There’s currently no shortage of articles out there asking whether Bitcoin is currently in the midst of a speculative bubble. Lazy comparisons with the Dutch tulip craze of the 1600s are made, as commentators seek to justify the rapid ascent in prices over the past few years. On the other side of the equation, Bitcoin […]
In the intellectual debate that rages around Bitcoin, one question arises again and again: “What is Bitcoin – a commodity or a currency?” The fact that it’s called a cryptocurrency suggests that its a currency; on the other hand, the terminology around Bitcoin (“mining” etc) suggests that it could be more akin to a commodity. […]
Perhaps no country has seen the potential of Bitcoin more than the United States. Never one to stifle innovation, the country is full of Bitcoin ATMs and has more hedge funds, indices and merchants that accept Bitcoin than any other country on the planet. Even in regulation, the US is currently investigating ways to ensure […]
So, what is the Blockchain technology? The technology that underpins Bitcoin, known as Blockchain, might well be the greatest innovation of the past 10 years. Too often, Bitcoin is seen as just the latest in a long line of fintech entering the market but upon closer inspection, perhaps it’s time to view it as era-defining […]
Since its inception, Bitcoin has drawn comparisons as an alternative to gold: It is mined, there’s a limited amount of it available, it’s increasingly precious, and it offers an alternative to the fiat money produced by central banks as witnessed when people in Greece and Argentina began piling into Bitcoin during respective political crises. There’s […]
When people ask, “what’s driving the price of Bitcoin?”, the truthful answer is that we know all of the factors which are driving it. It’s just difficult to pin down how much weight to attach to each of those factors. And the fact that its price is so volatile points to an asset which market […]
One of the landmark moments in the history of Bitcoin was reached towards the end of 2017 when the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange), applied with the SEC to list six Bitcoin-related ETFs (exchange-traded funds), looking to beat fellow exchange CME Group to be the first Bitcoin futures exchange. Anyone familiar with the CBOE and […]
When people say that Bitcoin can never replace central banks, it’s worth remembering that, in the early part of this decade, as the Eurozone teetered on collapse, many turned to Bitcoin, pushing up its value and giving it a legitimacy that it hadn’t possessed before. To put this another way, when there was blood on […]
Bitcoin seems to divide people right down the middle between the skeptics that say it will never replace fiat currencies, and the enthusiasts, who say that anyone who can’t see the potential of Bitcoin as the world’s future currency are purely luddites. This latter group has some particularly interesting people in its ranks. We look […]
With all the noise surrounding Bitcoin lately, it’s important to have a good handle on what’s going on. Below, we’ve provided you with a primer, highlighting 10 key points about the world’s most well-known cryptocurrency. Bitcoin’s performance Bitcoin has performed better than any fiat currency since 2011, with the exception of 2014. In 2017, it […]
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