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Blockchain Begins Earning Some Bitcoin-Like Skepticism

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For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in which the market should place its faith. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said. Broader Doubts Emerge.

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

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In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that come from creative endeavor. As has been well-documented in this space, the damper on activity tied to cryptos has extended to social media. And patents?

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The Strangest Tokens Of Affection Payments and Commerce

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We all know the classics, of course, flowers, chocolates and jewelry tend to make up the love trifecta on our national annual celebration of love, with stuffed animals and lingerie getting the annual honorable mention. Salon, as it turns out, does love you enough to help you mine bitcoin. We thought not.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. Chris’ public posts including his playbook for dealing with COVID-19 were gobbled up on social media.

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The neon ALL-CAPs crypto products of our Facebook, Uber, and Big Tech monopolies

Lex Sokolin

Second, the color sticks out like the red alarms we all associate with a dopamine kick from our social media and smartphone interactions. The stereotype is that since public services do not need to compete in capitalism, they are poorly managed and not innovative. a key pillar and enabler of the Nation State for centuries?—?puts

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Auto-financing is ripe for innovation. Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind. I can see how some other social media channels may be more prevalent and important in the U.S. 10:50 am Moonraft Innovation Labs – [link] – @moonraft.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. The Comeback Investment of the Year Award – Bitcoin (BTC). Expect more deals to be announced in 2024. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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