Fed Explores Radical New Financial Engineering Tools
Central banking is “in a brave new world,” said a Fed representative as the institution considers both old and radical new tools to drive the US economy in the coming decades. Conditions Right for a Fed Hike. In the Federal Reserve’s potential toolkit is a much-anticipated interest rate hike, the first for 2016 – but also newly-mooted strategies like....
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To use radical new technology effectively, you have to be radical – otherwise, all you end up with is a retro-fitted version of the present system. The benefits of the new technology are watered down or overwhelmed by the need to maintain the practices associated with the old system – many of which only exist precisely because of its inefficiencies. The new technology can even seem less efficient than the old one, simply because it isn't designed for use with processes from the past. Blockchain and distributed ledger technology are radical. Together, they could transform the way finance....
Radical. FM - a personal radio streaming service that's free of charge - is turning to the bitcoin community to help keep their offerings free to the public, according to a Friday announcement. The company describes itself in the following manner: Radical. FM is the most accurate streaming radio service in the world. We believe in a sustainable planet, global humanity, and local action. Radical is operated free of commercial interests on a Pay What You Can basis. We compensate artists, composers, and labels for all the music you stream. Donations received via the digital currency will be....
A new white paper from Allied Control, a technology cooling solutions provider, surveys the current large-scale bitcoin mining ecosystem and explores the implications of current and future cooling technologies. According to author Alex Kampl, Allied's vice president of engineering, there are significant deficiencies in how mining hardware is manufactured and deployed worldwide. As a result, investors already involved risk losing money and new ones may be dissuaded from taking part at all. He told CoinDesk: "I believe a lot of money is lost with unreliable mining hardware manufacturers -....
The University of Tokyo will offer a series of engineering courses using metaverse tech. The courses, which are projected to start being offered later this year, will introduce students to the subjects of engineering and will combine this knowledge with the skills to handle metaverse-based worlds, to manage the digital transformation that work and educational environments are undergoing.
University of Tokyo to Introduce Metaverse-Based Courses Later This Year
Educational institutions are starting to recognize the power of metaverse platforms as tools to leverage in educational....
In the below documentary, IamSatoshi Films explores the roots of Bitcoin. The film explores the aspect of Bitcoin that is often overlooked, how the political unrest of the early 2010s may have contributed to Bitcoin's success, as people were dissatisfied with the bailouts given to bankers earlier on. The allure of being one's own bank and having control of one's funds in the extreme would clearly attract those who were upset at the present system. The film presents original footage and interviews from 2012 to present day, painting a picture of Bitcoin which often is forgotten. The....