Alex Tapscott defines the deployment of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency as a “watershed moment.” This new currency opens up the possibility of banking the unbanked, but also comes with many challenges for the company: conflict with big banks who no longer own the only...
In this interview with Computerworld, Alex Tapscott discusses Facebook’s shift into financial services with the new Libra blockchain and what this signals for the banking industry. Continue reading Alex’s interview with Lucas Mearian.
In his piece for the New York Times, Alex Tapscott argues that a legitimate election outcome depends on addressing vulnerabilities in the system. The more that eligible voters participate in elections and the more transparent and durable the process, the more...
“Blockchain has the potential to completely revolutionize what’s across the border.” Speaking at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2018 in New York today, Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of the U.S. logistic giant FedEx, doubled down on his commitment to...
Because I write about technology I am regularly assailed by people who are exercised about so-called “cryptocurrencies” like bitcoin, which most of them regard as a scam. But when I reply that while bitcoin might be newsworthy, the really important story concerns the...
“The government of Bermuda – all the way up to the [premier] himself – is showing remarkable leadership in the blockchain space,” said Don Tapscott, author and executive director of the Blockchain Research Institute, per the Consensus press...
