Michael Kern

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• $100 Oil? Drone Strikes Halt Half Of Saudi Crude Production

  Published 14 September 2019 | viewed 264,813 times

  Half of Saudi Arabia's oil production has gone offline following a surprise drone strike. Drones attacked Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia and the Khurais oil…

• The Tech Transforming The Energy Industry

  Published 17 January 2019 | viewed 8,964 times

  The energy sector is in the midst of a technological revolution. From blockchain and the Internet of Things to decentralized power grids, energy tech is…

• Bitcoin Can Fuel Green Energy Innovation

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 14,261 times

  If you’ve been following the cryptocurrency space for a while, chances are you’ve heard this one: “Bitcoin uses more energy than <insert country here>.” The…

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution Is On The Horizon

  Published 16 June 2018 | viewed 21,022 times

  Just a few short years after economists and social theorists declared that we had entered the Third Industrial Revolution, the next revolution is already on…

• The Technology To Transform The Utilities Sector

  Published 22 April 2018 | viewed 14,116 times

  There are a number of blockchain initiatives that have so much hype backing them that it can be difficult to tell whether the project is…

• What’s Really Happening With Venezuela’s “El Petro?”

  Published 23 February 2018 | viewed 33,909 times

  Venezuela has made history as the first country to launch its very own Initial Coin Offering. The long-hyped Petro cryptocurrency has been the center of…

• Why Commodity Coins Are Gaining Popularity

  Published 18 February 2018 | viewed 12,569 times

  Cryptocurrencies have become the most loved-and-hated topic in the financial world. Corporate coins, joke coins, government coins, and even commodity-backed coins are flooding the markets,…

• The Blockchain Revolution Is Heading To Space

  Published 23 January 2018 | viewed 26,087 times

  There is a new wave of coders and hackers looking to upend the entire internet, signaling the start of a brand new space race. No,…

• The Best Places In The World To Mine Bitcoin

  Published 18 January 2018 | viewed 52,018 times

  Deep in China’s Sichuan mountains, miners are chipping away at complex mathematical puzzles in hopes of unlocking one of today’s most prized assets, bitcoin. Currently,…

• Cheap Energy Draws Bitcoin Miners To Canada

  Published 16 January 2018 | viewed 27,874 times

  A new leak has sprung from China’s bitcoin rumor pool. And while markets have grown resilient of such news, this new potential crackdown seems to…

• Blockchain And The $3.6 Trillion Infrastructure Crisis

  Published 09 December 2017 | viewed 39,088 times

  There is a crisis unfolding in the United States. Infrastructure has become dated, decayed, and vulnerable to attack. A problem which the American Society of…

• Reducing Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint

  Published 25 November 2017 | viewed 16,621 times

  Bitcoin’s surge in popularity has sent the network’s electricity consumption soaring. And while using the electricity is not necessarily a problem when building the largest…

• The Petrodollar’s Biggest Challengers

  Published 28 October 2017 | viewed 19,234 times

  Established in the early 1970s, the petrodollar has secured the United States’ influence over the oil trade for over 40 years, but recently, it is…

• Bitcoin Becomes Part Of North Korea’s Geopolitical Arsenal

  Published 30 September 2017 | viewed 32,622 times

  Fresh off the news of North Korea claiming that the United States has declared war due to U.S. President Trump’s military positioning and contentious rhetoric,…

• Blockchain Tech As A Hedge Against Low Oil Prices

  Published 26 August 2017 | viewed 19,789 times

  The “paradox of plenty,” natural resources are both a gift and a curse to emerging economies. Rather than providing a flourishing economy, often the result…

• Blockchain Tech Could Disrupt The Oil Industry

  Published 19 August 2017 | viewed 49,410 times

  As the price of oil remains in the high-$40, low-$50 range, every cog in the oil industry is scrambling to reduce costs and streamline sales.…

• Could Bitcoin Provide A Hedge Against Venezuela’s Failing Oil Industry?

  Published 12 August 2017 | viewed 12,488 times

  Protests continue to rage in Venezuela as inflation soars to unprecedented levels and the price of oil remains low. The country’s national currency is now…