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Has Social Media Ruined The Idea Of Friendship?
On Monday, the country pays tribute to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and it is impossible to ignore that his words are still as...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read


Louis Vuitton to Gucci, why high-profile luxury brands are so focused on monograms?
Motifs and monograms have timeless appeal. From grandmothers’ embroidering their initials on handkerchiefs to the Louis Vuitton monogram...
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Jan 18, 20212 min read


Help! Anyone remember my bitcoin password?
Let me explain my reaction to the news that a San Francisco-based programmer has around $220m in bitcoin, but cannot remember the...
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Jan 18, 20212 min read


Lost passwords lock millionaires out of their Bitcoin fortunes
Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this...
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Jan 14, 20211 min read


Bitcoin and SPACs Give 2021 an Early Retro Flavor
The problem is that a turn in the calendar doesn’t itself change anything else. The view from my window is the same as it was last year....
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Jan 13, 20211 min read


What explains bitcoin’s latest boom?
The first surge in the price of bitcoin, to around $1,000 in 2013, minted cryptocurrency millionaires, provoked declarations of a bubble...
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Jan 11, 20211 min read


Breakingviews - Bitcoin offers economics lesson, if little else
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bitcoin is an economics lesson masquerading as an asset. The value of the cryptocurrency took over a...
MAP Asia Pacific Ltd
Jan 7, 20212 min read


Confessions of a brand fighting counterfeits:‘We’d easily win in court, but it’s not always worth it
In early December, Elliot Hans, founder of California streetwear brand Stoned Immaculate, stumbled on something he’d seen before: a cheap...
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Jan 7, 20212 min read


Stress test looms for financial system in 2021
Be warned. The global financial system in 2021 will face a gigantic stress test. This follows from one of the more important lessons that...
MAP Asia Pacific Ltd
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Look to the future — what to read in 2021
Coronavirus did much to shape the book world in 2020 — and will continue to do so in the new year, whether in the form of titles...
MAP Asia Pacific Ltd
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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