The Crypto Token Economy Is Second-Order Fraud
The entire industry is artifice built atop artifice.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 17 min read
Cryptocurrency
A collection of 7 posts
How Do We Protect Ourselves from Billion-Dollar Boy-Men?
The hubris and dilettantism of corporate titans is an old story. But the risk has been compounded by digital technology’s hugely scalable nature.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?
The reality is Bitcoin is a political project that threatens to fundamentally disrupt the Davos-led economic system, with everyone from Janet Yellen to Christine Lagarde expressing fear about its rise and demanding it be regulated.
Alex Gladstein
· 16 min read
PODCAST 50: Nadim Kobeissi Discusses Facebook's Coming Cryptocurrency
Nadim Kobeissi, a professor at NYU and director of a cryptography consulting firm, tells Jonathan Kay about the risks posed by Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency. Professor Kobeissi recently wrote about Libra for Quillette. Image: Courtesy of Symbolic Software.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Banning Bitcoin to Complete Big Tech Censorship
Bitcoin’s decentralized network means that regardless of how much corporate America hates some commentator, it can’t stop you from sending her cryptocurrency.
James D. Miller
· 5 min read
With a New Futures Market, Bitcoin is Going Mainstream
As a result, Bitcoin is starting to look like a credible investment in any respectable financial portfolio.
Jason Potts and Marie-Anne Cam
· 4 min read
Time to Go Deeper on Blockchain
Blockchain is important because it provides a way to communicate electronically that mimics face-to-face transacting in the physical world.
Harry Lehmann
· 5 min read