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Articles by Cem Dewilde
The Syrian Civil War: The Fog of War in the Digital Age
Understanding what is happening on the ground in a warzone has always been tricky for battlefield commanders, let alone journalists and the general public. Conflict creates confusion, which creates chaos, all of which makes finding out the truth of any one event very difficult.
Raiden and XRP: Competitors or Companions
“It’s the fastest and most scalable digital asset, enabling real-time global payments anywhere in the world.” This is the claim that Ripple makes about XRP. The company has a vision as grandiose as their marketing material, to dethrone SWIFT as the primary method of international bank transfers. Indeed over the last 18 months, the company has made great strides in partnering with a number of financial institutions to make this vision a reality.
More than a Million People Sign Up for Robinhood Crypto
Blockchain technology has not received the plaudits it deserves for helping disrupt the fiat currencies market. Instead, all the hype has gone to the cryptocurrency market, led by the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple. And most startups continue to capitalize on the disruptive force of the blockchain technology to launch their own versions of cryptocurrencies, while several others are also lined up for ICOs (initial coin offerings).
Reforestation Drone Can Plant 100,000 Trees Per Hour by Firing Agri-Bullets
Every day there are hundreds if not thousands of articles about Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs and how blockchain technology will fundamentally change the world. But within the clamour surrounding this new technology and its applications, there has been a remarkable lack of news and analysis on some of the relatively smaller cryptocurrencies and blockchain platforms. One of the most important of these smaller cryptocurrencies is Cardano.
Cardano: A New Way to Develop a Cryptocurrency?
Every day there are hundreds if not thousands of articles about Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs and how blockchain technology will fundamentally change the world. But within the clamour surrounding this new technology and its applications, there has been a remarkable lack of news and analysis on some of the relatively smaller cryptocurrencies and blockchain platforms. One of the most important of these smaller cryptocurrencies is Cardano.
Strava Heat Map Accidentally Reveals the Location of Secret Military Bases
“Over the last few months, I’ve spoken with ACTUAL banks and payment providers. They are indeed planning to use xRapid (our XRP liquidity product) in a serious way.” That was Brad Garlinghouse responding to the questioning of XRPs actual utility on Twitter.
Crypto Briefing: Bitcoin, Litecoin and Monero Fail to Recover
Last week was a difficult time for the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin dropped below the $10,000 mark and Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin also considerably declined in value. The past seven days have seen fluctuations in the prices of the major cryptocurrencies, however, their current prices remain similar to this point last week – if not marginally lower. Bitcoin, which suffered a beating last week, has not recovered from its fall in price.
Ripple Expands Its xRapid Platform with New XRP Partners
“Over the last few months, I’ve spoken with ACTUAL banks and payment providers. They are indeed planning to use xRapid (our XRP liquidity product) in a serious way.” That was Brad Garlinghouse responding to the questioning of XRPs actual utility on Twitter.
Facebook Buys Verification Seed Confirm.io
This graph show how prices have changed since the midnight December 7th with prices at that point being rebased to 100 Prices as of 11:59 PM UTC 13/12/17 (Source: coinmarketcap) The cryptocurrency market has seen another week of volatility. Litecoin’s market cap has increased by over 200% as it becomes a popular alternative to bitcoin, as the latter has faced fears of increased regulation. XRP has also been riding the wave, seeing a 50% price hike from last week.
Facebook Buys Verification Seed Confirm.io
Realistically and logically valuing cryptocurrencies is a fraught task. There is often no way to use traditional valuation metrics such as cash flow or earnings power because cryptocurrencies are generally thought of as potential means of exchange or stores of value rather than entities with earning potential.
Banks Continue to Bleed Talent
This graph show how prices have changed since the midnight December 7th with prices at that point being rebased to 100 Prices as of 11:59 PM UTC 13/12/17 (Source: coinmarketcap) The cryptocurrency market has seen another week of volatility. Litecoin’s market cap has increased by over 200% as it becomes a popular alternative to bitcoin, as the latter has faced fears of increased regulation. XRP has also been riding the wave, seeing a 50% price hike from last week.
