The World Wide Web, as its name implies, is borderless, and so is crypto. The internet and cryptocurrency’s common ethos is wide-open communication and exchange, unimpeded by national boundaries. On the ground, however, as crypto has become a more significant player in the financial system, nations have begun to consider…

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The current state of cryptocurrencies, while having come a long way, continues to have a certain Wild West feel to it. A high number of people and organizations have jumped in to get a piece of the action. It’s chaotic, it’s risky, it’s exciting, and it’s rapidly changing. There’s little doubt that the idea of new currencies without the need for banks, governments, and other intermediaries is disruptive and impactful to the status quo. This notion makes many exhilarated, and more than a few quite uncomfortable.

For the last several years, I’ve been fortunate enough to be the moderator of the annual Government Services Forum. This event which we’ve held several times in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and once at the University of California at Berkeley, continues to be a source of great inspiration by…

This past week, I participated in multiple panels, talks, and book signings, with one of my partner companies, Strategy of Things, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. We were joined by 40,000 of our closest friends (a more modest affair relative to the 182,000 attendees in 2019…

In the opening decades of the 21st century, taking risks, embracing uncertainty, and making bets on where the market is going is just the nature of business. After several years of taking a conservative approach to blockchain technology use in the enterprise, executives are turning a corner. Despite a number…

In the absence of quality data governance, an organization will never fully realize the potential of data, and in fact, may subject itself to increasing levels of risk over time. Look, let me get right to the point. Why do we even need data governance? We’ve been managing data on…

For many, there is an impending sense of doom in anticipation of what may emerge for humans in a future of smart robots. But is this fear warranted? — Written by Dr. Jonathan Reichental & Noah benShea Fear is one of humankind’s earliest warning systems. Certainly, in the absence of fear, it’s doubtful we would have survived long enough for so many of us to anguish over the implications of automata in our lives. …