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This episode is all about bitcoin. Will it be the currency of the future? Who’s trying to capitalise on the legal loopholes of cryptocurrencies? And is it possible to make mining them more green.
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When we lust for riches, fear being left behind and identify strongly with some moral cause all at once, reason and willpower don’t really stand a chance.
Venezuela’s Petro cryptocurrency is a clever way to raise money by getting around international sanctions against the country.
There’s no magic fix in sight for the amount of energy gobbled by cryptocurrency miners – but at least the method used is relatively secure.
Crypto billionaires enjoy their Caribbean playground but poorer locals with little knowledge of the tech are excluded.
While sovereign governments need to develop coherent frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency, permanent solutions will be found through international co-operation.
Australian regulators face similar problems as their Australian counterparts in getting cryptocurrency platforms to regulate and prosecuting them when things go wrong.
DNA marketplaces powered by the blockchain and new cryptocurrency tokens promise to let you profit from your own genome.
Cryptocurrencies encompass a wide range of technologies, communities and uses. Not all of them are taken seriously.
Kodak’s new blockchain and cryptocurrency hint at a new kind of intellectual property, one that doesn’t need a government to enforce property rights.
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.
The Pirate Bay is among those accused of using customers’ computers to mine cryptocurrency.
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?
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.
Top contributors
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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