Iran plans to remove restrictions imposed on cryptocurrency miners, which was instated due to electricity shortages this summer. According to the Iranian media, the country’s power utility company has stated…
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Sweden Pays Drug Dealer 1.5 Million USD
When a Swedish man was convicted of earning 36 Bitcoin through drug dealing online, which amounted to 1.3 million Krona (roughly 150,000 USD), the price of Bitcoin was around $4200.…
What is decentralized finance? An expert on bitcoins and blockchains explains the risks and rewards of DeFi
Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania Fervent proponents of cryptocurrencies and the blockchains they run on have promised a lot. To them, these technologies represent salvation from corporate power over the…
What are stablecoins? A blockchain expert explains
Stephen McKeon, University of Oregon Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change much in value. The majority of the dozens…
How can criminals manipulate cryptocurrency markets?
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are based on systems that are supposed to be inherently protected from fraud. Yet the U.S. Department of Justice…
The Bitcoin and Blockchain: Energy Hogs
ShareTweet The digital world still lives under the illusion that it is intangible. As governments gathered in Paris at COP21 in 2015, pledging to reduce their carbon emissions to keep…
Can Blockchain, A Swiftly Evolving Technology, Be Controlled?
The headlong pace of technological change produces giant leaps forward in knowledge, innovation, new possibilities and, almost inevitably, legal problems. That’s now the case with blockchain, today’s buzziest new tech…
Can blockchain technology help poor people around the world?
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Big Wall Street companies are using a complicated technology called blockchain to further increase the already lightning-fast speed of international finance. But…
How the blockchain will transform housing markets
Danika Wright, University of Sydney An emerging technology, blockchain, could transform the way we buy and sell real estate by doing away with the hidden costs and inefficiencies of our…