The country became the first to make bitcoin a formal part of its payments system, but whether it’ll catch on is another story.
Like cryptocurrency, Damien Hirst ‘Currency’ artworks have many of the attributes of actual money.
TikTok is partnering with blockchain company Audius over Spotify or Apple for music distribution. Here’s why this could be important for independent artists.
Decentralized finance makes it easier for virtually anyone to take advantage of financial markets without the need for a bank, but there are new risks as well.
Financial regulators are increasingly concerned about stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to an asset like the US dollar.
If you haven’t heard of Axies yet, it’s probably about time.
Some alternative cryptocurrencies, called ‘altcoins’, demand far less electrical power than bitcoin.
Both Spacs and bitcoin went rocketing up in price only to come crashing back down. And that's not all they have in common.
Operators like BlockFi and Nexo offer rates that are north of 9%.
El Salvador has become the first nation in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. So what exactly is President Nayib Bukele thinking?
El Salvador has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. This is a noble idea, but unworkable in the long term.
Chinese bitcoin mining could consume as much energy as the whole of the UK by 2024.
Tesla’s stance has also shone the spotlight further onto the carbon footprint of cryptocurrency – an issue that will not go away soon.
Bitcoin prices have plunged after the world’s second richest person tweeted that Tesla would no longer accept the cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin has been widely criticised for its enormous energy footprint. A new cryptocurrency may solve that problem, but might bring some unintended consequences.
NatWest and HSBC are restricting customers in their crypto-dealings.
America's number one crypto exchange is floating via a direct listing.
NFTs don't even exist in the real world, but the market around them has a big effect on the planet.
NFTs are made the same way as crypto coins, but where every crypto coin is like every other, each NFT is a unique digital item – from images to sound files to text.
It might sound ridiculous but the explosive market of crypto-collectibles and crypto-art is no joke. Here’s an explainer to make sense of it all
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