Reuters (October 25)
“Stablecoins, the latest innovation in digital currency, are a hybrid of the private and public models and claim to deliver the best of both their worlds.” Their users have roughly tripled in less than three years. “Stablecoins, it seems, give the people what they want: constant, real-time access to a globally usable, digital dollar.” As adoption grows, “the greenback’s supremacy” looks poised to be further reinforced.
Tags: Adoption, Digital currency, Digital dollar, Globally usable, Greenback, Hybrid, Innovation, Real time, Reinforced, Stablecoins, Supremacy, Tripled, Users
Wall Street Journal (October 7)
“The fourth major era of computing” is leaving mainframes, PCs and the Web further behind. “The mobile era began this summer, as there are now more mobile users than desktop users, with 1.8 billion surfing the Web on their smartphones. Having a personal computer in your pocket is changing the tech world because, unlike a computer, a smartphone is always there when you need it.”
Tags: Computing, Desktops, Era, Mainframes, Mobile era, PCs, Smartphones, Surfing, Users, Web
