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Chronicle Review Illustration by Scott Seymour ( Source ) C hristian Smith, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, wrote a true but trollish column for the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this month. He titled the piece " Higher Education is Drowning in BS ." His list of…
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China is set on stopping its citizens from trading bitcoin. Chinese authorities plan to widen their crackdown on domestic crypto-trades, by targeting methods including over-the-counter trading, offsho
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Background This is a follow-up from an earlier post, “ Stablecoins are doomed to fail ,” from December 10th. I’ll keep this one short. Long have I been a critic of the “stablecoin” concept – the techn
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This is the latest installment in my series of posts about ICO Mania . A question of liquidity On Sunday , I pointed out that Bitcoin, by setting itself up as a sort of decentralized bank, was also cr
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Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. According to multiple sources which have spoke
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