Business / Investing

Hello Jo? (muttering) Nobody there. Wait a minute, Jo? Jay Oh? Hmmm, that’s gotta be a typo. Must be Joe, with an “e.” HELLO, JOE! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Stop shouting? Yes sir. Now then, I’m taking a randomized survey on whether randomly chosen CEOs fit the American stereotype. Hello! Are you there? Good, I’ll just plunge right in, then, shall I? First question: Do you carry a few extra pounds? Yes, I agree, that is an obnoxious question. Just for the record, you’re taut and toned? Fair enough. And you’re pretty sure that I can’t legally ask this? …

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last months, you will know that bitcoin and crypto currencies have basically taken over conversations relating to money and currencies. From an obscure industry that started barely 8 years ago with the creation of bitcoin, taken seriously only by very few tech geeks; currency traders and the make-quick-money online crowd; Cryptocurrency as a global means of exchange burst into the global consciousness with a vengeance in 2018. With the world watching in disbelief, Bitcoin went from an exchange value of less than $1,000 to a giddy $19,000 in less than …