The 114 mln euros Einar Aas lost betting on energy markets was not enough to sink the clearing house backing the trades. But the damage wreaked by one man implies deeper frailties. An increasingly volatile carbon price would make the commodities market vulnerable…

Blockchain is suing Paymium for launching a token sale under the blockchain.io domain name, claiming the latter is misleading investors.

Crypto entrepreneur Jed McCaleb, now with a rival startup, has sharply stepped up sales of his billions of dollars in XRP holdings.

Avichal Garg of Electric Capital on the team's crypto investment strategy and why programmable money is the foundation.

Key takeaways:

Electric Capital believes that the most compelling investment opportunity in crypto today is in programmable money.

The founders of Instagram are leaving Facebook Inc. after growing tensions with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the photo-sharing app, people familiar with the matter said.

“If you can’t invent the future, the next best thing is to fund it.”

"China has always carried out approvals case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty and the detailed situation," a Chinese official said.

WOW! The UN audience laughs at Trump after he claims, "my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country." https://t.co/tXg50ejQqy

Singularity University Executive Chairman & Co-founder Peter Diamandis will share his views and predictions on the "demonetization of living" and how this shift will impact your life, your career, your organization, and the global economy.

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