Bill DeLisle

At the last G20 summit in March 2018, financial leadership from twenty of the world’s most significant economies had wildly divergent opinions about the...

Among the bustle of crypto-related activities in Washington this week, an important announcement surfaced from Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

Cryptocurrency was all the buzz on Capitol Hill on Thursday. In two separate committee hearings, U.S. legislatures heard testimony on critical issues for the...

Collectively, the G20 strives to create policies that are beneficial for the world economy.

The 2018 crypto ecosystem is looking significantly different than 2017. Although the values of the most prominent cryptocurrencies are down considerably from their December...

Even prior to Donald Trump's November 2016 U.S. presidential election, the notion of Russian interference in the election was under investigation by U.S. intelligence...

As crypto prices rise and fall, experts and casual observers alike are trying to predict the future of the digital economy. In addition to...

As the negative headlines continue to proliferate, some crypto insiders remain bullish about the potential for digital currency to thrive not only in the...

Cryptocurrency exchanges often make headlines for the wrong reasons – compromised customer accounts, security breaches etc., despite the fact they are the primary access...

In February 2018, poet and former Icelandic presidential candidate, Andri Snær Magnason, took to Twitter to decry the immense energy consumption of Bitcoin miners....

As cryptocurrencies’ value climbed in 2017, many onlookers predicted a rapidly inflating investment bubble. Each new price hike brought additional bubble prognosis, and any...

For many, 2018 is considered the year of the blockchain. The technology took a considerable step forward in enterprise adoption and was even praised...

There is a noticeable shift in the financial industry’s approach to cryptocurrencies. Industry leaders once seemed to view digital currencies with skepticism, keeping the currencies...

Most people agree that investing in cryptocurrency in 2017 was an easy endeavor. It didn’t take any excessive skill, ability or insight. Instead, practically...

TRON, the tenth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is beginning its transition from the Ethereum blockchain to a public blockchain produced by the TRON...

Crypto markets and traditional investment vehicles have very little direct connection. Although Bitcoin is making progress via futures contracts, digital currencies still primarily function...

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into cryptocurrency price manipulation on crypto exchanges. The investigation, first reported by Bloomberg, was revealed...

Today is one of the most celebrated days in the crypto community. It’s a day of intrigue, hilarity, and mockery. Dubbed “Bitcoin Pizza Day,”...

In January of 2018, Coincheck, Japan’s largest crypto exchange joined the list of exchanges compromised by a devastating hack. Cyber thieves took advantage of...

Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is following the lead of other major tech companies by banning ads for digital currencies. As cryptocurrencies...

Bitcoin bulls now have a new opportunity to put their money where their sentiment is. On Tuesday, CFTC regulated derivatives exchange, LedgerX, launched a...

Cryptocurrencies took a beating at last week’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting. In comments to CNBC before the event, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO,...

South Korea continues to make news in the crypto space. Late this week, regulators raided Upbit, the country’s largest crypto exchange, on suspicion of...

Last week, the Community Ethereum Development Conference wrapped up, and Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, provided significant updates on the progress of Casper, the Proof...

Bitcoin spent the better part of a decade on the fringes of the financial system. While markets recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin...

Cryptocurrencies have always had an antagonistic relationship with governments, central banks, and regulators. After all, Bitcoin, the first and still most popular digital currency,...

In January, the popular messaging app, Telegram, announced that it would launch an ICO to fund its Telegram Open Network. This new platform would...

Since its inception in 2012, San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has always been a differentiator in the crypto space. As digital currencies strove...

For decades, Switzerland was synonymous with secretive banking practices and personalized accounting strategies. However, laws and cultural norms have brought Swiss banks back in...

When Cboe and CME launched their Bitcoin futures products last year, many saw it as a monumental occasion for the digital currency. After nearly...

Einsteinium has always been a little bit different than everyone else. Their currency is older than many others – its origins go all the way...

It’s no secret that cryptocurrencies are significantly less enthralling than they were just four months ago. They are growing in usability and adoption, but...

For years, social media giants like Facebook and YouTube were the darlings of the tech scene. Their unbridled growth moved markets and made them...

After a year of unparalleled and unbridled expansion, cryptocurrencies are dealing with the implications of governmental oversight and increased regulations. Although global financial leaders...

