It is near impossible to regulate currencies and financial services that were built to avoid regulation – but it is increasingly necessary
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There’s more substance to the surging price of Bitcoin than last time. But there’s still good reason to be cautious about investing in it.
In quick succession, UK has banned certain crypto derivatives trading and the owners of leading exchange BitMex have been indicted on criminal charges.
Welcome to the financial revolution that you probably haven’t even heard of.
As colleges and universities strive to protect their campuses from COVID-19, they must also pay attention to cyberattacks that target sensitive data, a cybersecurity expert warns.
Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ club of influential users was locked out after financial scammers hacked celebrities’ accounts. But with ever more trust placed in social media, we stand to lose more than money.
There’s no indication that handling cash increases your chance of catching COVID-19. But that hasn’t stopped countries around the world from looking at digital currencies.
Last year, men were more likely to report losses to investment fraud, while women were the main target for romance fraud. Overall, men reported higher financial loss.
This major adjustment to how the cryptocurrency operates happens every four years.
Rumours of the collapse of the cryptoworld have been much exaggerated.
The illicit drug trade is thriving on the dark web because it’s seen as safer and more profitable than street dealing, according to encrypted interviews with people who sell drugs online.
Bitcoin is up over 40% in 2020, but the likes of ethereum, bitcoin cash and bitcoin SV have all achieved triple-digit rises.
Will 2020 be the year that the new threat to fiat currencies reaches maturity?
Stand by for cryptocurrencies 2.0.
The digital economy is taking off. So are the greenhouse gas emissions, electronic waste and pollution associated with it.
With Wall Street slowly taking charge of crypto, the days of radical outsiders launching successful altcoins may be numbered.
A recent leakware attack targeting Johannesburg was the second of its kind ever recorded. Hackers demanded A$52,663 worth of bitcoins, in return for not releasing senstivie civilian information.
The stage is set for central banks seeking to pull the rug from under Libra by issuing their own digital currencies.
Libra has lost seven of its 28 founding members – but don’t expect that to hold it back.
A lot of banks started experimenting with blockchain in 2015 but they’ve made little progress.
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Professor of Law, University of East London
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Financial Technology, University of Liverpool
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Director of the Centre for Digital Finance, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Southampton
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Professor of Finance & Financial Technology, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor - Geography and Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
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Senior Lecturer in Business and Commercial Law, Lancaster University
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Hon Associate Professor. Research interests - AI and the law; Social relationships of trust; Sustainable futures, Australian National University
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Professor of International Finance and Commodities, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, University of Salford
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Professor of AI and Public Policy, University of Salford
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro