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Can cryptocurrency networks govern themselves?

November 21, 2018 2 comments

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 […]

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 […]

How identity systems create financial power

November 12, 2018 0 comments

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 […]

New shoots for crypto-based fundraising

November 8, 2018 0 comments

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. […]

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 […]

Why settlement matters

September 25, 2018 0 comments

Settlement of securities trades matters. The world’s market for shares and bonds is now worth $150trn, almost double the $90trn global money supply. The keeping of accurate accounts of securities […]

Bitcoin and ETFs: beware a collateral chain reaction

September 7, 2018 0 comments

Bitcoin tracker funds threaten a clash by bringing together two fundamentally incompatible financial systems, says one former investment banker. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still on the drawing board: as […]

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