Tag: Bitcoin
Almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency, new data proves. It’s...
John Hawkins, University of Canberra
Bitcoin boosters like to claim Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, are becoming mainstream. There’s a...
Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?
Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University
Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to...
Jack Dorsey’s decision to quit Twitter is not a vote of...
Theo Tzanidis, University of the West of Scotland
When Jack Dorsey made the sudden public announcement that he had...
Bitcoin: why its value has rocketed once again
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading
Bitcoin’s journey into mainstream finance has reached another major milestone – and another record...
Bitcoin will soon be ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin...
Bitcoin: this year I stand to make $200 million more than...
John Hawkins, University of Canberra
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, recently announced his company had bought US$1.5...
Bitcoin halving Q&A: what it’s all about and what it means...
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading
Bitcoin, the first and leading cryptocurrency in terms of trading volume and market capitalisation, went through its third “halving” on...
Buyer beware: How Libra differs from Bitcoin
Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary
Facebook, the largest social network in the world, stunned the world earlier this year with the announcement of its own...