Economics

Security tokens have reached another milestone, this time in Germany. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, has approved a prospectus by Bitbond to issue the first digital bonds. The bonds will be represented by tokens on…

After a long week in Las Vegas, I finally headed home to reflect on all the new releases and information inundating CES. Press conferences, demonstrations, exhibit meetings, and so many simultaneously running conference tracks and meetups…

In a dramatic turnaround for one of 2017's most egregious ICO projects, ParagonCoin (PRG) - recently fined $250k by the SEC for selling an unregistered security, and ordered to repay its investors - has cracked the top 20 cryptocurrencies…

If you’re the editor of a mainstream newspaper – say, Britain’s Guardian – who do you turn to for expert commentary on cryptocurrencies? An economist, naturally. Newspapers and websites are increasingly desperate for someone, anyone, to…

In August of 2018, Gallup released a report which claims 36% of workers in the United States work within the “gig economy.” That’s 57 million Americans who’ve traded traditional employment for work on a per-project-basis. Freelancers in…

Money talks. And with a median salary of nearly $85,000 per year, blockchain professionals make more than most, according to Oct. 2018 Glassdoor study. The median U.S. salary is nearly $52,000. So why do crypto and blockchain workers earn…

"An eye for an eye" is a Biblical principle of justice that is seeing 21st century use case. And if applied to its full extent, the tit-for-tat approach towards one's adversary will do harm to the world's two largest economies. That is…

Stablecoins: what are they, why do we need them, how do they work? In this three-part series Andrew Ancheta casts an eye over three different economic models for stablecoins. Part one deals with the decentralized version of the current…

Investors typically avoid trading options in cryptocurrency or bitcoin for reasons related to increased volatility compared to equities and general inexperience, but making an option trade in crypto right now is very attractive. It’s…

Making crypto a stable store of value is a particular pain point for cryptocurrencies. While most projects remain committed to the principles of decentralization, TRON (TRX) has devised its own model to keep the price under control. This is…

I love this. Love it. Go to the website and you'll see why, it's like looking at 1993 and I swear they had to get their background colour matched at a hospital. Love it. Well looks aren't everything so I'll put my affection to one side…

Psychologists helping people come to terms with traumatic events use the Kübler-Ross model as a framework. Popularly known as the 'five stages of grief', it describes the emotional process people go through to accept their situation.…

The next time you find yourself in an argument about the merits of cryptocurrency, set your timer and count down the minutes until you hear something like the following: “Fiat money has value because it’s backed by the government. Bitcoin…

On Monday, the American investment bank JPMorgan & Chase pulled off something pretty remarkable. Ahead of German drugmaker Bayer's acquisition of the agrochemical company Monsanto, JPMorgan was tasked with collecting the funds so…

Blockchain technology may operate on the principles of distribution, transparency, and decentralization, but is its most revolutionary application— cryptocurrency— truly democratizing the financial landscape of the United States of Bitcoin?…

Crypto and cannabis have captured the public imagination over the last year or two. Both are new, both are often profitable, and both pit emerging economies against existing regulations. Little highlights the line drawn between states',…