The biggest crypto exchanges have grown by working around national regulators. Regulators are starting to take notice.
Blockchain technology is transformative, it's subversive, it's surprising – but it is not cool.
The popping of bubbles does not indicate the failure of crypto technology itself, which continues to see massive long-term venture interest.
Bitcoin fees would make the cryptocurrency mostly unusable for Salvadorans. Here's how the first country to adopt BTC plans to tackle the fee problem.
The U.S. has strong, public institutions to protect speech, but the age of internet may also require public infrastructure.
El Salvador's Bitcoin Law will make BTC a compulsory currency and create costs for everyday taxpayers – hardly an advancement for freedom or free money.
The world of high frequency trading is characterized by heavy competition and short-term opportunities. Could DeFi be a new way to get ahead?
Preached as a way to support an underbanked population, bitcoin will increase fees and risks for Salvadorans.
Adopting Bitcoin as legal tender could help the El Salvador economy grow, says our columnist, but there are risks if the government over-indulges new borrowing.
Miners leaving China show the seriousness of new enforcement. But constrained trading and investment are more likely to really matter.
Bitcoin's thesis rests on a theory of money and power. Ethereum has a more durable footing: creative computation.
Remote-controlled thermostats in Texas might serve as a reminder to what we give up when we go digital.
All signals indicate the greatest shakeup in the geographic makeup of bitcoin mining since the start of the industrial mining era.
As Washington faces up to the implications of digital currency, it has to decide what it prizes more: surveillance or soft power.
A satirical tweet about the compounding return on planting tomatoes reveals a lot about contemporary tech culture.