The blockchain offers a long overdue upgrade for our changing economy. However, the world isn’t quite ready for broadscale blockchain adoption. The technology is still in its relative infancy, and to reach its true potential the blockchain must be able to successfully replace existing...

Music revenue has gone through a staggering shift this century. Gone are the days of buying a single album, you can now listen to whatever you wanted, whenever you want. With the emergence of Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music we have entered into the next evolution of music distribution, and this...

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain simply weren't on the radar for many investors until they rocketed in price last year. It seemed like every company was adding Blockchain to their name and watching their stock price go up, but like all bubbles, they eventually burst. With share prices plummeting...

June was an exciting month for investors, from the gold vs crypto vs cannabis panel that took place at the 2018 International Mining Investment Conference to looking at the value and real-world uses of blockchain. In our monthly roundup we bring together the most popular investing topics and...

Last month we took a look at Canadian companies who are currently attracting global tech investors and helping grow a venture capital culture. During the 2018 Cantech Investment Conference we had a chance to sit down with some of the top CEOs and discuss the path they took and how they are...

The market for sports gambling in the USA is estimated to be worth at least $150 billion USD. Until the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize sports betting at a federal level, there was no way for anyone to build a business that centred around sports wagering. Now it looks like states are...

Blockchain development is attracting some serious capital. So far this year Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) has raised more than $9 billion US Dollars. Nearly half of that figure was raised by EOS, a new Blockchain that is being designed to compete with Bitcoin and Ethereum. The amount of money...

The massive ramp in the price and popularity of cryptocurrency has made people take notice of a little watched sector. Bitcoin and Ethereum made numerous new millionaires appear over the last two years. But Blockchain, which is the system that makes cryptocurrencies function, has found a firm base...

It looks like the rumors are true, and from June, Google will ban all ads that relate to cryptocurrencies and ICO's across its entire platform. The announcement falls in line with a recent policy shift by Facebook, with both major online players moving to try and protect users from ICO scams...

It would appear that Bitcoin's volatility is here to stay. The world's most valuable crypto is trading flat on the day at the time of writing at around $9,500 USD, after blasting past 11,000 USD over the last two weeks. This was followed by a huge dump that took Bitcoin down past $9,000...

Harry Pokrandt, HIVE Blockchain Technologies at Cantech Investment Conference, January 31 in Toronto.

The Blockchain space has exploded in popularity, and a long standing Canadian developer has voiced his concerns that Canada is in danger of falling behind places like the US and EU as a development hub for Blockchain. Louis Cleroux is the founder and CEO of Montreal based Leadweb. Mr. Cleroux...

Anthony Diiorio, Ethereum & Jaxx Wallet, Frank Holmes from HIVE Blockchain Technologies, and Kevin Rooke from Coinsquare share their thoughts at the Cantech Investment Conference, January 31 in Toronto.

The world of finance wasn't ready for cryptos. 2017 saw the rise of an asset class that still isn't easy to place in an existing category. Cryptocurrencies are more like a commodity than a currency at this point, but unlike a physical commodity, they offer little utility to the people...