Blockchain Sweeps Puerto Rico and Photographer Bassam Khabieh Illustrates Syria’s Civil War Through its “Resilient” Children.
By Worldview Staff
In this Dec. 21, 2017, file photo, a Bitcoin logo is shown is displayed on an ATM in Hong Kong. Google says it is going to ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, as well as related content like trading advice and cryptocurrency wallets. Kin Cheung / AP Photo
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In this Dec. 21, 2017, file photo, a Bitcoin logo is shown is displayed on an ATM in Hong Kong. Google says it is going to ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, as well as related content like trading advice and cryptocurrency wallets. Kin Cheung / AP Photo
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Blockchain Sweeps Puerto Rico and Photographer Bassam Khabieh Illustrates Syria’s Civil War Through its “Resilient” Children.
By Worldview Staff
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On Today’s Show:
- We speak to Gina Pieters, a lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and a research fellow at the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, about what blockchain technology is, why it’s important, and how it’s regulated.
- On the BBC’s Documentary “Blockchain for a Broken Paradise”, we uncover why a small group of wealthy ‘crypto-preneurs’ are moving to Puerto Rico post Hurricane Maria.
- Worldview talks to photojournalist Bassam Khabieh about his new book, Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria, Stories and Photography.