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Bitcoin's Environmental Impact: A Closer Look at Energy Consumption
The recent upsurge in the price of Bitcoin seems to have finally awakened the world to the massively destructive environmental consequences of this bubble. Th
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Bitcoin Fraud: Vinnik Extradition & Implications for Cryptocurrency Security
Everyone is going crazy about bitcoin, yet very few people understand what it is, how it relates to blockchain and whether this is a legitimate i
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Bitcoin Futures Trading: Potential Impact on Cryptocurrency Market
A new wave was added to the never-ending Bitcoin mania when the Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE) became the first major derivative exchange to launch Bitcoin fu
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Bitcoin Valuation: Bubble or Future Growth Potential?
Bitcoin is a “speculative mania” according to the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. But it’s not so easy to say that Bitcoin is a bubble - we don’t kno
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Bitcoin, Wallets & Blockchain: Demystifying the Connection
When the bitcoin was first introduced eight years ago, it promised to change payments. People would be able to transact directly with each other, without needin
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2017 Business & Economic Trends: Key Insights from Data
Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we’ve made plenty of good ones with academics. There were the charts that
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Cryptojacking: How Your Computer Might Be Used to Mine Cryptocurrency
Nothing comes for free, especially online. Websites and apps that don’t charge you for their services are often collecting your data or bombarding you with adve
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Bitcoin Mining: Energy Consumption, Security, and the Future of Cryptocurrency
The soaring value of bitcoin is encouraging more and more companies and individuals to engage in “mining”. Mining is actually a process which secures the distri
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Key Economic Trends Shaping 2018: Brexit, Automation & Crypto
Whether you follow opinion polls, experts, the media, or soothsayers, a few common themes have emerged regarding the economy in 2018 and beyond.
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Bank of England's Digital Currency: A Potential Replacement for Cash?
Governments are extremely worried about cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. These virtual currencies mean you can make payments without involving the banks that m
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Unregulated Crypto: Risks to Investors and Financial Stability
The price of bitcoin hit $17,000 late last year and – although the cryptocurrency has plunged since then – there are signs that an absence of regulation can hur
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2018 Economic Outlook: Fact vs. Fear - Bitcoin, Property & Global Risks
If 2018 pans out like some of the early commentary suggests then we’re in for a rough year. If you believe the hype, then asset bubbles abound, g
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Blockchain for Tuna Traceability: Combating Illegal Fishing in the Pacific
In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable f
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Bitcoin vs. Dogecoin: Understanding the Real Differences
As Bitcoin loses value, it may seem like it’s just as useful as the cryptocurrency invented for a joke - Dogecoin. But there are genuine differen
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Coincheck Hack & Australian Crypto Regulation: What You Need to Know
New risk rules for cryptocurrency exchanges will be put to the test with the latest hack on Japanese exchange Coincheck. Hackers stole US$660 million worth of N
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The Case for Cryptocurrency Regulation: Benefits & Approaches
There are growing calls for regulation of the cryptocurrency market, which is rapidly approaching a market capitalisation of $1 trillion. But there’s little agr
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Tulip Mania: Debunking the Myth of the Dutch Bubble
Right now, it’s Bitcoin. But in the past we’ve had dotcom stocks, the 1929 crash, 19th-century railways and the South Sea Bubble of 1720. All these were compare
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Puerto Rico's Crypto Boom: Utopia or Exploitation?
Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs have moved to Puerto Rico to build a crypto utopia – initially dubbed Puertopia but now named Sol – where they plan to pay little i
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North Korea's Cyberattacks: A Growing Threat to US Security
The countries posing the greatest cyberthreats to the United States are Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Like its counterparts, Kim Jong Un’s regime engages
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Bitcoin Mining Energy Consumption: Challenges and Security
The enormous use of energy needed to mine bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is proving to be very contentious, but alternative methods pose far too much of a s
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- Understanding Bitcoin Mining: A Beginner's Guide
- Cboe Bitcoin ETF Withdrawal: Market Remains Unfazed - Is This Bullish?
- Protect Yourself: 5 Common Bitcoin Scams to Watch Out For
- Bitcoin Price Prediction: Halving Event & $10K Target
- Bitcoin Uses: Exploring the Applications of Cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin Trading Rangebound: Is a Breakout Imminent?
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Understanding the Core Functions of Stock ExchangesStock exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and others around the world enable companies around the world to raise money. Nowadays, they're mostly electronic markets where licensed s...
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Sequence Risk Explained: Protecting Your Retirement SavingsIf you are like lots of investors, you’ve probably never heard of sequence risk — also called sequence-of-returns risk — but it is a particularly pertinent concept for those nearing or just entering r...