How Coinbase is building a crypto empire for users’ crypto lifecycles

Recently, Coinbase acquired task-platform Earn.com. Coinbase is an online platform…

Market map Stablecoins – Overview of 19 projects working on stablecoins

For the crypto industry to mature certain things are needed.…

Blockchain as process innovation and technological foundation

Today’s top Internet companies are doing two things: Digitalization: Companies…

Crypto for Porn, Malta is where the Blockchain is, Exit Scam. (maybe)

 newsletter / week #16 hi, Research Analysis and reports published…

Market map privacy coins, protocols, and platforms: cryptos bringing privacy to blockchain

If we look at the crypto industry there are certain…

Privacy coins vs. coins with a privacy feature: analysing privacy coins

If we look at the crypto industry there are certain…

Scams, scaling, and dapps: working on the right things at the right time

An excerpt of recent news: 0x, a protocol for building decentralized…

Appcoins – product rewards matter more than financial rewards

There are four ways how Blockchain-based companies are, in general,…

Decentralized applications – “experimenting with blockchain” is more than tech

There are four ways how Blockchain-based companies are, in general,…

Blockchain and socio-technical systems – diffusion through hybridization

There are four ways how Blockchain-based companies are, in general,…

VINchain Profile

About VINchain (from Website) VINchain is a decentralized vehicle database…

Coinbase acquires Dapp browser, Golem Beta live, JPMorgan sued over cryptocurrency fees

newsletter / week #15 hi, besides prices that have been…

Market map: blockchain startups working on decentralized exchanges

Similarly to dapp browsers, exchanges are another essential gateway for…

Dapp browser market map: 14 projects working on Dapp browsers

Dapp browsers are often the first entry point into decentralized…

This week in crypto – week #15

Blockchain and social networks: unbundling, and re-creating the stack

Given Facebook’s recent issues in the context of Cambridge Analytica…

Crypto regulations and decentralized exchanges

As I have already touched upon in “Allegations against Centra…

Kauri, a technical knowledge network for the Ethereum ecosystem, won the Crypto NYC dApp Pitch Fest

Kauri, a technical knowledge network for the Ethereum ecosystem, won…

Allegations against Centra and implications for self-governance

The last couple of days have been full of regulations-related…

BETA RELEASE: CoinFi’s Open Beta Rollout Is Live

The following is a copy from their newsletter ---- Hi…

Ripple wanted to pay to get listed on Gemini and Coinbase

According to Bloomberg [1] "Ripple Has Tried to Buy Its…

Verge’s impromptu crowdfunding: odd timing, potential for backfiring, example for short-term financing and two approaches towards diffusion

Today’s (3 April) top five currencies based on 24 h…

Thoughts on Stellar's Randos Per Week in the context of increased crypto awareness

In their "Stellar 2018 Roadmap" (see Thoughts on "Stellar 2018 Roadmap") Stellar jokingly (at least…

Avoiding, Reporting, and Shilling: Three strategies towards crypto partnership reporting

It seems to me that most crypto projects follow one…

Two mental steps towards cryptoasset diffusion

I see diffusion of cryptoassets as a two-step process where we…

Weekly crypto roundup: Stellar’s January roundup and Facebook Messenger and cryptocurrencies

Asset news: Stellar This week (February 5) Stellar published their 2018…

Thoughts on "Stellar and the State of Cryptocurrency"

In January Christian from Stellar published “Stellar and the State…

Thoughts on Stellar’s “2018 Stellar Roadmap”

 In January Christian from Stellar published “2018 Stellar Roadmap“ (check…

Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptoassets: discussing bubbles vs. discussing socio-technical systems

Disclaimer: I own several cryptoassets. My views might be biased.…

Banks, digital wallets, and the future of mobile payments

Today, mobile payments. Actually, digital wallets. This annotation is important…

PayPal and Raisin: payment-commoditization and FinTech-platforms

Recently PayPal announced a „strategic investment“ into Germany-based Raisin. Raisin…

NAGA, savedroid, and useful ICOs

byte heroes, HydroMiner, Wysker, and cointed (see here for the…

Verivox, Outbank, and Clark: some disruption, FinTech-stack, and fighting incumbents

In November, the comparison portal Verivox acquired Outbank, a personal…

kwitt, Lendstar, and Cringle: timing, feature vs. product, and activities-based banking

