What are Dapps you might ask? Imagine having your car working away, transporting passengers while you’re at work. Imagine having your computer utilizing its spare capacity to serve businesses and people across the globe. Imagine being paid for browsing the web and taking ownership of your, arguably invaluable, attention. Imagine a world like that. That world is not far away. A paradigm shift in the way we view software models is approaching. When Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, made us reassess our definition of Store of Value (SoV) , it also revealed a sneak peek of the future: a world running on decentralized applications (Dapps) . These distributed, resilient, transparent and incentivized applications will prove themselves to the world by remapping the technological landscape. Understanding Blockchain Before we can even fathom what Dapps do, we need to be familiar with its underlying technology—the blockchain. Put simply, a blockchain is a ledger of records organize...

After seven years of working in the corporate world, one New York City-based twenty-something had a nest egg big enough to retire early. She goes by the pen name J.P. Livingston on her blog The Money Habit, where she discusses how she had financial independence on the mind from an early age. When she was only 12, she picked up a copy of the personal finance classic “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” which sparked her interest in saving and investing. When she realized she could save big by finishing college in three years, she jumped on the opportunity. Graduating a year early “really helped me financially,” she said “It saved me a year of tuition and gave me a year’s worth of extra income, and between the two things, that’s a $150,000 net worth swing.” After graduating, Livingston took a job at an investment firm, where the starting pay was $60,000, plus an end-of-year bonus that was almost the same amount. Total: just over $100,000. She received several raises in the years following, ...

Customers can use their Sylo Smart Wallet at any one of our 2000+ vending machines Leading brands are now trooping into the world of cryptos Just recently Amatil X a corporate venturing platform of Coca-Cola Amatil invested an undisclosed amount of money into Centrepay a crypto payment provider, as part of the startup’s funding round. This funding will facilitate Centrepay capacity in providing users the option to pay for soda via cryptos on any of Coca-Cola’s 2,000+ vending machines across Australia and New Zealand. Centrapay CEO, Jerome Faury, says the two companies have strong strategic alignment. “Both Centrapay and Coca-Cola Amatil are committed to preserving consumers’ privacy and data ownership rights, whilst increasing business value. “The fact that Coca-Cola Amatil has invested in Centrapay through Amatil X shows that there is a real appetite to provide customers with new ways to engage or to exchange value,” Faury said. What you must know: Centrapay’s primary func...

"Our company, as you know, was founded by a college drop-out" -Tim Cook, CEO Apple Inc. Many of the nation's most popular companies to work for don't require a college degree, and certain jobs are more likely to be filled with non-college graduates than others, LinkedIn found. Students assume getting a four-year degree and taking on the thousands of students   loans debt that comes along with it is the only way to get your foot in the door at top companies like Apple, Google, and Netflix. Prominent business leaders like Siemens USA CEO Barbara Humpton and Apple CEO Tim Cook are already questioning the need for four-year degrees altogether. Cook recently revealed that about half of Apple's US employment last year included people who did not have a four-year degree. Cook reasoned many colleges do not teach the skills business leaders need most in their workforce, such as coding. Humpton, too, dismissed the idea that a four-year degree guarantees career-r...

CROWDYVEST is the sister company of Farmcrowdy, Nigeria's first digital agriculture platform that empowers rural farmers & provides investment opportunities for anyone to invest directly in the agriculture sector from the comfort of your home. They launched in 2016, with the Vice President Prof. yemi Osinbanjo paying a personal visit to the company. Crowdyvest is basically a crowdfunding platform. Farmcrowdy philosophy is "farming without a farm." Money is pooled from investors to help fund a farm project, while farmers are enabled to farm and increase productivity, investors get to share from the profit as ROI. All farms are insured by Leadway insurance so you 100% guaranteed of your principal & ROI irrespective of any unfortunate incident that may occur in a farm you sponsor. This is a way better option than bank savings especially if you wish to lock your money somewhere for a while and get paid for it. This also helps improve food productivity and security in...

Financial knowledge & Investment decisions are like the chicken & chips of financial freedom. Phillip Fisher said, The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing." Phillip's statement applies for any type of investment beyond the stock market. Poor investment decisions are mostly the product of poor research or inadequate fact finding. Unskilled investors jump at promised Returns On Investment (ROI) but skilled investors do their due diligence on market & trends. Money is a resource. Like every resource it is limited. You have to spend & invest your money wisely & the first step is having the right knowledge on what to invest in. Put your money where your knowledge is. Knowledge investment is the first investment of any serious investor. "Investing without an education and research will ultimately lead to regrettable investment decisions. Research is much more than just listening to popular opinio...