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    A Commitment to Bitcoin with Ric Edelman

    October 18, 2019 | by Yassine Elmandjra |

    Today on the podcast we are joined by Ric Edelman, the founder and chairman of Edelman Financial Engines and author of The Truth About Your Future. We also have our very own Cathie Wood join us for the conversation as we look at the current state of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, a decade after they emerged […]

  • February mARKet Update Webinar

    February 15, 2019 | by ARK Invest | Market Insights Webinar

    February mARKet update Spotlight: Mobile Payments, Maxwell Technologies, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, & Spotify   ‘mARKet update’ | What We Discovered This Month We invite you to join our 30-minute monthly webinar series presented by ARK’s Chief Investment Officer, Catherine D. Wood, and her teams of thematic analysts. The webinar offers a Q&A-based discussion on recent […]

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    The Bitcoin Centralization Narrative with Yassine Elmandjra

    January 27, 2019 | by James Wang, ARK Analyst | Podcast

    In this episode we are joined by our very own crypto-analyst, Yassine Elmandjra, to talk about the idea that Bitcoin is becoming increasing centralized. This narrative has been growing over the last while with bigger entities supposedly controlling larger portions of the blockchain. Yassine shares his perspectives, ultimately showing that this argument has some serious […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 144: Tesla, Mobile Payments, Bitcoin Mining Pools, & Gene Sequencing

    October 01, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: BABA, PCRFY, TCEHY, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 144. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 143: SpaceX, Autonomous, ITS World Congress, Cancer Detection, Meituan, Bitmain, & Paige.AI

    September 24, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: ALL, BRK.A, FB, GOOGL, GRPN, NVDA, PGR, STFGX

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 143. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    Climbing the Wall of Worry: Disruptive Innovation Could Add Fuel to This Bull Market

    August 09, 2018 | by Catherine Wood, ARK Invest CEO | Market Insights Review
    Mentioned Companies: CRSP, EDIT, GOOGL, NTLA

    The Equity Market Continues to Climb the Wall of Worry Concerned that the nine-year bull run has overstayed its welcome, many strategists have highlighted the narrow leadership of the US stock market as it has bucked weakening trends elsewhere in the world. Through June, the so-called FAANG stocks had accounted for 75% of the S&P […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 136: Autonomous Cars, Batteries, Crypto, Blockchain, and CRISPR

    August 06, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: IBM, ICE, NVDA, OSTK, SBUX, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 136. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 133: AR, Cryptoassets, EVs, Drones, & Balloons

    July 16, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, BABA, GOOG, GOOGL, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 133. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 129: AI, Blockchain Technology, Autonomous Cars, Robots, and CRISPR

    June 18, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, ARMH, BABA, CRSP, EDIT, GOOG, INTC, NTLA, NVDA, NVS, SFTBY, TSLA, WMT

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 129. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 127: Internet Trends, Cryptoassets, Reusable Rockets, and Autonomous Taxis

    June 04, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, FB, FCAU, GM, GOOG, SFTBY, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 127. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 126: Autonomous Vehicles, CRISPR, & Blockchain Technology

    May 30, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: GM, GOOG, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 126. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 116: Gaming, Blockchain Technology, Autonomous Vehicles, & CRISPR

    March 19, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, CRSP, DIS, EDIT, GM, GOOG, NTLA, TCEHY, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 116. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 108: CRISPR, Electric Vehicles, Blockchain Technology, and Crypto Mining

    January 22, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: F, GILD, GM, LGCLF, MZDAF, NVDA, NVS, TSLA, TSM

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 108. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 107: Deep Learning, Ripple, CRISPR, and CES

    January 16, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: BABA, GM, GOOG, MGI, MSFT

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 107. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 106: Hybrid Vehicles, Cybersecurity, Blockchain Technology, and CAR-T Therapy

    January 08, 2018 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMD, AMZN, BIDU, FB, GM, INTC, QCOM, SFTBY, TM, TWTR