George Soros is an investment juggernaut cut from the cloth of the American dream. Born in Hungary’s capital city, Soros survived a Nazi occupation...

In some ways, Coincheck’s story has been just like every other crypto exchange that endured a hack, scandal, and commensurate repercussions. The list of...

After a strong showing in 2017, cryptocurrency-focused hedge funds are struggling in the first quarter of the new year. Bloomberg is reporting that nine hedge...

Since the beginning of 2017, cryptocurrencies have received a rock star reception from retail investors. Much of the highly touted crypto boom is the...

Digital currencies and blockchain technology are everywhere right now. They’ve transcended their niche status to become a near constant preoccupation for millions of people....

Last year, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange market, Cboe, made headlines when it launched the first Bitcoin Futures on December 10th. At the time, this...

In nearly every way, the past two years have been uniquely disorienting. A high-altitude overview of the news includes a country voting to leave...

This week, leaders from the 20 largest economies in the world are meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina to discuss the world economy and to...

Overstock has a long history with cryptocurrencies. Back when the dominate conversation surrounding Bitcoin was its lack of integration at major retailers, Overstock accepted...

2017 was the year that digital currencies became popular and profitable. It was an exciting time as each day brought new and extravagant price...

Cryptocurrencies and government agencies have been butting heads quite often lately. One could say that they’ve never exactly been at ease with one another....

Cryptocurrencies and traditional financial institutions have a complicated relationship. To use a sports metaphor, crypto is the inexperienced rookie ready to make its mark,...

Crypto exchanges have been in the news a lot lately, and not for the right reasons. Last week, Japanese regulators halted operations on several...

As a decentralized currency, Bitcoin is subject to several eccentricities that traditional fiat currencies avoid. For instance, while global trends can impact the value...

Since cryptocurrencies began appreciating and proliferating at the start of 2017, they’ve enjoyed an awkward but reciprocal relationship with the stock market. Throughout the...

Cryptocurrencies spent the last 18 months becoming more prominent, popular, and valuable. At times, investor interest was so significant that major crypto exchanges couldn’t...

Last week, the SEC roiled crypto markets by announcing targeted subpoenas on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) that might be violating securities laws. The actions...

While people are consuming more media than ever before, the ways that they are doing so is changing. Our lives are increasingly mobile and...

In 2017, cryptocurrencies not only swelled in value, but they swooned in popularity. Millions of individuals, eager to participate in the booming market, flooded...

In many ways, Reddit is a microcosm of the entire internet. Each month more than 500 million visitors access the site to participate in...

While cryptocurrencies are continuing to make headlines as an intriguing investment vehicle with potentially impeccable growth opportunities, many are realizing that the blockchain represents...

On December 31, 2016, the total cryptocurrency market cap was less than $18 billion. Just one year later, that number approached $800 billion. As cryptocurrencies...

While crypto markets were broadly experiencing a pullback on the heels of the news that crypto exchange Bitfinex was served a subpoena, Ignis was...

The cryptocurrency market is down 10% in the past 24 hours as it was reported that the United States CTFC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)...

Advertising is big business. We see its lurking presence on huge signs as we drive down the highway, our TV shows are interrupted so...

New public and private blockchains are popping up everyday. So much so that research and consulting firm, Deloitte, identified that blockchain interconnectivity as an...

Although Bitcoin is the preeminent cryptocurrency, it has always been buoyed by Ethereum, a highly valued and differently abled blockchain platform. Unlike Bitcoin, which...

Like virtually all cryptocurrencies, Ethereum had a prolific and unprecedented year in 2017. Ethereum began 2017 valued at less than $10, and it started...

When I talk to people about cryptocurrencies, I hear a lot of the same refrains. People frequently tout its decentralized blockchain, its ability to...

Improvement is iterative. That’s what we see right now as a slew of blockchain startups strive to make iterative changes to the fundamental features...

In an increasingly crowded but frustratingly similar ICO environment, platforms are looking for ways to differentiate themselves. Many companies have risen to prominence following...

Bitcoin may have started the cryptocurrency party, but it’s all the uninvited guests that are having the most fun now. Throughout 2017, Bitcoin dominated headlines,...

The crypto-space is full of evangelists. Those who are enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies tend to be really enthusiastic. None more so than Mike Novogratz. In...

By now, we’ve all realized that cryptocurrencies are a big deal. Some of the most popular have market caps that rival some of the...

