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Money Reimagined: The Ongoing Crisis Is Stirring a Crypto Awakening in Developing Nations

Peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions are up in the developing world. This has everything to do with "QE Infinity" and could be an opening for stablecoins.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 June 2020
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Money Reimagined: What CoinDesk’s Style Debate Says About Crypto as Public Tech

Blockchains are flexible new forms of public infrastructure, says Michael Casey. Plus: with China rushing in, Africa is a prime battleground for the future of money.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 May 2020
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Money Reimagined: Designer Money for a Machine-Run, Post-COVID World

The pandemic is likely to accelerate a shift to automation, putting people out of work and raising the need for new types of money.

Tech  ·  22 May 2020
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Money Reimagined: No, Secretary Summers, Financial Privacy Is a Vital Freedom

Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 May 2020
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Money Reimagined: Fed Spending Is Good for Asset Prices Like Bitcoin, But Lousy For Main Street

The Fed is handing Wall Street an asset inflation payoff while Main Street stares down the barrel of deflation. But bitcoin may benefit.

Markets  ·  8 May 2020
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Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Lessons in Innovation

Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt.

Business  ·  1 May 2020
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Money Reimagined: A World Where Privacy and Saving Lives Can Coexist

We don't need to trade our privacy for a better response to the COVID-19 crisis. We need to embrace the full power of cryptography.

Tech  ·  24 April 2020
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Money Reimagined: Demand for USD Stablecoins Foreshadows Financial Disruption

The pandemic has increased demand for USD-backed stablecoins, raising the prospect of "crypto-dollarization." The implications are enormous.

Markets  ·  17 April 2020
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Money Reimagined: As Tech, Politics and COVID-19 Collide, a Global Reset Looms

How technology, geopolitics and the coronavirus crisis are transforming how we share and store value.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 April 2020