Are you one of the estimated 162 million people in Europe and the United States who consider themselves a freelance worker? With the rise of the gig economy on the march through well-known models such as Uber, Airbnb, Etsy and...

Bitcoin is on course to breaking a six-month stretch of continual losses, as analysts predict a cryptocurrency bull run on the horizon. Since July, bitcoin prices have tumbled from a peak value of $8,160 (£6,310) to $3,480 (£2,690) at the...

Bitcoin is approaching $4,000 for the first time since the start of the year, as the largest cryptocurrency gets a delayed boost from the announcement last week that JPMorgan has developed a prototype digital coin that it plans to use to speed...

After wiping the sweat off her brow and adjusting her straw hat, Liswati walks along one of her fields under Indonesia’s hot tropical sun, eventually squatting down to inspect her crops. Instead of jotting down some notes with a pen...

ADDIS ABABA – On a bustling street near the shiny new international airport in Ethiopia’s capital is a small coffee roastery with big dreams. Nearly 40 Ethiopians — a third of them women — sift, roast and package prized Arabica beans...

Cyberlaw is an evolving discipline. It has been evolving for the last more than two decades. However, with the advent of new technologies and with new technological paradigms emerging, cyber law jurisprudence is constantly trying to adapt itself to newly...

With the heightened negativity associated with cryptocurrencies, many would assume that blockchain, the accompanying technology is dead. But on the contrary, blockchain as a technology is very much alive and applicable as a deep tech layer that would significantly impact...

Feb 16, 2019 (Heraldkeeper via COMTEX) — “Cryptocurrency and Blockchain” is the term that describes a cryptocurrency which is seen as a tool or resource on a blockchain network. A Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency designed on the...

The focus of most companies in the blockchain space is to empower users and give them a level of autonomy that they can’t find in centralised systems (formal institutions such as banks, for example). A key part of the move...

Blockchain provides one mechanism for sharing information between supply chain trading partners. Because of the IT security, unchangeable records, and decentralized governance, the technology is getting a lot of attention. But just as clear thinking depends upon carefully defining terms,...