Monday, October 18, 2021

Forbes: Crypto Scores Huge Own Goal — Few Trust It, And Worse

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Crypto still has a way to go with capturing the hearts and minds of the general public.

Just 5.6% of the U.S. and UK population trust cryptocurrency as a safe investment, new research conducted by Traders of Crypto found. Almost two-in-three said, “no,” they don’t trust it as an investment, and the rest didn’t know what a cryptocurrency was. Read more here.


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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Leidos: Is the future of coal in super material graphene?

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Coal is mostly known as a fuel to generate power, but scientists are actively exploring its lesser-known potential. Now the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Leidos have discovered a new way to transform coal into graphene, a super material so promising it earned scientists the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more here.

Coal
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CityWire: Investing in commercial real estate may improve your portfolio performance

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

“Real estate may serve as a hedge against market risks, such as inflation,” says David Vincent, CFA, CAIA, investment Specialist at New York-based real estate financial technology company Cadre. “It tends to be less volatile than equities and holds its value over the long term.” Read more here.


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