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Alex McDougall

Alex McDougall is president and CEO of Stablecorp Inc.

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Consensus Magazine

The Year Crypto Yields Blew Up

Centralized interest-bearing accounts stayed artificially high after DeFi yields programmatically went dry. Crypto can be competitive with TradFi, but it needs to remain transparent and composable.

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By Alex McDougall

Dec 14, 2022 at 2:33 p.m. UTC

Dec 14, 2022

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Business

Here Comes the Open Lending Era

Open lending grew from a fringe use-case to a burgeoning engine powering the next phase of the digital economy, says the CIO of Bicameral Ventures.

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By Alex McDougall

Dec 24, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Dec 24, 2020

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Policy

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don't Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

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By Alex McDougall

Mar 20, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. UTC

Mar 20, 2020

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Markets

Year in review 2019

Data Creators Should Share in the Profits From Big Data

If data is the new oil, we need new business models allowing creators to share in the profits.

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By Alex McDougall

Dec 28, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 28, 2019

Year in Review 2019