Like a current, money flows, it circulates, it’s liquid. In fact, English law regards currency as one of the key attributes of money. But should new, virtual forms of money […]
It’s a period of heady and unprecedented innovation in both money and payments. But don’t expect central banks to join the party. That’s the sober message delivered today by Agustín […]
One of the best business books of recent years, ‘How Music Got Free’, by Stephen Witt, tells an engrossing tale of obsession, music, obscene money, visionaries, criminals and tycoons. […]
Hacks, lost private keys, data leaks, dead exchange owners—the list of mishaps separating cryptocurrency owners from their savings grows longer almost by the week. Now, new custodial schemes aim to […]
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report has reignited the debate over cryptocurrencies’ long-term viability. In a research paper released this week, Raphael Auer of the BIS’s Monetary and […]
Bitcoin miners secure the cryptocurrency’s network and mining has evolved into an energy-intensive, highly specialist industrial activity. But is bitcoin mining a totally unnecessary waste of electricity? Or could it […]
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 […]
Last week’s dramatic price decline across the cryptocurrency market has reignited an old debate—are networks like bitcoin inherently ungovernable? The fork forks again On November 15 bitcoin cash (BCH), itself […]
Money, identity and privacy are all linked. But these concepts are constantly changing in the face of new technology. Should money be anonymous or tied to the identity of the […]
In theory, decentralised ledgers could help revolutionise the global capital-raising process, disrupting the share and bond markets in the same way that bitcoin promises an alternative to central bank-issued money. […]