¿Será cierto que la dictadura en Cuba está a punto de desmoronarse? No comparto el optimismo de quienes así lo proclaman. El sistema actual se sostiene, a mi juicio, sobre tres pilares: el monopolio de la información, el aparato de contrainteligencia y represión y un liderazgo fuerte y unificado. El monopolio de la información persiste, […]
Ethereum recently turned five years old, and coincidentally, it also appears to have reached an inflection point for user adoption. In the second quarter of 2020, daily active Ethereum users nearly doubled to 1.26 million, up from 637,000 in the first quarter, according to a recent report from Dapp.com. The sudden spike is widely attributed […]
Cecelia Health, a virtual diabetes and chronic disease management startup, has raised $13 million in Series B funding. Rittenhouse Ventures and Endo Investors co-led the round, which also saw participation from Boston Millennia Partners, SustainVC, G100 Capital and others. WHAT IT DOES The company was initially founded as Fit4D, and focused on access to certified […]
Data provider Chainlink will provide decentralized weather data for insurance startup Arbol, according to a blog shared with CoinDesk. Arbol provides crop insurance for small to medium-sized farmers or enterprises. Smart contracts pay claims to subscribers when a preset value – such as the average monthly temperature or rainfall – turns out different than the […]
Price Point It’s been two steps forward, one step back for bitcoin (BTC) over the past couple months. Prices were down early Wednesday for a second straight day after pushing earlier this week past $12,000 to a new 2020 high. The price move accelerated as traders got hit with margin calls on the BitMEX exchange. You’re reading First Mover, […]