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Sustainable Development
Cutting money transfer fees could unlock $15bn for developing countries. Here's how
Blockchain could help smaller operators to grow, allowing more competition in the sector.
Blockchain
How blockchain can manage the future electricity grid
A more distributed and decarbonized energy future requires a more decentralized solution. Step forward blockchain.
Switzerland
Blockchain could be the answer to Switzerland’s business registration bureaucracy
Swiss entrepreneurs face on average a six-week-long, paper-heavy process to legally register their business entity with the government.
Blockchain
Will GDPR block Blockchain?
Many technologists believe that blockchain will be more transformational than the internet itself. But is GDPR standing in its way?
Behavioural Sciences
Reinventing money has a long history. Are cryptocurrencies really special?
Over the centuries, innovative forms of currency have impressed potential investors.
International Trade and Investment
Why are so few women buying into Bitcoin?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen a meteoric rise in popularity in recent years, but few women have joined the rush to invest.
Blockchain
Norway and Sweden's cheap energy is luring cryptocurrency miners
Cheap renewable energy could be the answer to cryptocurrency's large usage.
Blockchain
These 11 questions will help you decide if blockchain is right for your business
Blockchain is an innovative solution, but it is not the solution to all problems.
Blockchain
How secure is blockchain?
Blockchain is transforming the way we do business, and has the potential to reduce poverty throughout the developing world. But can it simultaneously offer trust and privacy to ensure pri...
Blockchain
Blockchain can solve some of the world's most pressing challenges. Here's how
A new report highlights how blockchain is helping non-profit organisations to grow.
Blockchain
Blockchain is facing a backlash. Can it survive?
As more people question the political, security and environmental implications of blockchain and digital currency, its future may depend on a new wave of projects designed to make a posit...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Powerful predictions for the future from a leading physicist
After 25 years as a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York, Michio Kaku has a unique perspective on the future.
Education, Gender and Work
This is how new technologies could improve education forever
New technology has the capacity to revolutionize education, but only if we let it.
Blockchain
How Blockchain could boost the economic power of the LGBT community
Blockchain could allow the LGBT community to fundraise and become a major economic power.
Emerging Technologies
Is new technology hurting our productivity?
To take advantage businesses, buildings, and infrastructure will need to be re-configured - and we'll have to stop getting distracted at work.