for ICOs.

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Matchpool: The ICO 'Scandal' That Wasn't

It's been a bumpy ride from the heights of a successful ICO to allegations of an 'exit scam'. What's been going on at Matchpool?

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Inside TrueBit: Ethereum's Lesser-Known Scalability Effort

TrueBit, an under-the-radar effort to supercharge ethereum smart contracts, is gaining momentum, with some dapps already planning an integration.

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Offense or Defense? How to Win the Blockchain Game

How advances in blockchain tech are creating competitive pressures for financial market participants, and how to formulate a strategy to win.

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From AsicBoost to UASF: Greg Maxwell on Bitcoin's Path Forward

Greg Maxwell discusses his assertions about an alleged controversial mining technique and the way forward for bitcoin.

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