Who said "safe haven"? Bitcoin's unique performance and risk profile make it a different type of investment animal.
The EU has created a common framework for regulating crypto across the economic bloc. The U.S. is still working out its approach.
Resistance is futile and the time for doing nothing with crypto was two years ago, not today, says our columnist.
The case against BitMEX, an offshore crypto trading platform, has regulatory implications for the burgeoning DeFi market.
As central banks everywhere gear up to launch digital currencies, it's time to consider the possible downsides.
Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries.
Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system.
It's conceivable. Here are the scenarios where a $100,000 bitcoin valuation becomes feasible.
Traditional financial services fail to meet the core needs of a global economy. DeFi is not perfect but it's for everyone.
If the payments system ever becomes seriously politicized, Bitcoin's apolitical nature could become more appealing. But that's not a scenario worth looking forward to.
The ability to represent all industrial capacity as tokens on a blockchain will have huge implications for resource use, says our columnist.
Digital money in a crypto wallet is only the first step. The bigger shift is a new software economy anchored in programmable blockchains.
A world in which bitcoin becomes the global reserve currency is a world many of us would not want to live in.
When crypto companies are denied liability insurance, they are disincentivized from innovating.
It's time to unionize and take back the wealth created by personal data, says a leading activist.