Farm to Fork: Blockchain in the Food Ecosystem and IBM’s Food Trust Initiative

By Helen Zhang

Blockchain Demystified

By Ben Hebert

In the financial world, the archetype of the wonky bitcoin guy is growing stronger than ever. These are the people secluding themselves in their basements trading tokens on Poloniex. The people who are known to bring up crypto in any and every…

Cryptocurrencies are Speculative Assets, Nothing More

By Angela Gladkikh

Presenting evolutionary implications, blockchain technology has enabled the rise of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Despite their promise to secure transactions and reduce…

Company Spotlight: Credit Karma

By Andrew Sieglin

Credit Karma is a fintech corporation that offers free credit score reports and evaluations through two major credit bureaus, TransUnion and Equifax. Through the company, clients are able to access their credit at all times and…

The Impending Disruption in Banking and How Pro-Competitive Policy Can Help

By Henry Greene

Alan Greenspan, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, recently warned that the US has seen a steep drop in competition in major economic sectors. According to the…

Company Spotlight: Robinhood

By Andrew Siegelin

One of the fastest growing fintech startups is Robinhood, a for-profit organization providing an educational walkthrough of the stock market as well as providing a database for investments and portfolios.

Bloq and The Metronome Project: Bringing Longevity and Cross-Chain Interoperability to the Blockchain Ecosystem

Blockchain: What it is and why it is not just a form of currency

By Patrick Alberts

How Bitcoin Changed More Than Just Currency

What forms the foundation of any human exchange? The two main components are communication…

Fintech Enroute: This Week’s Industry News

Global Finclusion: M-Pesa’s Deal with Western Union

Fintech’s favorite buzzword “finclusion” has been put to the test this week in Kenya, where M-Pesa, the country’s incredibly successful mobile money transferring and…

Fintech to Redefine Real Estate and Insurance Industries

By Joshua Solesbury

Wait a minute … I thought FinTech was just in finance? That is what it seems at a glance, however, take a closer look and you will see that FinTech has far reaching influences especially…