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Border wars

January 10, 2020 0 comments

A December incident at the frontier between traditional money and cryptocurrency highlights tensions over access to the global financial system. Just before Christmas, a cryptocurrency investor and twitter user called […]

Can bitcoin avoid fragmentation?

April 11, 2019 0 comments

Money in the traditional financial system is highly segmented, depending on its form and user. Can new digital currencies avoid going down the same road? Coins and banknotes, deposits at […]

The computing revolution beyond the cryptocurrency price hype

March 6, 2019 0 comments

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 […]

Can bitcoin live on fees alone?

January 24, 2019 0 comments

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 […]

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 […]