This monthly report is authored by ARK’s CEO, Cathie Wood, ARK Analysts, Yassine Elmandjra and Frank Downing, and ARK Research Associate, David Puell.Considering the market’s fast pace of change, ARK publishes The Bitcoin Monthly, an earnings report that details relevant on-chain activity and showcases the openness, transparency, and accessibility of blockchain data.Topics Addressed in The Bi...

Imagine you’re a fan at a football game or rock concert. Splurging on sweet and salty snacks is a given – but out at the concession stand there’s a line several people deep, assisted by a handful of harried cashiers.But there’s also an intriguing little kiosk. You place your tray with a hamburger, hotdog, box of candy and bag of pretzels on a digital scanner, swipe a card, and in a matter o...

In its latest set of results, Nike reported that sales in Greater China had fallen almost 20%, as COVID disruptions continue to play havoc on parts of the country's supply chain. That result, plus a cautious outlook for the coming quarter, sent Nike shares down 7% yesterday, wiping more than $11bn from the company's market cap.But Nike can't blame everything on COVID. Indeed, there is an increa...

Last year’s flagship Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra impressed photography fanatics with its top-of-the-line hardware at a very competitive price. The Xiaomi 12 series is long-awaited in the tech community, and now the Chinese consumer electronics company has revealed the 12S series that includes the 12S, 12S Pro and 12S Ultra devices.The 12S and 12S Pro have minimal hardware upgrades, while the 12S Ultra...

Venture capital firms that have ownership in a large number of unicorns are pouring money into two sectors — internet services and fintech.In a bid to answer the question of where does big venture capital money go to, a new analysis looked at the most recent data on unicorns.The overall number of companies that exceed $1 billion in valuation has doubled in the past year alone, with venture cap...

Amazon’s electric delivery vans, e-cargo bikes and walkers will make more than five million last mile deliveries a year across Central London.Amazon has announced the launch of its first UK micromobility hub for more sustainable deliveries in Central London. E-cargo bikes and walkers from the new hub, along with Amazon’s electric fleet already on London’s roads, will make over five million d...

Seventy-three percent of respondents expect companies to understand their unique needs and expectations, and 62% think companies should anticipate their needs, according to a May 2022 Salesforce report.Attitude of Consumers Worldwide Toward Personalization and Customer Experience Provided by a Company, 2020 & 2022 (% of respondents)Consumers understand that brands use personal data to craft...

Meet Flowo, a typewriter designed for the 21st century. A purpose-built machine that’s designed just for writing and editing, Flowo comes with a qwerty keyboard and a cylindrical screen on the top that automatically scrolls as you type. To rewind, just rotate the knob (as you would on a regular typewriter) and the screen scrolls upwards or downwards. It’s a perfect example of using just the r...

The May 2022 edition of the Chief Economists Outlook comes out amid extremely high uncertainty about geopolitical developments, the trajectory of the global economy and the next steps for economic policy. Instead of entering a post-COVID recovery phase, economies are experiencing additional shocks, first and foremost from the war in Ukraine and associated geopolitical repercussions, but also fr...