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Central Bank Digital Currency: Unneeded, Unwanted, and Quite Possibly Disastrous

Commentary Amidst cryptocurrency booms and innovations in blockchain technology, governments have been showing great interest in creating their own digital monetary imprint through what is called a central bank digital ...

September 24, 2023BY Gleb Lisikh
Federal Reserve Warns Stablecoins May ‘Lose Value’

The increasing use of stablecoins—cryptocurrencies which try to offer price stability by pegging their market value to a ...

May 10, 2022BY Naveen Athrappully
Remittance Firms Slow to Add Bitcoin, Despite El Salvador Move

LONDON—El Salvador may be touting bitcoin's use to help its citizens living abroad send funds back home, but ...

June 14, 2021BY Reuters
Americans Stand Trial in Japan, Accused in Ghosn’s Escape

TOKYO—Two Americans charged with helping former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while he was facing accusations of ...

June 14, 2021BY The Associated Press
Rise of Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin Begs Question: What Is Money?

When you begin to delve into the question of what money really is, you must be prepared for ...

September 26, 2015BY David Koepsell
Blackmailers Have Already Made Money From the Ashley Madison Hack

After hackers released the email database stolen from the adultery website Ashley Madison last month, some members of ...

September 6, 2015BY Jonathan Zhou
The Corrupt History of Mt. Gox, Once the Largest Bitcoin Exchange in the World

In February of 2014, Mt. Gox, then the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, was shut down and ...

August 3, 2015BY Jonathan Zhou