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Just how much will peoples’ attitudes have to change to allow widespread adoption of a private cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum?
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What would happen if Bitcoin’s and Ethereum’s biggest competitor in the cryptocurrency space was the U.S. Federal Reserve? A new report issued by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) considers whether central banks should issue their own cryptocurrencies.
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Some might expect that the current Russian regime would do everything it could to ban cryptocurrencies and hope they go away, but Russia’s response appears to be more complex and perhaps self-contradictory.
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A company is trying to bring the calming influence of gold to the Wild West frontier of cryptocurrencies
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A monetary standard based on Bitcoin, a digital currency, would act something like the gold standard in making price levels more predictable and stabilizing exchange rates but would likely be undone by politicians and central bankers.
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When governments try to ban the free exchange of goods and services, markets tend to make them look silly.
READ MOREPart 2 of our look at ways banks and financial institutions can use emerging blockchain technology.
READ MOREThe rise of blockchain technology and associated cryptocurrencies is creating both exciting funding opportunities for young companies and potential regulatory battlegrounds.
READ MORESmart contracts are highly useful in many cases where contracting parties lack a strong ex post enforcement mechanism (like a court system) and need to pre-commit to not defrauding or otherwise taking advantage of each other when executing a contract.
READ MOREBanks are starting to look more closely at how they can use blockchain technology.
READ MORERoyal Mint Gold could allow individual investors to own and trade gold with far greater efficiency than is currently the case.
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