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Quantum-proofing digital money

January 22, 2019 1 comment

As developments in computer science promise huge advances in processing power, some cryptocurrency designers are aiming to ensure their digital moneys’ underlying code does not become obsolete. Cryptocurrencies—and all the […]

Data firms buck cryptocurrency bear market

January 14, 2019 0 comments

While cryptocurrency exchanges, trading firms and investment funds lay off staff in droves, one sector is bucking the last year’s savage bear market: data provision and analytics. Several companies involved […]

Central banks dither over digital currencies

January 8, 2019 0 comments

The world’s central banks are proving reticent to introduce digital currencies, despite mounting market pressures for them to do so, according to a new report from the Bank for International […]

The battle over financial privacy

December 10, 2018 0 comments

Expectations that cryptocurrencies would grant their users complete anonymity have proved wide of the mark. But the debate over digital money and privacy may just be beginning. [This article is […]

The streamline effect

November 28, 2018 0 comments

One of the most obvious potential applications of distributed ledger technology is in financial record-keeping. Blockchains promise greater efficiency and higher resiliency, say the technology’s advocates, as well as cutting […]

Recovering from identity loss

November 15, 2018 0 comments

Dystopian visions Bit by bit, the optimism of the early internet era has dissipated, replaced by widespread fear over a dystopian future. Valuable personal information is exposed unwittingly and carelessly […]

UK taskforce adds to cryptocurrency confusion

October 31, 2018 0 comments

Global policymakers are struggling to achieve a consistent approach to defining and regulating cryptocurrencies. A new report from the UK government illustrates the problem in microcosm. On October 29 the […]

Cutting through the blockchain hype

October 23, 2018 0 comments

“‘Blockchain’ and ‘distributed ledger technology’ (DLT) have become almost meaningless buzzwords that are mainly used for marketing and PR purposes,” say the authors of a new Cambridge University study. Given […]

Loosening control of the financial infrastructure

October 17, 2018 0 comments

Although the world’s payment and financial settlement networks are rarely in the news, whoever controls them has enormous economic and political power. As an example, the fact that US dollar […]

From centralisation to Lehman

September 27, 2018 0 comments

Ten years after the failure of Lehman Brothers, the conventional narrative is that the bank failed because of the US real estate bubble and the collapse in the market for […]

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