Bitcoin Bank Freezes Cryptocurrency Transfers
Bitcoin has rapidly become one of the hot topics in the economic debate. Its valuation skyrocketed from $1,000 up to $20,000 in just one year. While researchers and investors try to understand whether Bitcoin represents a valuable investment or a new a financial bubble, what is truly important is the technology behind this cryptocurrency: the so-called blockchain. For those who are not familiar with the concept of blockchain, one can imagine it as a public ledger made up of blocks of transactions.
Running Out: 80% of All Bitcoins Mined
Bitcoin has rapidly become one of the hot topics in the economic debate. Its valuation skyrocketed from $1,000 up to $20,000 in just one year. While researchers and investors try to understand whether Bitcoin represents a valuable investment or a new a financial bubble, what is truly important is the technology behind this cryptocurrency: the so-called blockchain. For those who are not familiar with the concept of blockchain, one can imagine it as a public ledger made up of blocks of transactions.
Ripple and MoneyGram: A Proof of Concept for the Use of XRP?
The cryptocurrency market had a spectacular 2017: currencies such as bitcoin, Ripple, and ether effectively became household names as they saw their values multiply immensely. The market is showing no signs of slowing down in 2018 either, with Russia recently introducing the crypto-rouble, and the price of Ether moving above $1,300. Despite these successes, the likes of Warren Buffet and Joseph Stiglitz assert that cryptocurrencies are a bubble, and are thus tremendously overvalued.
Donald Trump Blunders Headlong into Jerusalem
This week saw another Donald Trump foreign policy special, the announcement that the US will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move its embassy to the city. This is a massive shift in US policy in regards to Israel and has the potential to worsen an already tense situation in the region.
Trump Recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital. Here’s What It Means
The US Congress decided in 1995 that the US embassy should move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Some 22 years later, President Donald Trump is making history by enforcing that decision and recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. He does so in spite of overwhelming global opposition from both allies and enemies, and this could see the Middle East – a notoriously volatile and turbulent region – engulfed in even more conflict.
Bitcoin’s Value Propositions: Do They Actually Make Sense?
The price of bitcoin has increased over 1000% this year to date, a statistic that most probably makes holders of bitcoin leap with joy and people who sold out in January weep. But ask any five people what the fundamental value of the currency is, and you are very likely to get five wildly different answers.
Death and Taxes come for Coinbase - The Market Mogul
The IRS has secured a partial victory in its long-running court case to obtain trading and personal details of users on the Coinbase platform. A Californian federal court has ruled that Coinbase must surrender records identifying users who have bought, sold, sent or received over $20,000 through their accounts between 2013 and 2015 with Coinbase estimating that over 14,000 users meet this standard.
Ripple: Shaky Foundations of XRP’s Value Proposition
Cryptocurrency and value – two words that are rarely used together in a non-ironic way within the financial world. As the stratospheric rise of the market caps of Bitcoin and ether continue, it is prudent to assess the potential of the cryptocurrency that, on the face of it, is fundamentally different from the rest; Ripple’s XRP. Unlike Bitcoin, ether and other better-known cryptocurrencies, XRP is designed to be part of a digital payment system rather be a digital cash system in itself.
Bitcoin and Ripple XRP: Value Propositions in ‘Bubbleland’?
A cryptocurrency here, a cryptocurrency there, a cryptocurrency everywhere! At every turn, there seems to be a new cryptocurrency launching, and the debate surrounding these assets continues to swirl and become more mainstream.
Expanding Popularity: How Ripple's XRP Will Boost the Allure of Cryptocurrencies - The Market Mogul
Cryptocurrencies are all the rage. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, the list of cryptocurrencies continues to rapidly grow as interest grows in their use as a currency as well as the underlying technology -Blockchain. One of the newest entrants into the cryptocurrency world is Ripple’s XRP. It has rapidly grown in market cap and trading volumes, with particularly high interest in the currency from Asian markets such as South Korea and Japan.
The Business-Political Nexus and Chinese Political Risks - The Market Mogul
China’s rise is one of the key narratives of the 20th and 21st century with its rapid development giving rise to the notion that it will become the preeminent economic, if not cultural power of the latter 21st century. This narrative is certainly a powerful one, with China’s rapid economic development clear for all to see, but recent political developments have illuminated the growing risks of doing business in China.
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