Jake Chervinsky is a rare bird in the crypto industry: a passionate believer in blockchain technology who is realistic about its limitations and capable of communicating in plain, dispassionate language. He is considered a must-follow in the hurly-burly community known as Crypto Twitter for his informed takes on legal and regulatory news. On Tuesday, Chervinsky made news of his own by trading his current perch at the Blockchain Association for a new role as chief legal officer at the venture...

The Financial Times published an intriguing report over the weekend that says the London Stock Exchange Group is poised to stand up a new trading market that will let users swap tokenized version of stock. The head of the exchange’s capital markets group, Murray Roos, says this came about after the group studied the possibility of a blockchain-based trading venue for a year and concluded the technology had reached an “inflection point.” The new service will not involve cryptocurrencies but...

The finance industry has changed rapidly in recent years with the rise of fintech, around-the-clock banking, and contactless payments. But in the coming five years it is poised to change even faster with the rise of two powerful technologies, blockchain and artificial intelligence, that are already upending the sector. Right now, A.I. is gaining the lion’s share of the hype and attention, and with good reason. Predictive learning models promise to remake not just financial infrastructure but...

Do you get upset by words like “fat,” “ugly,” or “crazy”? Well, take comfort that your cultural betters are already scrubbing them from popular works of literature. As the Telegraph reported, new editions of the beloved children’s author Roald Dahl contain a notice explaining that “This book was written many years ago, and so we regularly review the language to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all today.” It turns out the good censors at publisher Puffin, along with the Roald Dahl...

Many of the trends and ideas that shape America come to California first, so it’s worth noting that the state has introduced a big tech upgrade at its Department of Motor Vehicles. As Fortune was first to report, the agency is in the final stages of replicating its title database on the Tezos blockchain and expects to launch consumer-facing applications tied to the blockchain within three months. In practice, this means California drivers will soon be able to hold their car titles as NFTs in...