John Detrixhe

As more payments take place electronically and bank branches slowly disappear, your mobile phone is an increasingly important piece of financial real estate. Square’s lofty…

Selling stolen personal data is a big business for hackers: Somewhere on the dark web, your e-mail address and a few passwords are probably for…

When it comes to raising money, right now is one of the best times in history to start a technology company. Global initial public offerings…

American higher education holds great promise: Thanks to easy-to-obtain loans, students can spend years studying just about whatever they want. But there’s a catch—bankruptcy rules…

Tech stocks are booming, despite concerns about how some of sector’s giants, like Google and Facebook, make money from personal data. Cyber security companies, meanwhile,…

The bear market for bitcoin and other virtual tokens has dragged down Coinbase, a digital-asset exchange and darling of the crypto-startup world. As prices plunge,…

PayPal is tearing through a flurry of payment company acquisitions, having snapped up four in just a five-week period this year. Investors are bullish on…

Wouldn’t it be great to know which crypto tokens will make you rich? Bahahahahah! OK seriously. There’s no way to know which protocol, company, or…

You know what’s cooler than a $1 billion company? A $500 billion company, many in Europe think. While the region is giving rise to more…

It’s a process that’s become depressingly routine. First, hackers steal a trove of personal data. Later, you are told to change your passwords and monitor…

Bitcoin has fallen about 70% from its peak at the end of last year, a plunge that would give most traders a nosebleed (and a…

It’s been a tough year for just about every currency except the US dollar. The euro and Swiss franc are down against the greenback, to…