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Ticking crypto time bomb could spark another financial crisis

Ticking crypto time bomb could spark another financial crisis

Decentralised finance, also known as DeFi, is being touted as a better option to existing stuffy financial services. But it’s rife with unregulated middlemen.

  • by Dominic Powell

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‘Orphaned inventions’: Life-saving AI discoveries trapped in legal black hole

‘Orphaned inventions’: Life-saving AI discoveries trapped in legal black hole

The law insists inventors have to be human. But that means we’re missing out on groundbreaking medicine and technology developed by AI.

  • by Angus Dalton
‘Our country can’t go on like this’: The Chinese entrepreneur not afraid to speak out

‘Our country can’t go on like this’: The Chinese entrepreneur not afraid to speak out

China’s entrepreneur class is grappling with the worst economic slump in decades but they can’t seem to agree how loudly they should complain. But Zhou Hang is different.

  • by Li Yuan
Aussie tech in postnatal depression pill breakthrough

Aussie tech in postnatal depression pill breakthrough

Researchers at Monash University are hoping a technology they have invented will enable women who have to undergo lengthy intravenous infusion treatments for postnatal depression to take a simple pill instead.

  • by Emma Koehn
Elon Musk’s Mars dream needs to be bigger

Elon Musk’s Mars dream needs to be bigger

Elon Musk has been thinking about zooming off to establish a colony on Mars for years. But he needs more people there than he thinks, or there is no point going at all.

  • by Paul Krugman
‘Just suck it up and start looking into NFTs’: Crypto through the lens of a marketer

‘Just suck it up and start looking into NFTs’: Crypto through the lens of a marketer

In a space filled with strange terminology, dubious technology and valuable non-fungibilty, how do you convince companies and their customers to dive into the world of Web3?

  • by Dominic Powell
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How Tony Blair’s son built a $587m fortune

How Tony Blair’s son built a $587m fortune

The unique selling point of Euan Blair’s start-up is directly opposed to his father’s flagship education policy when he was in Downing Street.

  • by Gareth Corfield
Elon Musk’s sister betting on cheesy romance novels to make her own name

Elon Musk’s sister betting on cheesy romance novels to make her own name

Tosca Musk considers herself very different from her brother, but she is similar in at least one way: She is determined to turn an easily ridiculed idea into a successful business.

  • by Brooks Barnes
Want to make a living as an influencer? Be male, Millennial, and on TikTok
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Want to make a living as an influencer? Be male, Millennial, and on TikTok

New data shows Australian influencers earned an average of $52,000 last year through sponsored posts and merchandise. But are influencers effective advertisers?

  • by Anthony Segaert
Justin Hemmes on his Melbourne moves, skyscraper plans – and how he beat anxiety

Justin Hemmes on his Melbourne moves, skyscraper plans – and how he beat anxiety

As he approaches 50, the businessman is still hunting out opportunities, with plans to take on Victoria’s foodie scene and add a skyscraper to Sydney’s Ivy.

  • by Anne Hyland
‘Parasitic’: Why the founder of Dogecoin thinks crypto is a scam

‘Parasitic’: Why the founder of Dogecoin thinks crypto is a scam

Having founded $15 billion cryptocurrency Dogecoin, you might not expect Australian software engineer Jackson Palmer to be one of the industry’s harshest critics.

  • by Dominic Powell