News that Trump tapped Sacks to serve as the "AI & crypto czar” in his new administration triggered reactions across the media landscape.

Avestix hosted a webinar examining the latest innovations in blockchain, AI, Web3 and DeFI, and what those innovations could mean for accredited investors.

How traditional transaction tools are being usurped by newer decentralized technologies.

Traditional cross-border payment systems, largely facilitated by SWIFT & corresponding banking platforms, are notorious for inefficiencies.

Businesses in the financial services sector have an abundance of sensitive data and high-dollar balances, they have been hit especially hard by cybercriminals.

Elon Musk recently made headlines again on the news that his long-awaited xAI data center is now in operation.

Last year, the Pew Research Center surveyed a roster of thought leaders and academics and asked them to identify the “best and most beneficial changes in digital life” we can expect to see in the coming decade. 

The demand for data centers in the U.S. is exploding. The need to warehouse digital information — a need that AI has now supercharged — is expected to drive a 160 percent surge in new U.S. data center construction by 2030.

According to a slew of news reports, family offices — private wealth management firms specializing in serving high-net-worth investors — are not only investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology, many are incorporating these cutting-edge technologies into their own practices to improve efficiencies.

The already groundbreaking field of artificial intelligence (AI) may be on the verge of a transformative shift with the introduction of OpenAI's latest large language model, o1.

Two recent announcements underscore the growth opportunities in U.S. data center development. First came the news from the White House that it plans to support the development of new data centers by fast-tracking the permitting process and incentivizing data center owners and operators with loans, grants, tax credits, and technical assistance.

Tokenization helps democratize the investment process by enabling investors to own fractional shares of assets that otherwise have high barriers and extended lock-up periods. But if the prospect of including digital assets in an investment strategy makes some traditional investors uncomfortable because they associate blockchain-based assets with often volatile cryptocurrencies, they should know that the two asset classes are very different.

By 2030, Bitcoin (along with other leading cryptocurrencies) could gain enough mainstream attention that it may play a more significant role in global financial markets. 

Predict generative artificial intelligence (AI) has “the potential to generate value equivalent to $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion in global corporate profits annually.”

It’s no secret that AI is growing exponentially and is poised to transform nearly every industry in the world, but it’s important to acknowledge that AI modeling is far from perfect. The reason: Like all of us, the people who do AI modeling are imperfect.

According to recent headlines, government officials and scientists in the U.S., U.K., and the E.U. are now putting their efforts to cultivate quantum computing into overdrive on the news that scientists in China have made important developments in quantum computing.

Last week, an IT outage of historic proportions disrupted millions of Microsoft Windows devices, leading to digital mayhem around the globe as frustrated users found themselves staring helplessly at the infamous Blue Screen of Death.