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Music Groups Band Together to Build Blockchain Rights Solution

Music Groups Band Together to Build Blockchain Rights Solution Drums, Instrument, Music Three societies tasked with protecting the intellectual property rights of musicians, writers, and other content creators have joined forces to build a blockchain solution to prevent piracy. Powered by Hyperledger's open-source Fabric distributed ledger, and managed by IBM, the nascent platform is being […]

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Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Is Still Underrated

Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Is Still Underrated     So what’s the deal? The numbers on social media marketing are impressive. More than half of small businesses in the United States are planning to increase their social media marketing budgets in 2017, and the number of businesses using social media marketing has increased, year over […]

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Bitcoin’s value is set to soar – three predictions for the future of the cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s value is set to soar – three predictions for the future of the cryptocurrency Utah Software Engineer Mints Physical Bitcoins Bitcoin and digital currency more broadly is one of the most divisive concepts of our time. The idea of a currency which is not controlled by a state or a corporation and which maintains […]

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Ledger grabs $7 million for its CryptoCurrency Hardware Wallets

Ledger grabs $7 million for its cryptocurrency hardware wallets    Things are going incredibly well for Ledger these days. People find bitcoins, ethers, and other cryptocurrencies exciting again. And the French startup just raised a $7 million Series A round to make hardware security devices ubiquitous. MAIF Avenir, XAnge, Wicklow Capital, GDTRE, Libertus Capital, Digital […]

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How the Blockchain is Being Used Beyond Bitcoin and Finance

How the Blockchain is Being Used Beyond Bitcoin and Finance The clouds of misconception and skepticism around bitcoin were so dark in the initial years that it hid the genius behind it.  In trying to understand bitcoin, it brought into the spotlight the technology that underpins it – the blockchain. During the World Economic Forum […]

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White House: Fintech ‘Changing Relations’ to Finance

White House: Fintech ‘Changing Relations’ to Finance US government interest in fintech continues to trend as the White House hosts a dedicated event – and says fintech is leading reforms for consumers and institutions alike. White House Acknowledging Fintech The remarks were made by Adrienne Harris, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy following […]

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Using Blockchain to Keep Public Data Public

Using Blockchain to Keep Public Data Public In early February, President Trump’s administration made a change to the White House website. The site’s digital updates are often small and insignificant — updating a photo, fixing a broken link — and therefore may go unnoticed. But this one was different, and it could have an impact on every […]

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Must-Do’s for Effective Social Media Marketing

Must-Do’s for Effective Social Media Marketing Marketing experts give their best advice on how to grow an audience, regardless of your budget.   A lot of businesses do social media marketing wrong. They hear everyone screaming, “You must have a social media presence,” but what that entails isn’t always spelled out correctly. Social media marketing […]

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What Does A Biz Dev Person Actually Do?

What Does A Biz Dev Person Actually Do?   Theory of Business Development According to the Grand Unified Theory of Business Development, Biz Dev is simply about pursuing opportunities for long-term growth from customers, markets, and relationships.  Sounds simple enough, but has anyone ever set out to describe what a “Biz Dev Person” actually does?  […]

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Bitcoin Falls as Investor Move to altcoins

Bitcoin Investors Move into Altcoins Bitcoin’s scaling fight has led to a record low in its percentage of cryptocurrency’s total market cap as investors hedge with top altcoins. As its user base expands, Bitcoin’s transactions have also grown, leading to blocks, capped at 1mb, to be filled to capacity. As a result, transactions have slowed […]

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