Michael Kern

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• The Dirty Underwear That Saved Syrian Oil From ISIS

  Published 30 October 2019 | viewed 23,171 times

  When ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by U.S. military forces last week, ostensibly removing a key threat to Syrian oil, it was dirty…

• Oil Bulls Broken By Economic Fears

  Published 25 October 2019 | viewed 36,457 times

  A Quadrillion Dollar Mining Opportunity: The race to become the world’s first trillionaire has begun, and investors in this one industry are miles ahead. Find…

• U.S. Energy Secretary Subpoenaed As Ukraine Scandal Escalates

  Published 10 October 2019 | viewed 7,014 times

  On Thursday afternoon, House Democrats issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The subpoena is the latest in the party's impeachment probe into whether…

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

  Published 14 September 2019 | viewed 313,392 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…

• Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom?

  Published 10 April 2019 | viewed 634,264 times

  We’ve gone electric, and there’s no going back at this point. Lithium is our new fuel, but like fossil fuels, the reserves we’re currently tapping…

• The Tech Transforming The Energy Industry

  Published 17 January 2019 | viewed 12,227 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 15,715 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 23,245 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 17,262 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 38,979 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 14,309 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,…

• Russian Scientists Caught Using Nuclear Supercomputer To Mine Bitcoin

  Published 09 February 2018 | viewed 29,992 times

  A top-secret Russian nuclear facility has been caught trying to illicitly mine bitcoin, triggering several arrests at the confidential operation, according to a new report…

• The Best Places In The World To Mine Bitcoin

  Published 18 January 2018 | viewed 62,616 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 40,473 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 Tech And The $3.6 Trillion Infrastructure Crisis

  Published 09 December 2017 | viewed 43,024 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 18,082 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 22,452 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 36,491 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 22,194 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 54,180 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.…