Venmo, MobilePay, Cookies, kwitt, N26’s MoneyBeam, PayPal, Wavy, Lendstar…and now…

ING-DiBa, N26, revolut: fairly good incumbents and FinTech re-unbundling

According to Gründerszene, the Berlin-based solarisBank might raise a Series…

GETAWAY a German P2P carsharing start-up that got rejected on Die Höhle der Löwen (DHDL)

In the course of the German start-up show Die Höhle…

€300 Million for paydirekt, €500.000 for happybrush

paydirekt might get €300 Million from its founders. It is…

Cara, a German PoopTech-startup, received a $2 Million investment for a food diary and tailor-made drugs

Cara is „Your personal food and symptom diary“ with which…

Sono Motors, a German car startup, crowdfunded €1 Million for the first car financed through the crowed

Recently Sono Motors, a German car startup, announced that they…

simplesurance, getsafe, Coya, and ONE – convergence, emotions, and power of customer base in FinTech

The German mobile bank N26 announced that they are expanding…

BuddyGuard & Chatterbug: storytelling, smart home network effects and the future of EdTech

BuddyGuard, the Berlin-based smart home startup, raised €3.4 Million from…

byte heroes, HydroMiner, and Wysker — first ICOs in Austria and Germany

 In the last couple of days four ICOs have been…

Parce, pariot, and home-ix

In the last couple of days at least three German…

Google’s Pixel Buds, Bragi, and the power of incumbents

Google introduced a range of new products during its hardware…

revolut, N26, and the future of banking

revolut, the app-based bank from Britain, started their operations in…

ZEIº on DHDL

The Austrian-based start-up Timeular went on Die Höhle der Löwen…

volders, a Berlin-based contract management startup, raised two million euros

volders, a Berlin-based contract management startup raised two million euros.…

goUrban, an Austrian e-scooter sharing startup, received a six figure investment

Recently, the Austrian startup scooter sharing startup goUrban received a…

Tech stuff I found interesting in CW35

One-click-knowledge-providers, the decentralization of the smartphone and coaching for X…

ZENJOB, a German tech company matching companies with temporary employee shortages and students, raises five million euros

ZENJOB is German startup which matches companies with temporary employee…

Stuff I found interesting in CW34

News and topics I found interesting in calendar week 34.…

Augmented Reality in automotive — OEMs vs. aftermarket Head-Up Displays

Here I concluded that Head-Up Displays (HUDs) in the automotive…

Need-based product substitution

We use products to satisfy a need. But we can…

Cameras everywhere

In fifty years or sooner (fifty is just a wide…

Report about the future of headphones

Currently, most headphones are wireless, easily visible and mostly used…

The future of headphones — next twelve months

Currently, most headphones are wireless, easily visible and mostly used…

Stuff I found interesting in CW33

Topics Alexa for X Last week I wrote about how we…

Digital hangouts

With apps like Houseparty, Oculus Rooms in virtual reality, or…

How consumers’ perception of autonomous cars will influence their adoption

There are two sides when it comes to customers and…

Ubiquitous Learning — a primer

Ubiquitous learning is defined as an all day learning environment…

An Alexa-enabled salt shaker and automated kitchens, home voice assistants and food tracking

An Alexa-enabled salt shaker called “SMALT” is currently looking for…

Stuff I found interesting in CW32

Fox will show its first six-second TV ad: Let’s call…

Alexa effect and smart speaker’s narrow helpfulness

While analyzing comments about Google Home shortly after its release…

The most important product feature is trust

A couple of days ago I came across an app…

Google Home’s most important feature is …surveillance

…at least according to the comments on zeit.de I looked at…

The changing meaning of autonomous cars from the 1920s to 2017

Since the first “autonomous” car emerged in the 1920s, its…

How flexibility and comfort might influence the autonomous car’s adoption

The consumer interest in flexibility and comfort [1], as well…

How safety and reliability might influence the autonomous car’s adoption

I think it is fair to say that “safety and…

MediaMarkt — Eine Analyse

Die folgende Analyse wurde inspiriert durch Assignment #2 des Foundations…

[Due Diligence] ZEIº — Physische Zeiterfassung von Timeular

Achtseitiges Polygon und Zeiterfassungssoftware Das Startup Timeular produziert das für…