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 106. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 105: Autonomous Cars, Electric Vehicles, Bitcoin, Insur-Tech, and Blockchain Technology

    December 24, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: BIDU, BMW.DE, BSWQY, ILMN, JUNO, NGKSF, NVDA, NXPI, SFTBY, TM

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 105. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    December mARKet Update

    December 12, 2017 | by ARK Invest | Market Insights Webinar

    December mARKet update Spotlight: Flattening Yield Curves, Bitcoin Futures, and more…   ‘mARKet update’ | What We Discovered This Month We invite you to join our 30-minute monthly webinar series presented by ARK’s Chief Investment Officer, Catherine D. Wood, and her teams of thematic analysts. The webinar offers a Q&A-based discussion on recent market developments, […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 92: AI, Blockchain, CRISPR, Drones, and EVs

    September 18, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AAPL, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 92. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 91: The Equifax Hack, AI, Payments, CRISPR, and The Self Drive Act Bill

    September 11, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: GOOG, IBM, INTU, MSFT, TSLA, XRO

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 91. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 90: Gene Therapy, Deep Learning, Payments, and Robots

    September 05, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: FB, GDDY, GOOG, PYPL, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 90. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 89: Autonomous Vehicles, Battery Packs, Bitcoin, Blockchain, and CRISPR

    August 28, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: BIDU, GOOG, IBM, TSLA, WMT

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 89. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 88: Electric Trucks, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and DNA

    August 21, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: FB, GDDY, GOOG, PYPL, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 88. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 87: Self-Driving Electric Trucks, Cryptomining, Ecommerce, and Image Recognition

    August 14, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, BABA, CRM, FB, NVDA, SAFCOM KA, TSLA, TWTR

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 87. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 86: Genome-Editing, Bitcoin, Fintech, and Autos

    August 06, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, EBAY, ETSY, INTU, PYPL

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 86. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    Big Ideas 2017

    June 13, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News

    Rooted in almost 40 years of experience, ARK Invest aims to identify large-scale investment opportunities resulting from technological change. We believe innovation is key to growth. From a broad spectrum of disruptive innovations, Big Ideas represents our annual breakout of technologies that we believe will accelerate significantly in the months ahead. Each section provides you with a brief introduction before illustrating […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 76: Artificial Intelligence, Payments, Cryptoassets

    May 30, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: GOOG, PYPL

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 76. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 70: Blue Chip Tech Stocks, Cryptoassets, Industrial Innovation

    April 17, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AAPL, AMZN, NFLX, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 70. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

  • ARK Disrupt Issue 66: Bitcoin ETF, Payment Apps, Deep Learning

    March 20, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, GOOG, INTC, MBLY, SQ, TSLA

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 66. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    ARK Disrupt Issue 65: Bitcoin ETF, Deep Learning, 3D Printing, CRISPR

    March 13, 2017 | by ARK Invest | News

    Please enjoy ARK Disrupt Issue 65. This blog series is based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders, and investors. It is designed to present you with the most recent innovation takeaways and to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in […]

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    Fintech Explained—The Financial Revolution Has Just Begun

    February 08, 2017 | by ARK Invest | Digital

    Watch ARK’s explainer video on Fintech and the ongoing financial transformation. Learn why ARK believes Fintech could have a great and positive impact on our lives. ARK believes the financial services industry is ripe for innovation. While we have seen advances such as ATMs in the 60’s, debit cards in the 70s, and online banking […]

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    Financial Blockchains: The Peril and Promise

    January 03, 2017 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, GE, OSTK

    We recently had the pleasure of sitting on a panel hosted at ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum startup, to discuss the future of financial blockchains. Below we include a brief summary of some of the topics we found most interesting from the panel discussion. Digital Assets Trading within the capital markets currently involves a mixture of […]

