A primer on cryptocurrencies and blockchain covering everything from exchanges and ICOs to related regulatory and privacy issues. Introduction Bitcoin, blockchain, initial coin offerings, et... Read more
Forking happens because a set of miners, who create bitcoin, believe that there are more efficient options than the existing bitcoin In the world of cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, you... Read more
This essay is the sixth chapter of The Token Handbook. It covers blockchain-based equity offerings. Several things make an equity token offering different from traditional “paper” equity and... Read more
SINGAPORE — On a cold winter’s night in 2014, a Wall Street trader and a programmer were having a rigorous discussion over a few glasses of beer at a borough in New York. In spite of being s... Read more
For someone who has lived through the .com bubble the madness currently unfolding in the crypto space is just plain breathtaking. It is quite awe inspiring to see people make the exact same... Read more
Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid contends that the fiat currency system “is inherently unstable and prone to high inflation.” China’s rapid economic emergence in the 1970s, a... Read more
New ICO-backed crypto-friendly neobanks are going to raise about $150M this year — about half of the investment attracted in 2016 by “traditional” fintech neobanks · The overview covers 8 cr... Read more
Anyone who’s been involved in the bitcoin and blockchain space for any length of time certainly has stories of lost crypto. There are some estimates that up to 10% of bitcoins will nev... Read more
Six of the world’s biggest banks have partnered on a cryptocurrency that will enable the clearing and settling of transactions over a blockchain. Financial institutions have been takin... Read more
UK cryptocurrency startup that raised $40m (£30m) has been hit by a cyber attack that has shut investors out of their accounts for several days. Electroneum, which offers a digital currency... Read more
