Facebook’s cryptocurrency and digital wallet will give it unprecedented access to personal data, with the power to take on Amazon and eBay.
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Iran has long recognised the benefits of using cryptocurrencies to counter US sanctions.
Bitcoin trading is difficult to predict, but artificial neural networks may be able to discern patterns.
We go back to the basics and look at what Libra is, how it compares to other cryptocurrencies and whether you should be concerned about using it when it eventually arrives.
Why the coming generation of cryptocurrencies could force us to rethink the entire monetary system.
Plenty of Western officials and media outlets have criticized Libra – but it’s not meant for them.
Tech giants like Facebook are at risk of joining the ranks of Compuserve and MCI Mail to be replaced with the next generation of organizing designed for new models of distributed trust.
A former senior economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia doubts Facebook’s cryptocurrency will take control of monetary policy away from central banks.
Get it right and libra could be the world’s first truly global currency. Get it wrong, on the other hand …
Facebook claims its new cryptocurrency will bring financial inclusion and opportunity to billions, pushing cash further to the fringes. Is that a good thing?
With the launch of the Libra cryptocurrency, Mark Zuckerberg reveals his dreams of building a new virtual country, perhaps inspired by the Roman Empire.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies are being co-opted by the very system they were designed to overthrow.
Cryptocurrency fraudsters have swindled their victims out of hundreds of millions – even billions – of dollars. What do they do to earn people’s trust and then take their money?
There are good reasons to be sceptical of the Facecoin project.
The blockchain is creating new opportunities for the electricity sector. The December 2018 Energy Market Barometers looks at where experts think the technology is heading.
The CEO of a Canadian cryptocurrency company died recently, and took his passwords with him, leaving his clients high and dry. The debacle illustrates again that cryptocurrencies should be regulated.
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
Bitcoin has been on a downward ride over the last year, steadily trading below US$4,000. It could get worse.
From a peak of US$19,783, Bitcoin’s value has fallen by 80%. What makes Bitcoin worth anything?
Market volatility and value fluctuations are scaring some investors away from Bitcoin – but stablecoins could be one solution.
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of East London
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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 Finance & Financial Technology, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor - Geography and Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Business and Commercial Law, Lancaster University
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Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, University of Salford
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of AI and Public Policy, University of Salford
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
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Professor of International Finance and Commodities, Trinity College Dublin
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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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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia