Expert Interviews
Thinking big: Blockchain paradigm shift may upend the social contract
Trust, data privacy and job elimination are some of the challenges that society will face as blockchain ushers in Web3.0, according to Don Tapscott.
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Jocelyn Yang
Jocelyn is a news and production support intern at Forkast in fall 2021. She is a journalism student at Emerson College and an aspiring tech & business reporter. Before joining the team, she was the reporting intern at Financial Times' publication Financial Advisor IQ.
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Upcoming NFT Projects
Tarantino auctions seven uncut ‘Pulp Fiction’ scenes as NFTs
Director Quentin Tarantino announced he will auction seven uncut scenes from Pulp Fiction as non-fungible tokens.
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Crypto Trading and Strategies
Mastercard partners with Bakkt to offer crypto payments
Payments giant Mastercard and cryptocurrencies firm Bakkt Holdings Inc. announced on Monday they have partnered to facilitate cryptocurrency debit and credit card payments. The partnership will make it easier for merchants, banks and fintechs in the U.S. to offer a broad set of cryptocurrency services and enable consumers to buy and sell digital assets through […]
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Bitcoin News
Tesla records $51M Bitcoin impairment charge in Q3 despite profit growth
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) on Wednesday reported that its third-quarter revenue surged 57% to US$13.76 billion from US$8.77 billion last year, and a net income of US$1.62 billion for the quarter. However, the company’s digital assets were hit by a Bitcoin-related impairment of US$51 million, down to US$1.26 billion in digital assets from […]
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Regulation
U.S. lawmakers urge Facebook to halt Novi’s pilot launch
A group of U.S. lawmakers called on Facebook to halt its cryptocurrency and digital wallet project Novi hours after its pilot launch began on Tuesday, amid the company’s ongoing trust crisis. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tina Smith (D-MN) said the tech giant “cannot be trusted […]
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