If 2017 was the year of Bitcoin, the first few days of 2018 show that this year might be the year of everyone else....

Bitcoin is enduring a little bit of a “slump.” Of course, it’s all relative. The digital currency was valued at less than $11,000 on...

When Cboe Group Inc. and CME Group Inc. launched their Bitcoin futures contracts last month, the attention and the response was overwhelming. The launches...

Bitcoin is starting 2018 in familiar fashion: with big gains. This time, the gains seem to be inspired by the news, first reported by...

Cryptocurrencies and their accompanying blockchain technology are full of promise. Even as they soared in value this year, there is an underlying exuberance for...

Cryptocurrencies are at it again. After quickly recovering from a head-turning double digital price drop last week, Bitcoin dropped below $14,000 for the third...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are enjoying a manic year in which value increases of thousands of percent are not uncommon and in which obscure...

After a spectacular year of growth, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to rise in value and to assert their staying power in the mainstream economy....

This year, cryptocurrencies are demonstrating their financial prowess as they rapidly increase in value. With a total market cap of more than $500 billion,...

After beginning the year at a $17 billion market cap, cryptocurrency has had an absolutely monstrous year of growth, reaching far over $650bn in...

LISK (LSK) is up 45% over the past 24 hours on a strong cryptocurrency market and the news of the official 0.91 Lisk Core...

In July, The Wall Street Journal declared Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to be the “new road to startup riches.” So far, ICOs certainly have...

After spending the first ten months of 2017 climbing toward the unprecedented $10,000 mark, Bitcoin took a mere four weeks to achieve $15,000. Gains of...

This week, Apple Music’s Jimmy Lovine commented on the efficacy of streaming music services. Lovine told Billboard, “The streaming services have a bad reputation....

Bitcoin is having a very successful year. Its steak of monumental round-number milestones seems to be unending. As it streaks toward $12,000, it’s also...

A forthcoming ICO from Dragon Corp is testing the limits of risk-taking. The company, led by Chris Ahmad, is planning to launch a $500...

James Dimon may not be available for a while. He’s busy firing his futures division. Okay, probably not. But the CEO of J.P. Morgan...

It finally happened. This week, Bitcoin hit its most momentous round-number milestone when it broke $10,000 for the first time. This is the culmination...

It’s easy to reduce cryptocurrencies to the two leaders in the field: Bitcoin and Ethereum. After all, only one cryptocurrency has surpassed $10,000, and...

With all the excitement surrounding Bitcoin’s incredible value increase this year, it’s easy to be blinded by the eye-popping new record highs. However, equally...

Despite its unparalleled rise this year, Bitcoin is perpetually derided by its critics. For example, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was one of...

Here’s a thought-experiment: Let’s say you have something important to protect. You’re a staunch defender of your valuables, so you secure them in the...

In the cryptocurrency space, 2017 will be remembered as the year that Bitcoin found its wings and soared to continually unfathomable heights. Valued around...

Bitcoin is having quite a year. It has far exceeded everyone’s expectations as it surges in value and makes inroads into the traditional financial...

Cryptocurrencies are having a moment. The two most popular cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, have exploded exponentially in value this year. Meanwhile, ICOs have outpaced...

Bitcoin is currently enjoying an overwhelmingly positive news cycle. It recently set two milestone valuations when it first passed the $6,000 mark before quickly...

Online retail juggernaut Overstock has long been a proponent of cryptocurrencies. Their online platform was one of the first to accept Bitcoin as a...

This week, Apple’s new flagship phone, the much anticipated iPhone X, arrived for pre-sale. Within minutes, the ordering bonanza of Apple’s most expensive iPhone...

Bitcoin is having a moment. It’s a prolonged moment, but a moment none-the-less. Its unprecedented rise in value has attracted the attention of crypto...

As cryptocurrencies are gaining mainstream attention, much of the focus is on the two preeminent cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum. While Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto,...

Recent headlines about significant data breaches at major companies have returned our attention to privacy and our right to be anonymous on the Internet....

2017 has been the breakout year for Ethereum. In addition to its headline grabbing value appreciation and its increasingly influential founders, Ethereum is bridging...

The video game World of Warcraft and the most transformative technology of our time share a common story. Like many teenagers, Vitalik Buterin invested...