(This interview was first published on September 10th, 2019. It has been edited for brevity.) It was 2016 to 2017 when things were starting to go crazy in crypto land. Market cap was skyrocketing and volumes were running up. It was also around that time Sam Bankman-Fried decided to leave…

Summary: SmartFi is a company that specializes in powering business loans using tokens. In this interview, host of the podcast The New Trust Economy (listen here), Monika Proffitt sits down for a discussion with SmartFi’s CEO and former Utah State Representative, Aaron Tilton. Aaron shares how SmartFi got its start…

“I’ll look at everything around me and I will vow to bear in mind, that alla this was just someone’s idea. It could just as well be mine.” — Ani Difranco I recently published an article on The Future of Capitalism, covering a new, economic model that I began working…

“The profit system follows the path of least resistance, and the path of least resistance is what makes a river crooked.” — Utah Phillips It is no secret that late stage capitalism has its issues, and they are not going away. From the often invisible yet the ravaging effects of…

Though the original blockchain was only created to solve the double-spend conundrum of digital currencies, the ingenious structure of a blockchain can be applied anywhere, offering advantages of accountability, efficiency and transparency. Let’s take a look at some industries that could benefit from the new technology. Identity Management A static…