Author: Bishwa Pandey
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Likelihood, Feasibility, and Potential Competition: The Meta-Within Acquisition and The Future of Tech Antitrust
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In 2014, Facebook (now Meta) acquired two burgeoning social media firms, WhatsApp and Instagram, with no FTC or DOJ scrutiny. People celebrated the acquisitions and the lack of regulatory scrutiny. In the years since, the negative externalities from Meta’s monopoly have led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the use of…
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The Race to the Starting Line: The Rise of CBDCs
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Data analysis and visualizations by Vishal Joseph. In the past decade, the value of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has grown exponentially, rising from $14 billion in 2015 to $2 trillion this March (Fig. 1). Figure 1: The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies over the last 7 years. Source: Coininfo.io Within cryptocurrencies,…
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Human Behavior: The Missing Element of the Biden Cybersecurity Executive Order
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On May 12th, in the aftermath of the SolarWinds cyber-attack, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to strengthen the United States’ cybersecurity infrastructure and practices. The order covered a broad list of topics, including new policies, processes, and technologies to strengthen the security of Federal and private assets. However,…