Flameouts. Scams. Investors who tread among ICOs are taking their shots in the Wild West. Only a minority of ICOs make it into their fifth month. But as research from Boston College shows, returns are still positive, staggeringly so, as Hugo Benedetti, PhD candidate and the paper’s...
In retail news, it’s a good day to be Overstock.com. According to reports from CNBC, the market is reacting favorably to the news that Overstock’s subsidiary tZero is joining the business of trading digital coins. The 23.5 percent leap takes its stock price to its...
Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. 31. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year,...
Sizzle Kohl’s: Brick-and-mortar stores are the new battlefront for Amazon, and Kohl’s is the latest beneficiary. The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Folks can buy Amazon...
July 20, 2018
Flameouts. Scams. Investors who tread among ICOs are taking their shots in the Wild West. Only a minority of ICOs make it into their fifth month. But as research from Boston College shows, returns are still positive, staggeringly so, as Hugo Benedetti, PhD candidate and the paper’s co-author, tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. The question in a market where timing trumps business model: For how long?
September 04, 2017
The 1960s TV show “Lost in Space” featured a robot that would stand pat, robot arms akimbo, shouting in its robot voice, “Danger, Will Robinson, danger!” The filming was crude,...
September 28, 2017
In retail news, it’s a good day to be Overstock.com. According to reports from CNBC, the market is reacting favorably to the news that Overstock’s subsidiary tZero is joining the business of trading digital coins. The 23.5 percent leap takes its stock price to its highest point since January 2014, moving its annual increase to […]