  • A Potential Use Case for Blockchain Technology Outside of Bitcoin

    December 12, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    What is a potential use case for blockchain technology outside of Bitcoin? Listen to ARK’s Blockchain Products Lead, Chris Burniske, explain.   One promising use case for blockchain technology outside of Bitcoin is in healthcare. Right now in the U.S. we spend $3 trillion annually on healthcare; that’s almost 20% of our gross domestic product. […]

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    Blockchain Future States: Simon Denny’s Exhibit Investigates Ethereum, 21.co, and Digital Asset Holdings

    October 07, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Bitcoin, and therefore blockchain, was born as a phoenix from the ashes of near Wall Street collapse. A month after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, an unknown entity by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, released a white paper that would be core to the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement. Contemporary artist, Simon Denny, brings Bitcoin’s founding […]

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    How Blockchain Technology Can Enhance Electronic Health Record (EHR) Operability

    September 30, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Health White Paper

    In healthcare, information is not only private, it is proprietary. While doctors and patients yearn for a digital and unified patient health record, the infrastructure required to accomplish this doesn’t exist yet. A blockchain could be a public catalog of health records that references databases, fitness and medical devices, mobile phones, and laptops. It could […]

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    Disruptive Innovation Updates – Best of Last Week’s Brainstorming

    August 01, 2016 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: DDD, FB, TSLA, TWTR

    This is a blog series based on ARK Brainstorming, a weekly discussion between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders and investors. It is designed to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on investing in innovation. 1. The Gigafactory Tour This past Wednesday Tesla invited media to tour the […]

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    Markets Using Bitcoin as a Disaster Hedge

    June 28, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | News

    ARK Invest Blockchain Products Lead, Chris Burniske, sits down with CNBC to discuss markets using bitcoin as a disaster hedge in relation to the Brexit vote. “What we’ve been seeing with bitcoin, generally, is capital market investors are using it as a disaster hedge. We saw this in summer of last year with the Greek debt […]

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    5 Takeaways From Last Week’s Brainstorming

    June 27, 2016 | by ARK Invest | News
    Mentioned Companies: BIIB, SCTY, TM, TSLA

    This is a blog series based on ARK’s weekly brainstorm between our CEO, Director of Research, thematic analysts, ARK’s theme developers, thought leaders and investors. It is designed to keep you engaged in an ongoing discussion on disrupitve innovation. 1. Tesla Bids To Acquire SolarCity Last week Tesla made a bid to acquire SolarCity. While Tesla is pursuing […]

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    Fintech Fizz? – A World Economic Forum Panel Discussion

    June 26, 2016 | by Catherine Wood, ARK Invest CEO | Digital

    Investors put a record $4.5 billion into financial start-ups in Asia last year, four times as much as the previous year. But how are disruptive business models and technology innovations transforming finance in Asia and the world? ARK Invest CEO/CIO, Catherine D. Wood addressed this topic during the ‘Fintech Fizz’ session at the World Economic […]

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    Bitcoin: A Significantly Investable Asset

    June 23, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Exploring Bitcoin As A New Asset Class 1/4 A excerpt of ARK’s white paper exploring bitcoin as the first of its kind in a new asset class—cryptocurrency—distinct from all other asset classes. In this article, we make the case that bitcoin is a significantly investable asset. ARK Invest and Coinbase define investability as providing ample liquidity […]

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    Bitcoin: Ringing the Bell for a New Asset Class

    June 02, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital White Paper

    ARK Invest and Coinbase explore the merit of bitcoin as the first of its kind in a new asset class—cryptocurrency—distinct from all other asset classes. Universally, we think traditional asset classes must meet the requirement of investability. However, traditional asset classes then differ in their politico-economic features, correlation of price movements, and risk-reward profiles. In […]

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    Bitcoin and Ethereum: How Smart Contracts Work

    May 29, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital
    Mentioned Companies: GOOG

