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Blockchain is now helping to bring much-needed transparency to the global tuna industry, which has been prone to corruption, human slavery and unsustainable fishing practices.
The odds are that we get through 2018 without war, mass capital flight, or a housing crash. But all the risks are medium probability, and the consequences could be dire.
Interest among financial institutions in bitcoin derivatives contracts highlights worrying reminders of the not-too-distant past.
National cryptocurrencies could make payments faster and prevent crime, but they come with their own risks.
Brexit, bots and jobs and bitcoin are set to dominate economics news in 2018.
The extra energy used to mine and transfer Bitcoins may simply be a price the currency has to pay for being secure and anonymous.
The Pirate Bay is among those accused of using customers’ computers to mine cryptocurrency.
Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we’ve made plenty of good ones with academics.
Using metaphors for cryptocurrencies helps people feel more familiar with the technology. But there’s a downside – we expect it to work just like regular money.
If Bitcoin is a bubble, it will be because its price rises are too great and can’t continue. If it isn’t, it will be because the Bitcoin market is still expanding. We just don’t know which one yet.
Futures trading is driving up the price of Bitcoin but institutional investors remain cautious.
Allegations bring to the fore questions over the legitimacy of bitcoin – a sound investment tool or a massive scam?
Bitcoin has been viewed as a liberating path out of the corporate monetary system. But the process of ‘mining’ the cryptocurrency is a massive energy drain - and potential environmental disaster.
While everyone has heard of Bitcoin, the real potential in the blockchain is only just starting to be unlocked.
Business Briefing: What happened to the price of Bitcoin? The truth behind big bubbles and crashes
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On this episode of Business Briefing we unpack great heights and crashing lows of a bubble and a crash.
An analysis of Bitcoin’s fundamentals shows how much of a bubble its price has inflated to.
If you can’t use Bitcoin to buy anything then it has no intrinsic value.
The astronomic rise of the price of bitcoin over the past 12 months raises fears that the cryptocurrency is set to crash which could see many people lose money.
Crypto cash is catnip for criminals and a huge challenge to law enforcement – so it’s time to bring in a tough, jurisdiction-busting regulatory body.
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