Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices may be languishing in the doldrums after a year-long bear market, but there’s healthy interest in the firms running the sector’s growing infrastructure. Earlier today […]
Blockchain forks—the splitting of a cryptocurrency into two—are an occupational hazard for anyone involved in this emerging asset class. Now the head of a cryptocurrency trading firm has called for […]
Populist politicians in developed countries aim hostile rhetoric at economic migrants, aiming to deter their arrival. But for those who make it across borders to work abroad, sending money home […]
Transferring money from one person to another is relatively easy if you are in physical proximity, in the same time zone or national financial system. But what if your counterparty […]
Payment lies at the origins of money and a promise to pay still supports public currency. The Bank of England promises to pay…but what? As if to reinforce the belief […]
I meet technologist Dave Birch on a cold, wet January afternoon at Patisserie Valerie in Old Compton Street, a café in London’s Soho district. This is the original branch of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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