    This article assumes a basic understanding of blockchain technology in order to fully understand how smart contracts work. Blockchain-based smart contracts have generated ample buzz recently as they could eventually build entirely autonomous organizations, enable self-regulated peer-to-peer insurance models, and facilitate the renting of all internet-connected-things. This article explores how smart contracts work. It provides […]

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    Bitcoin and Blockchain: Better Together

    March 24, 2016 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, IBM, INTC, MSFT

    Adam Ludwin, founder of Chain.com, pointed out in an a16z podcast that people who say blockchain can exist without bitcoin are both completely correct and totally wrong. ARK’s view is the debate between Bitcoin and blockchain is misunderstood and overplayed, mostly due to its nascent nature, overlapping concepts and poorly understood jargon. Understanding the Bitcoin […]

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    Securing the Bitcoin Network – White Paper

    October 27, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital White Paper

    Bitcoin has the potential to be disruptive in a way not seen since the development of the Internet. While the Internet decentralized the dissemination of information, Bitcoin and its underlying “blockchain” are decentralizing the securitization of information. Due to its decentralized design, however, there is no single entity guaranteeing Bitcoin’s long-term reliability. This white paper […]

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    ‘Silicon Alley’ Dissects Bitcoin | A Unique Bitcoin Panel Discussion

    October 01, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Bitcoin has the potential to be the biggest innovation since the Internet. On September 24, 2015 some of the brightest minds in economics, finance, technology and regulation came together during a bitcoin panel discussion to examine the disruptive innovation of bitcoin. (Bios of all panel members below)  Moderated by Brian Kelly (CNBC), the event ‘Silicon Alley’ Dissects Bitcoin offered a unique bitcoin panel […]

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    Bitcoin: A Currency | Investigating Bitcoin 5/5

    September 24, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Investigating Bitcoin 4 | 5  A series of articles investigating the disruptive potential of bitcoin and evaluating it as a currency. Technically, bitcoin could satisfy all three roles of money, as discussed in ARK Invest’s prior pieces in this series (bitcoin: A Means of Exchange, bitcoin: A Store of Value, bitcoin: A Unit of Account). Next […]

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    Bitcoin: A Unit of Account | Investigating Bitcoin 4/5

    September 22, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Investigating Bitcoin 3 | 5  A series of articles investigating bitcoin and its disruptive potential as a currency. To satisfy the third and final property of money, bitcoin must become a “measuring stick” for assets and liabilities: in other words, it must be fungibile. bitcoins’ digital equality within the blockchain does allow for mutual substitution, although […]

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    Bitcoin: A Store of Value | Investigating Bitcoin 3/5

    September 17, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital
    Mentioned Companies: TWTR

    Investigating Bitcoin 2 | 5  A series of articles investigating the disruptive potential of bitcoin and evaluating it as a currency. As of August 1st, 2015, approximately 14.5 million bitcoins had been created which, at its US dollar exchange rate on that day of around $280 per bitcoin, implied more than $4 billion in stored value. […]

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    Bitcoin: A Means of Exchange – Investigating Bitcoin 2/5

    September 09, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital
    Mentioned Companies: AMZN, DISH, EBAY, EXPE, MSFT, OSTK, WFM

    Investigating Bitcoin 1 | 5.  A series of articles investigating the disruptive potential of bitcoin and evaluating it as a currency. The software underlying Bitcoin enables bitcoin as an elegant means of exchange. In this article, “Bitcoin” refers to the open source, decentralized technology platform upon which “bitcoin”, the digital currency, depends. Like cash, transactions […]

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    Bitcoin: A Primer – Investigating Bitcoin 1/5

    September 04, 2015 | by Christopher Burniske, ARK Analyst | Digital

    Few innovations have generated as much controversy and potential for worldwide economic transformation as have Bitcoin and bitcoin. Bitcoin is an open source, decentralized technology platform upon which bitcoin, the digital currency, depends. On August 1, 20151, the digital currency was priced at $280 per bitcoin, with 14.5 million units in circulation, $4 billion in […]

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