Cryptocurrencies
Is Cryptocurrency a Racket?
Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York reflects on the history of cryptocurrency and his experience adjudicating criminal cases involving it.
Financial Regulators Must Pursue a Multidisciplinary Approach to New Technology
Crypto assets and social media are changing how finance operates. Uncertainty around the future of AI is affecting financial markets. Claudia Biancotti argues that regulators must expand their range of expertise and pursue a multidisciplinary approach to protecting society against the potential negative spillovers from these developments.
The Real Target of Trump’s Crypto Strategy is the Federal Reserve
The United States President has halted plans for a central bank digital currency: a mere show of strength to undermine the Fed’s independence, writes...
Nobel Laureate Eugene Fama Predicts Bitcoin Will Become Worthless
Nobel Prize-winning economist Eugene Fama argues that Bitcoin is fundamentally flawed and predicts it has a near-certain chance of becoming worthless within a decade....
Decrypting Crypto
The following is an excerpt from Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies, Their Communities, Markets, and Blockchains by Koray Caliskan, now out at Columbia University Press.
Crypto-Influencers Give Poor Investment Advice — and the SEC is Taking Notice
New research reveals that cryptocurrency advice from social media influencers could lead investors to lose money on average. Are regulators doing enough to protect...
The Incoming Currency War
Four powerful forces—cryptocurrencies, the decoupling of geographical and monetary boundaries, ad-based digital platforms’ foray into the world of payments, and the value of data—are...
Does the Growth of Bitcoin Have Anything to Do with Distrust of Government?
The results of the latest Financial Trust Index (FTI) survey, released last week by Chicago Booth and the Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, offer...
Where Will the Crypto Craze Lead? A Venture Capitalist’s View
Can individual cryptocurrencies be programmed with stability in mind and if so, could a plethora of cryptocurrencies exhibit, in the aggregate, stable behaviors?
By now,...
"The Blockchain Is Going to Revolutionize Central Banking and Monetary Policy"
Will governments start using central banks to issue sovereign currency on blockchains? And if so, will that be the end of the fractional reserve...
