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NYU Professor Says Elon Musk Is Attracting Regulators to Crypto — Regulatory Action Expected in 30 Days
23.5.2021
NYU Professor Scott Galloway says that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is drawing additional scrutiny and regulators to the crypto space. He expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to respond to Musk’s action in the next 30 days. Furthermore, the professor expects to see a Musk coin...
The Fear Factor: A Volatility Index for Crypto Arrives
15.5.2021
As Coti ramps up efforts to bring a decentralized fear index to crypto, it has enlisted the help of Professor Dan Galai, one of the pioneering brains behind the Cboe Market Volatility Index (VIX), to help the organization develop a crypto-oriented version. VIX Co-Creator to Join Coti-Backed...
MIT Crypto Professor Gary Gensler Confirmed as New SEC Chairman
15.4.2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now has a new chairman, Gary Gensler. President Joe Biden’s pick, the MIT professor, whose classes included blockchain technology, digital currencies, and financial technology, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the SEC. SEC Has a...
Opioid Premiums, Jobseekers and Vaccines: Covid-19 Fuels Darknet Markets in a Different Way
21.3.2021
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has found its way onto the deep web and during the last few months, researchers have found a great number of individuals turning to darknet markets (DNMs) for employment. The organization Check Point Research has recorded a rising trend of people looking for jobs...
Pokémon Go's Professor Willow Is Coming To The Pokémon Card Game
5.3.2021
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. What better way to celebrate that than sticking Professor Willow from Pokémon Go in it?Read more
Biden’s SEC Chair Pick Gary Gensler Reveals Policies on Bitcoin and Crypto Regulation
3.3.2021
Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has revealed his policies on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies if confirmed as the SEC chairman. Gensler is a professor at MIT who teaches cryptocurrencies. He previously served as...
Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff Warns Central Banks Will Never Allow Bitcoin to Go Mainstream
28.2.2021
Harvard Professor of Economics and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kenneth Rogoff says that central banks won’t allow bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to become mainstream. “Eventually over the long course of history, the government first regulates...
Fed-Published DeFi Study By a European Professor Boosts Industry Morale
9.2.2021
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) remains a niche market, but its efficiency, transparency, accessibility, and composability make for interesting characteristics, enabling it to potentially contribute to a more robust and transparent global financial infrastructure, according to a study published by...
Harvard Economics Professor: Governments Will Not Allow Bitcoin on a Big Scale and They Will Win
24.1.2021
Harvard Professor of Economics and former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kenneth Rogoff believes that governments will not allow bitcoin to flourish on a large scale. “The regulation will come in. The government will win,” he said. The professor also discussed...
US President-Elect Biden to Nominate MIT Blockchain Professor Gary Gensler as SEC Chairman
14.1.2021
The U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Gary Gensler as the new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to replace Elad Roisman. During Obama’s administration, Gensler led the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2009 to 2014. The Former Banker...
Reuters: Gary Gensler, MIT blockchain professor and Obama's CFTC chair, to head Biden SEC
12.1.2021
Gensler taught a course on "blockchain technology's potential use — by entrepreneurs and incumbents — to change the world of money and finance."
Economics Professor Tyler Cowen Says Cryptos Useful as Hedges or Forms of Payments – ‘Not Both’
4.1.2021
Tyler Cowen, an economist and professor at George Mason University, has suggested that the key use cases of cryptocurrencies are mutually exclusive. He argues that cryptos can either be important inflation hedging tools or useful forms of payment but not both. The Regulation Threat The professor...
Cryptocurrencies Prove Central Bank Models Are Obsolete, Says Professor
4.12.2020
A Spanish professor and economist stated that cryptocurrencies have brought out the “obsolescence” of central banks, although their capitalization is still “very insignificant.” Crypto Is Not Only About the ‘Speculative Noise’ Pablo Agnese, an economics professor...
Crypto Proves Central Banks Are Obsolete, Says UIC Barcelona Professor
2.12.2020
A Spanish economics professor said that the popularity of crypto proves that central banks have become “obsolete” in the modern world.
The comments were made by professor Pablo Agnese, a tenured lecturer in the Department of Economy and Business Organization at the Universitat Internacional...
EIP-1559 Won't Lower High Ethereum Fees On Its Own - Professor
2.12.2020
Among several of the recently much-discussed Ethereum (ETH)-related events is the arrival of a particular Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that should help lower fees - but high fees are a scalability, not a mechanism issue, argues an expert.
EIP-1559 is expected to bring automatic token burn...
DLT Voting Would Likely Benefit Democrats: UNSW Professor
10.7.2020
Professor Richard Holden thinks exploring distributed ledger technology for voting in US elections could put voter fraud lawsuits to bed
Professor Shoots 6 Questions At Digital Dollar Champions
30.6.2020
While the digital dollar advocates stress benefits of this new form of money, Duke University Visiting Professor of Law Nakita Cuttino urges to be more critical.
“Congress must critically review innovations like CBDCs [central bank digital currencies] and stablecoins to ensure novel forms do...
Stellar Foundation Adds College Professor and Dropbox Brass
22.4.2020
The Stellar Development Foundation added two member to its board of directors, bolstering the experience held on its roster
MIT Professor: Blockchain Is Good on Its Own but Not Good for Voting
28.2.2020
Computer scientist Ronald Rivest has said that blockchain is not the right technology for voting, although it can find proper application in a number of other areas
Professor Emin Gün Sirer: ‘The Crypto Revolution Is Here to Stay’
28.2.2020
“Crypto Titans” is a series of personal interviews conducted by CoinMarketCap with prominent and forward-thinking minds tinkering on and behindContinue Reading
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