DARPA Blockchain Programs

This article by David Hamilton was originally published at CoinCentral.com https://coincentral.com/darpa-blockchain-programs/  In September 2017, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) approved research into blockchain technology. Since this approval, DARPA researchers have examined multiple different blockchain-based systems. These researchers are looking towards DARPA blockchain programs to improve their logistical, communications, and security systems. Given the unique aspects …

The Increasing Demand for Blockchain Bonds

This article by Delton Rhodes was originally published at CoinCentral.com https://coincentral.com/world-bank-blockchain-bonds/ In this article, we look at the World Bank blockchain initiative and the rising popularity of blockchain bonds. Even though this is a relatively new concept, banks and governments of all sizes are beginning to issue blockchain-based bonds and minibonds. Let’s examine these use cases and …

Too Much Winning: Justice Kennedy Retires, Democrats Suffer Major Losses in Primary

If you’ve kept up at all with social media or the mainstream news today, it’s easy to think that a horrible tragedy befell the U.S. in just a short day. Left-wing pundits and online personalities have taken to hurling all of their favorite inflammatory monikers at President Trump and conservatives, indicating that some big shifts …

How the Time Magazine Immigration Cover is a Perfect Example of Fake News

Time Magazine decided to put out a cover depicting, to them at least, the epitomization of President Trump’s Zero Tolerance immigration policy. On it, a picture of a crying toddler is cropped out of its original context, and is instead looking up at a looming (if not playful) Trump, with the text, “Welcome to America” …

Globalism in Decline: US Pulls Out of UN Human Rights Council

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vF08PUwls In amazing news for sensible Americans, the U.S. threatened, then actually withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council. An obvious assortment of reasons were stated for this decision, but the timing has lined up with worldwide media criticism of how the U.S. has been handling it’s enforcement of immigration policy. Of course this …

A Sixth Branch of Military? Trump Declares Desire for US Space Force

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHz-EyAcOUA With issues such as the bombshell IG report and the handling of the families of illegal immigrants cycling the news this week, a rather quaint story made the rounds today. President Trump doubled down on his previous statements regarding his desire for America to have a stronger federal presence in space, going as far …

University of Chicago Removes Standardized Testing Requirement, Further Signals the Death of the University

In unfortunate but unsurprising news today, the University of Chicago, a well renowned American university announced that going forward it will no longer be using the SAT or ACT as a factor when accepting students. This announcement seems to have caught many college alumni off guard, as standardized testing has been a staple of the …

Flashback: Humans Need Not Apply

Today's video flashback is for what I think is personally one of the greatest YouTube videos ever made. It's called Humans Need Not Apply, by one of the best YouTube channels CGP Grey. It warns of the impending societal and economic collapse we'll face if we continue to ignore mechanization and the threat technology imposes …

Important Information on Bitcoin

For those of you interested in the future of Bitcoin, whether because you own or invest in it, or you're just sucked into the spectacle of it's volatility, here's a must-read article that explains the upcoming split and what it means for your investments way better than I ever could. It covers Bitcoin Gold, why …

In Shocking News, Toys R Us is Going Bankrupt

Seemingly out of nowhere, the large toy company Toys R Us has announced that it is going to declare bankruptcy by the end of the week. While this doesn’t mean that the company will actually be closing retail locations, it does mean that the once successful toy brand has taken enough of a hit that …