Archive for April 2017
Bitcoin's Price is Nearing All-Time Highs, But Market Confidence Isn't – CoinDesk
While the price of bitcoin is within striking distance of all-time highs set in March, worries about the state of the network’s infrastructure are combining to depress sentiment. Chief among concerns are the ongoing issues at British Virgin Islands-based digital currency exchange Bitfinex, as the market’s dominant US dollar exchange saw banking problems appear seemingly…
Read MoreDecentralizing Central Banks: How R3 Envisions the Future of Fiat – CoinDesk
The future of central banks could be either on an open, permissionless blockchain or a closed, permissioned distributed ledger, according to a paper released today by bank consortium R3. That is, assuming anything changes at all. Already, the global institutions that actually issue national currencies have moved vast amounts of the paper money they print…
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