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What Asia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Cryptocurrency Means For Investors

This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →

Clean Energy Makes More Business Sense Than Ever Before

This article was originally posted on TriplePundit.com We are in the midst of a clean energy revolution. Renewables have never been more efficient or cheaper, and while some roadblocks remain (notably the scaling of energy storage), it’s clear that society is at a tipping point. In the coming years and decades, solar panels on rooftops will likely become more common than… Read more →

Rising Interest Rates Loom Over Energy and Infrastructure

This article was originally posted on TriplePundit.com The Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates in 2018 as we reached the end of one of the longest bull markets in United States history. As the market cycle turns and the likely economic correction plays out in the coming months and years, what are the implications for the energy and infrastructure markets, which have… Read more →

What Asia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Cryptocurrency Means For Investors

This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →

2019: The End of the Beginning for Blockchain?

The lofty promises of instant riches through crypto have fallen short, but the market will be better as it works through an evolutionary stage.   This article was originally posted on CFO.com Last year was a painful one for cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After crypto prices hit all time highs a year ago, the market cap for all cryptocurrencies dropped more than $500 billion by… Read more →

The Rise Of The (Self-Replicating) Machines

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com By now, it’s a truism that automation will replace certain careers while leaving others intact. Experts believe the most vulnerable are jobs that require routine, rote tasks: a bookkeeper, a secretary or a factory worker. Each of these involve highly repetitive and predictable duties easily taught to machines. By that logic, roles that require abstract thinking should be… Read more →

How to Leverage Blockchain for Your Small Business

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Over the past few decades, emerging technologies have had a tremendous impact on small businesses. From mobile apps for employees in the field to retail websites that enable customer interaction 24/7, technological innovation has given small businesses a seat at the table of the economic marketplace. In light of these trends, it’s become increasingly important… Read more →

Three Tech Innovations Leading The Smartphone To Its Grave

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com The rotary phone. The beeper. The fax machine. These communication devices were revolutionary upon invention, but they’re now all but extinct. Is the smartphone next? The smartphone is the most widely used mobile technology in the United States — as of 2018, 77% of U.S. adults own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center. It’s created swift and… Read more →