Crypto
Welcome to the stateless, decentralized future of money, commerce, and accounting. Or an epic, scam-ridden speculative bubble. Or both. Some cryptocurrencies are pitched as a means of exchange, others as utility tokens, and others as securities in their own right. Meanwhile, blockchain, smart contracts, and other innovations spawned from crypto are being adopted for uses beyond bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital assets. Separating the signal from the noise is a daunting order.
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- PRIVATE KEYChina wants to ban bitcoin mining to save the environmentQuartz • April 11, 2019
- PRIVATE KEYNot even terrorists want to use cryptocurrencies anymoreQuartz • April 9, 2019
- POKING THE BEARWhat bitcoin’s 20% price surge says about the state of cryptocurrencyQuartz • April 4, 2019
- BIT BY BITFor bitcoin’s losers, there’s a silver lining: lower taxesQuartz • April 2, 2019
- PRIVATE KEYEnron’s Jeff Skilling is the latest tarnished executive to look to blockchain for redemptionQuartz • March 28, 2019
- UNREALThe common clues that a bitcoin exchange might be faking itQuartz • March 26, 2019
- PRIVATE KEYJack Dorsey doubles down on bitcoin developmentQuartz • March 26, 2019
- A STABILIZING FORCERegulators are cracking down on crypto speculation — that’s a good thing for the future of bitcoinQuartz • March 21, 2019
- DARK HISTORYThe New Zealand shooter profited from a notorious crypto pyramid schemeQuartz • March 19, 2019
- PRIVATE KEYThe death of an exchange’s founder exposes cryptocurrencies’ biggest flawQuartz • March 14, 2019