In open-source development, where there's little privileged intellectual property, intangibles like brand and community matter more.
Enterprise blockchain technology has been underwhelming but financial institutions are investing heavily in digital assets, a new analysis shows.
USD stablecoins are created largely outside the dollar system and lack federal deposit guarantees. Investors should be careful.
The comparison between Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reached several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says.
Blockchain doesn't need ARPANET-type government support. But co-ordination and collective action are vital to avoid duplication of effort.
Ironically, digital assets might be one of the best asset classes for true fundamental investment analysis, says our columnist.
Corporations find blockchain technology challenging to use. But it's much too early to write off enterprise applications wholesale.
With years of public investment and plenty of penetration for its phone makers, China is well placed to establish a digital currency in Africa.
The World Economic Forum's head of blockchain highlights four trends to look out for in the year ahead.
GameStop-Robinhood revealed inequalities in the retail equity trading system. Can crypto markets do better? They must.
Robinhood saw the ire of traders last week because it promised to be different. It turned out to be fancy app on top of an antiquated system.
Robinhood didn't halt GameStop trading to punish retail players. It reacted to market risk. And, no, blockchain wouldn't have fixed this.
It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case.
WallStreetBets traders coordinated buying of GameStop stock to squeeze short-selling hedge funds – but was that collusion?
Bitcoin is "scarce" (and therefore valuable) when demand for it exceeds the available supply, not because of its 21 million hard cap, says our columnist.