Opinion

Opinion

Digital Assets Are More Recession-Proof Than You Might Think

Like gift cards, digital tokens represent claims on future services. In a downturn, those tokens may not lose value as readily as equities and debt.

Markets  ·  6 April 2020
Privacy

How to Protect Your Online Privacy While Working From Home

From your router to your browser, tips from a privacy professional about staying safe online during the coronavirus pandemic.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 April 2020
Digital Dollar

How Blockchain Tech Can Make Coronavirus Relief More Effective

Smart contracts and distributed ledgers can bring accountability and certainty to coronavirus relief efforts, says economist Stephanie Hurder.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 April 2020
Gold

Looking for a Safe Haven Digital Asset? Try Gold

Gold has traditionally been a safe place to invest during market turmoil. Now there's an even better version: tokenized gold, says the CEO of Smart Valor, a European exchange.

Markets  ·  3 April 2020
Opinion

Corporate America Knows the Bailout Is Baked In

Corporate America has embraced fragility, says Nic Carter. Its business model depends on a bailout.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 April 2020
Opinion

Looking for a Halving Payday? Quick Wins in Investing Are Rare

Miracle returns in investing seldom materialize. Beware excessive expectations for the bitcoin halving.

Markets  ·  2 April 2020
Opinion

How Financial Models Could Move Bitcoin’s Price After the Halving

If history is a guide, financial models forecasting the post-halving bitcoin price are just as likely to shape the future as predict it.

Markets  ·  1 April 2020
Stablecoins

Zero Interest Rates Could Hamper the Stablecoin Business

Zero or negative interest rates will force stablecoins to look at their fee structures and cut costs. Only the fittest will survive, says our columnist.

Markets  ·  1 April 2020
Coronavirus

Letter from the Philippines: Life During Coronavirus

Leah Callon Butler works out where to stash her cash and tries to tell fact from fiction amid the coronavirus shutdown in the Philippines.

People  ·  31 March 2020
Markets

Crypto Markets Can Never Close, and That’s a Good Thing

Should markets temporarily close even temporarily to calm investor panic? Noelle Acheson says no while crypto markets can’t. Both are good things.

Markets  ·  31 March 2020
CBDCs

How Central Banks Could Use Digital Cash to Deliver Universal Basic Income

Central banks are well placed to deliver regular, no-questions-asked monthly payments to everyone, and to manage any ensuing inflation.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 March 2020
Stablecoins

USD Stablecoins Are Surging, but Zero Interest Rates Complicate Business Model

With investors seeking safety in dollars, stablecoins have seen inflows of more than $2 billion since the crash. But, says our columnist Hasu, zero interest rates threaten business revenue.

Markets  ·  30 March 2020
Opinion

Telegram Ruling Closes Another Door to Legally Compliant Token Sales

A recent ruling stopping Telegram from distributing its cryptocurrency creates new legal peril for public blockchains, argues lawyer Josh Lawler.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 March 2020
Coronavirus

Don’t Apply 2008 Thinking to Today’s Crisis

Economists, analysts and big bank CEOs tell us there is nothing to fear because this time is different from 2008. If only it were so simple.

Markets  ·  27 March 2020
Opinion

Bitcoin Is a Safe Haven for a Worse Storm Than This

It'll take a real financial crisis for bitcoin to prove its safe haven value.

Markets  ·  26 March 2020