Economics

Regulation

A Psychic Visit with Nouriel Roubini: The Mother and Father of All Crypto Skeptics

CoinDesk profiles Nouriel Roubini, the NYU professor who won't buy the crypto hype – no matter what the price or the market says.

Business  ·  31 December 2018
News

Iranian Official Says Blockchain Could Deliver Economic Boost

An Iranian official has reportedly said that integrating blockchain could bring a tech-based boost to the country's economy.

Markets  ·  17 December 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s True Stress Test Is Yet to Come

What happens if there's another 2008-scale financial market crisis? Will diehard HODLers still resist liquidating their bitcoin assets?

Markets  ·  5 November 2018
Bitcoin

The Double-Spend (What Bitcoin’s White Paper Solved Forever)

Bitcoin's white paper solving the double-spend problem in the digital world makes near real-time commerce possible across the entire planet.

Tech  ·  27 October 2018
Cryptocurrency

IMF Advises Against Crypto as Legal Tender in Marshall Islands Report

The IMF says the Republic of the Marshall Islands should reconsider introducing a cryptocurrency as a second legal tender over perceived risks.

Markets  ·  11 September 2018
Research

Crypto Research Firm Adds Nobel Prize Winners as Advisors

Blockchain research firm and accelerator Cryptic Labs has just taken on two Nobel-winning economists as advisers.

Markets  ·  10 September 2018
Central Banks

What Would Happen to Crypto in a Global Market Meltdown?

CoinDesk advisory board director Michael Casey takes a look at the state of investor psychology as it relates to the crypto markets today.

Business  ·  11 June 2018
Bitcoin

Lightning Network May Not Solve Bitcoin’s Scaling ‘Trilemma’

It isn’t possible to have decentralization, a fixed money supply and sufficient liquidity for an efficient payments system, says Frances Coppola.

Tech  ·  20 January 2018
Bitcoin

Why Bitcoin Needs Fiat (And This Won’t Change in 2018)

Cryptocurrency ecosystems are still dependent on the very financial system they vilify for daily support and stability, says Tim Swanson.

Tech  ·  3 January 2018
Japan

‘Wealth Effect’ From Bitcoin Trading Could Boost Japan’s GDP, Say Analysts

Analysts from Japanese financial holdings company Nomura have estimated that the rise bitcoin prices could boost Japan's economic growth.

Markets  ·  3 January 2018
Europe

Bitcoin No Threat to Financial Stability, Say European Economists

A group of university economists believe bitcoin is no threat to the financial stability, though regulatory oversight needs to be increased.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 December 2017
Bitcoin

Nobel Winner Robert Shiller: Bitcoin Is Too ‘Ambiguous’ to Value

Nobel prize winning economist Robert Shiller believes there's no clear way to put a price on bitcoin, according to recent statements.

Markets  ·  19 December 2017
Japan

Ex-IMF Economist Kenneth Rogoff Joins ‘Bitcoin Will Collapse’ Chorus

A former IMF economist has joined the chorus of critical voices on bitcoin of late, going so far as to predict that its price will collapse.

Markets  ·  10 October 2017
Bitcoin

Philly Fed Chief: Bitcoin Has Little Chance of Thwarting Monetary Policy

Patrick Harker of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has said bitcoin has yet to be tested by a real catastrophe.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 September 2017
Bitcoin

The Economic Case for Conservative Bitcoin Development

A look at bitcoin's scaling debate and what the history of money can teach us about the best path forward for protocol development.

Business  ·  19 September 2017