Winners and Losers in the US' $1,200 Check Blitz
Wealth and age determine when and how 250 million Americans get their stimulus payments, says our columnist J.P. Koning.
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May 18, 2020 at 1:33 p.m. UTC
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Why MakerDAO Should Consider Negative Interest Rates for Dai
To keep dai near its $1 peg, the Maker community should consider negative interest rates. The cost to users may be worth it, says columnist J. P. Koning.
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Apr 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Zero Interest Rates Could Hamper the Stablecoin Business
Zero or negative interest rates will force stablecoins to look at their fee structures and cut costs. Only the fittest will survive, says our columnist.
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Apr 1, 2020 at 12:53 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's Ransomware Problem Won't Go Away
By the end of 2019, at least $128 million in bitcoin had been paid to ransomware hackers. That's not good optics for a payment system.
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Mar 16, 2020 at 12:34 p.m. UTC
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Lightning Solves Bitcoin's Speed Problem, but Watch Out for Fraudsters
Lightning-based fiat-bitcoin systems could popularize crypto payments, as long as fraud and bitcoin's non-reversibility don't get in the way.
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Feb 25, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
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Lessons From the First Digital Gold Boom
Long before crypto, there was digital gold. The boom of the mid-1990s has echoes for today.
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Dec 14, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
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A Central Bank Cryptocurrency? Not in 2018
Central bank digital currencies may sound like a nice idea, but blogger JP Koning argues they'll remain just that in 2018 – an idea.
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Dec 26, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. UTC
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