MasterCard Disrupts the Industry with Its New Blockchain API

MasterCard Disrupts the Industry with Its New Blockchain API

The mainstreaming of crypto-technologies has brought about a brutal schism: on one hand, you have digital currency, and on the other, blockchain–two distinct fields of operation, two separate paradigms of commercial use, two opposing “regimes” of...
Are Americans Getting Conned by the Numbers?

Are Americans Getting Conned by the Numbers?

Numbers have a fascinating power. No, it’s not the numbers themselves. And no, it’s not the units that the numbers explicitly represent (a million dollars versus, say, a million grains of sand). The power of numbers come from what they implicitly stand for: a kind of...
Market Insights 6-13-18

Market Insights 6-13-18

Conned by Numbers – America’s Real Growth Rate We often assume that “numbers don’t lie.” The power of numbers is not necessarily attributable to the numbers themselves or what they represent, but rather in the inherent bias that we attribute to them. So, if someone...
Market Insights 6-7-18

Market Insights 6-7-18

With Trump’s Support, STATES Act Could Legalize Cannabis Nationwide The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Entrusting States (STATES) Act is being introduced this morning on Capitol Hill. Should President Trump support it, the STATES Act would allow every state...