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To fight vacant housing, Baltimore turns to the blockchain

by Amy Scott
Jan 29, 2024
The city hopes the technology behind cryptocurrency can streamline transactions. It's part of a proposed plan to address blight.
Someone once painted 1415 Myrtle Ave. in Baltimore sky blue; it's been vacant since at least 2016. A pilot program would record all of the now 13,600 vacant properties in the city on the blockchain.
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Even amid the crash, there's some optimism about the future of crypto

by David Brancaccio , Jarrett Dang and Alex Schroeder
Jul 26, 2022
The co-founder of one financial services company is bullish on digital currencies even as uncertainty roils the market.
"Similar to the past so-called crypto winters, the underlying foundation, the development, the technology and the adoption [of crypto] has been continuing," said William Cai, co-founder and managing partner at Wilshire Phoenix.
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Your questions about cryptocurrency answered

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 4, 2022
Over the past decade, digital currencies (particularly bitcoin) have exploded in popularity.
While financial institutions have expressed skepticism toward bitcoin, the crypto sector continues to grow.
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What is Web3, exactly?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Jan 13, 2022
The next iteration of the internet is a hot topic of conversation in tech communities. Kevin Werbach of The Wharton School explains why.
"The claim is that Web3 is different, that's because it's built on blockchain and other kinds of cryptographic foundations that, in fact, will be open and decentralized," Wharton professor Kevin Werbach says.
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You can now own "authenticated" digital artwork. Is that a good thing?

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Mar 2, 2021
The medium may be different, but the problems with authenticity and value are the same, says art critic Blake Gopnik.
Non-fungible tokens are digital assets whose origin or ownership has been authenticated by blockchain technology, much like a digital "signature." Pictured: An NFT marketplace selling digital art.
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Blockchain technology, used in Bitcoin, aids U.K. vaccine program

by Stephen Beard
Mar 1, 2021
Distributed ledgers play a part in protecting vital British vaccine supplies.
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What’s the significance of Bitcoin’s $1 trillion valuation?

by Janet Nguyen
Feb 19, 2021
The cryptocurrency joins an exclusive club that includes Apple and Microsoft.
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Trends to watch in 2021

by Leisha Chi-Santorelli
Jan 1, 2021
A leading European investor and a business analyst in Asia share their predictions for a post-coronavirus world.
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Reimagining the Economy

Universal basic income, blockchain and more: Reimagining the next decade

by David Brancaccio and Candace Manriquez Wrenn
Aug 18, 2020
"If people don't have money in their pockets, then this type of economy that we have can't work," says Wharton professor Mauro Guillén.
Mauro Guillén says that the future uses of blockchain, the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies, include incentivizing "prosocial behavior" like energy conservation.
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The blockchain is coming to Wall Street

by Molly Wood
Jan 21, 2019
Future ICOs might start to look a lot more like old-fashioned stock
"We can have a much more seamless, actually transparent stock trading mechanism using blockchain," says Kristen Howell, a partner with the law firm Fox Rothschild who helps companies create initial coin offerings.
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