There are 118 elements on the periodic table -- and four reasons Bitcoin is a better store of value than any of them.In 2012, crypto pioneer Charlie Shrem, reporteldy one of the first people in the world to read Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper explaining Bitcoin's power, told Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss why they should care about an intangible asset, backed up by no centralized authority, that had been created by a person or group of people whose identity no one knew.Their conversation -- as relayed in jour ...

Amazon announced actions taken against three groups of counterfeiters operating on its platform.By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.In one action, the company’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) filed a law ...

When Mark Lee was a law student at Harvard, a trademark class exposed him to the staggering scale of counterfeiting, an illicit industry worth more than $3 trillion annually and set him on an unexpected path to entrepreneurship. “I was always broadly interested in technology and startups, but I never really thought I’d be an entrepreneur. I assumed I was set to become a lawyer; most of my family members are lawyers, and practicing law felt like a natural path,” Lee said in an exclusive interview with Tec ...