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The future is now: Why machines will take over our wallets

Innovators Oct 4 2016

The future is now: Why machines will take over our wallets

Balaji Srinivasan is trying to develop the machine-payable web, a network of machines that can demand and supply payments autonomously. And if any of this sounds a little sci-fi, that part is intentional, too. The implications will be huge.


Millions of dollars are being stolen. Maybe that's healthy.

Product Aug 4 2016

Millions of dollars are being stolen. Maybe that's healthy.

Security breaches. Price volatility. These tremors have induced a lot of panic in the cryptocurrency community. But many of those doing the most interesting work in the space remain calm. There’s more at stake here than a coin.

Beyond Bitcoin: A cryptocurrency hedge fund manager looks to the future

Innovators Jul 27 2016

Beyond Bitcoin: A cryptocurrency hedge fund manager looks to the future

To skeptics outside the Valley, the belief that this virtual cash and the backend architecture that supports it might displace the dollar is ludicrous. But to blockchain enthusiasts like Olaf Carlson-Wee, it represents an ingenuity that will elude the skeptics until it upends them.

In Data We Trust: Max Levchin Blows Up Consumer Finance

Innovators May 11 2016

In Data We Trust: Max Levchin Blows Up Consumer Finance

“So I had this fascinating dinner with one of the CEOs of one of the top three banks in the U.S.,” Max Levchin says, sitting forward in his chair a bit. As the former CTO of PayPal, a sought-after investor, . . .

In a bear market, the must-have feature is a stellar reputation

Growth Feb 23 2016

In a bear market, the must-have feature is a stellar reputation

Regardless of market turbulence, the stickiest products are the ones that take reputation as seriously as acquisition and revenue.


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