Bitcoin
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Bitcoin: The Double-Edged Sword of Decentralization - Risks & Rewards
Bitcoin reached a huge new peak in value in June 2017, when one unit of the virtual currency was worth US$2,851 (£2,208), up from around US$600 just a year earl
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Blockchain Revolution: Transforming Business and Finance
The value of one bitcoin recently hit a record high of US$3,025, a staggering rise of over 200% in value this year alone. Aswath Damodaran, professor of financ
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Expertly Curated Reads: Bitcoin, Tech, and Economic Insights
Editor’s note: The Conversation Canada asked our academic authors to share some recommended reading. In this instalment, Joshua Gans, an economist who wrote abo
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Ransomware & Cryptocurrency: How Crypto Fuels Cyber Extortion
When malicious software takes over computers around the world, encrypts their data and demands a ransom to decode the information, regular activi
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Taxing Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Investments: A Clear Explanation
Despite its name, cryptocurrency isn’t just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance. Th
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Cryptocurrencies and Cybercrime: How Anonymity Fuels Criminal Activity
When hackers hold their victims’ data for ransom, as happened in the WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks that spread across the globe in mid
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Australia Regulates Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): What You Need to Know
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has finally issued guidance to explain how “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) will be regulated. ICOs
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Blockchain Technology: Decentralized Trust & the Future of Finance
Technology blogs and financial news networks are buzzing about blockchain, a cryptographic, distributed trust technology. The key innovation is how it reduces t
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ICOs Explained: Understanding Initial Coin Offerings & Investor Interest
Initial coin offerings – or ICOs – have become enormously popular with investors. They have raised more than US$1.8 billion so far in 2017 and one recent ICO ra
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RBA Digital Dollar: Exploring the Potential of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
The Reserve Bank of Australia could join the likes of Estonia and Lebanon in creating a cryptocurrency based on the Australian dollar, to reap the benefits of t
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Bitcoin Futures Trading: Mainstream Adoption & Risk Management
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will soon begin trading Bitcoin derivatives (futures contracts), signalling the cryptocurrency is now a mainstream asset class.
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Bitcoin Price Drivers: Understanding Volatility & Key Influences
The price of Bitcoin has dropped to around A$8,000 in the last few days, after almost hitting A$10,000 in the past month, and rising over 1,850% since 2015. All
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Blockchain and Trust: Does It Really Eliminate the Need?
A common idea about the blockchain, the technology that powers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, is that it can “create trust”, or allow two parties to make a
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Bitcoin's Rise: The Urgent Need for Global Cryptocurrency Regulation
The news that bitcoin had broken the $10,000 barrier reflects the way that mainstream investors have been flocking to cryptocurrencies over the past year. But a
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Bitcoin Investment: Risks & Rewards - A Cautious Approach
With the price of a bitcoin reaching record highs of more than $10,000, more and more ordinary people consider investing in the cryptocurrency. The recent price
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Bitcoin's Future: Is Price Growth Sustainable Without Mainstream Currency Adoption?
Bitcoin is in decline. Not its price, which has increased 900% this year and (at the time of writing) stands at over US$12,000 per unit, but its actual use as a
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Bitcoin Bubble: Is the Price Surge Sustainable?
In the last year, the price of Bitcoin has increased from less than US$800 to more than US$12,000. This huge spike in value has many asking if it
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Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: How ASX is Transforming Business
Bitcoin may be the most famous example of a blockchain in use, but it is actually a rather unimaginative way to use it. The blockchain is final
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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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Logistics KPIs: Essential Metrics & Performance TrackingLearn everything you need to know about key performance indicators (KPIs) in logistics. This article provides a list of essential KPIs by category, with formulas and example calculations. The step-by-...
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Understanding ITF Savings Accounts: Beneficiary Claims & UsageYou can claim an ITF savings account as the beneficiary. An "in trust for," or ITF, account is a non-registered plan that investment firms offer to allow an individual to save money...
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Ethical Considerations in the Internet of Things (IoT)By Bang Ngyuen and David De Cremer The Internet-of-Things essentially enables mass data collection and analysis, to the benefit not just of businesses, but individuals and society too. However the q...
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Accounting Rate of Return (ARR): Definition & Capital BudgetingAccounting Rate of Return (ARR) is the average net incomeNet IncomeNet Income is a key line item, not only in the income statement, but in all three core financial statements. While it is arrived at t...