Tag: Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin closes lucrative year with a whimper (Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Bitcoin is ringing out a banner year with a rocky finish. The largest cryptocurrency by market value is on pace to close out December with...

Bitcoin bruising continues after weekend’s wicked rout (Al Jazeera)

Bitcoin continued its slide on Monday, losing close to 5 percent after a brutal weekend that at one point saw the world’s most popular...

El Salvador to build first ‘Bitcoin City’ backed by BTC bonds (Al Jazeera)

El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by Bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele says, doubling down on his bet...

Le criptovalute come leva di attività illecite: servono nuove leggi (Filippo Graziano, Agenda Digitale)

Il rapido e inesorabile diffondersi delle valute virtuali richiede una altrettanto adeguata risposta da parte delle Istituzioni pubbliche e private soprattutto orientata a evitare che i...

Love them or hate them: Cryptocurrencies are here to stay (Al Jazeera)

Love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day. Cryptocurrencies have surged so much that their total value...

Law enforcement agencies explore legal punishment for crypto activities (Global Times)

China's top law enforcement agencies are investigating crypto trading exchanges and mining activities, and exploring specific ways to convict and sentence those involved in...

Cryptocurrencies’ Next Stage (Aleh Tsyvinski, Project-Syndicate)

This “mainstreaming” of blockchain applications marks the end of the first stage of the technology’s development. Now, with the help of regulators in a...

Cryptocurrencies, Digital Dollars, and the Future of Money (Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Cryptocurrencies, Digital Dollars, and the Future of Money | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)

Cryptocurrencies – Why Crypto Matters (Brookings, The Open Mind)

Eswar Prasad Cornell University trade economist Eswar Prasad discusses how cryptocurrencies are impacting the future of markets and global stability - Podcast Why Crypto Matters |...

Cryptocurrencies – In Bitcoin We Trust? (Paola Subacchi, Project-Syndicate)

Coordinated cross-border policies are needed to ensure that cryptocurrencies don’t do more harm than good in developing countries. Unless both the public and private...

Climate Change/TechInnovation – How blockchain and cryptocurrencies can help build a greener future (Stephen Stonberg, WEF)

The cryptocurrency ecosystem is shifting towards a cleaner, greener future. Most energy used to mine crypto already comes from renewable sources. Rather than...

(Innovation/Technology) Fear and loathing of cryptocurrencies (ORF)

SHASHIDHAR K.J., SRINATH SRIDHARAN Governments must realise that cryptocurrencies were created as a reaction to neoliberal policies and wholly strive to understand how the state can...

(Contract Killers/Cryptocurrencies) Contract killers accept cryptocurrencies as payment, Russian agency says (TASS)

Hired assassins has begun receiving cryptocurrencies as payment for their crimes, head of the Russian Investigative Committee’s cyber and IT crimes department Konstantin Komarda...