2 Minuten 2 Millionen – Wurmkiste, mooci, Pixelrunner, pluvis und Andmetics

Rückblick auf die zweite Folge der vierten Staffel von 2…

[30 days challenge-Februar] Mentalismus

Seit einigen Monaten mache ich monatlich eine „30 days challenge“…

[Due Diligence] – Smart home controller producer Senic

I advise against an investment in Senic because the founders…

2 Minuten 2 Millionen – Nuapua, Seifenmanufaktur Neururer, Simsis Circus, Checkyeti & Die Koje

Am 14. Februar wurde die erste Folge der neuen 2…

Autonews vom 6.2. bis 12.2.2017

Hier der Überblick der Autonews die ich diese Woche spannend…

[Kommentar] Gesetzentwurf Automatisiertes Fahren

Hinweis: Vieles was ich hier zum Gesetzentwurf Automatisiertes Fahren schreibe…

[Due Diligence] Rollersharing-Startup Jaano

Das Hamburger Startup Jaano ging 2014 an den Start, meldete…

Chrysler Portal zeigt Millennials Mobilität der Zukunft

Im Rahmen der CES 2017 hielt neben Toyota auch der…

Apples Finanzergebnisse Q1 2017

Am 31. Jänner fand Apples Telefonkonferenz zu den Finanzergebnissen für…

Autonews vom 30.1. bis 5.2.2017

Hier der Überblick der Autonews die ich diese Woche spannend…

[Due Diligence] Same Day Delivery-Dienst Lobu

Lobu - Same Day Delivery Dienst für Bücher in Wien…

[30 days challenge-Jänner] Luzides Träumen

Seit einigen Monaten mache ich monatlich eine „30 days challenge“…

Concept-i zeigt Toyotas Mobilität der Zukunft

Im Rahmen der CES 2017 hielt Toyota eine Pressekonferenz bei…

[Kommentar] 10 Thesen zur Zukunft von Connected Cars

Der BDW (Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft) hat vor ca. drei Jahren…

The decentralization of the smartphone through hardware

Smartphones turned hardware into software The two pictures below illustrate how…

Digital assistants and app in apps might be the future of smartphone apps

During Oculus Connect 3 Opening Keynote Mark Zuckerberg criticized that our…

Coca-Cola made a selfie bottle

Coca-Cola unveiled a selfie-bottle: A camera attached to the bottom…

Overview of smart home remotes

Logitech Logitech has had universal remotes before the smart home…

Xiaomi’s troubles and how to solve them

The Chinese internet company Xiaomi was founded in 2010. In…

Hearables are small computers and not headphones

Back in September, Apple introduced the Apple AirPods, a set…

Gaming "the" application for VR?

In terms of interest, Virtual Reality (VR) started to take…

Retailers must go from selling to servicing

For a long time we have been shopping only offline,…

[Case Study] Should You Rehire a Defector?

The case study published in the Harvard Business Review December…

The reasons why Echo and Google are winning over HUE and Nest

I have recently looked through more than 30 smart home…

AI for hearables more important than sound quality

It seems to me that lately, everybody is taking about…

What firms should do in the case of a product recall

When a company recalls a product, it makes sense to…

Recall of Note 7 did not hurt Samsung's brand

Samsung has completely recalled its Galaxy Note 7 and stoped production due…

What makes hearables so interesting?

I think that hearables are a great piece of wearable…

What are actually hearables?

Hearables - smart headphones you can wear The word hearables…

List of already available hearables

As of now four hearables from four different companies are available.…

Peter Drucker's five deadly sins in 2016

(Peter Drucker) In 1993 Peter Drucker published a column titled…

[Updated] List of announced hearables

Human by Human Human headphones (Source) The "human" hearables are one…

Smart earphones (hearables) are the new smart watches

I have had my Bragi The Dash headphones for about one week…

Oculus: Zukunft und Gegenwart von VR

Vor ca. 10 Tagen hat Oculus im Rahmen der Oculus…

Strategic implications for Netflix’s future

Source I am currently read Frank Rothaermel’s Strategic Management: Conceptsand also…

How Apple is pushing ubiquitous computing with the iPhone 7

I get that why people are complaining about Apple removing the…