For decades, product developers have needed to go through tech giants like Facebook, Google, Instagram and TikTok to market their products. If they didn’t pay up, they wouldn’t be able to reach their audience. This traditional, centralized advertising industry is expected to generate over $1 trillion in revenue in 2025, according to a report from Axios. At…

Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Paul Atkins has emerged as the leading candidate to chair the agency under President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Atkins is known for his pro-innovation stance and crypto expertise and is said to be capable of “returning the agency to the so-called ‘gold standard,’” according to an…

Since its global debut on Oct. 31, 2008, Bitcoin has grown from a whimsically ambitious idea to an asset with a multitrillion-dollar market capitalization that is reforming how financial institutions view money. Despite its nearly unbelievable journey from a mere idea to catalyzing a revolution within finance, many people say there is much more that…