Economics

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Could Rising Interest Rates Threaten Bitcoin Prices?
Could rising interest rates impact bitcoin? CoinDesk's Charles Bovaird explores.
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Why Our Economic Liberty Depends on the Blockchain 
Should 'trustless-ness' be a requirement for transacting safely in a free-market economy?
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The Theory of a Blockchain Circular Economy
Ethereum Foundation advisor William Mougayar offers his thoughts on the how blockchains could change the way we work and how we are compensated.
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Competition
Rise of Internet Enables Bitcoin to Compete With Fiat, Researchers Find
A new research paper explores the role the Internet has played in allowing private forms of money like bitcoin to compete against fiat alternatives.
Competition

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Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Central Planning of Digital Money
Bitcoin security expert Kristov Atlas discusses the network's ongoing block size debate and the role of economics in this discussion.
diagram, chart

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French Politicians Predict Blockchain Tech Will Lead to Job Losses
Two of France’s left-leaning political parties speculated in a publication that technologies like the blockchain could lead to “massive” job losses.
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Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
Wall Street veteran Jason Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters.
globe, world

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Bitcoin’s Bold Experiment: A Goldmine for Economic Researchers
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael J Casey discusses why economic researchers should be interested in studying the blockchain industry.
charts, business

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Why Bitcoin May Solve This Age-Old Economic Paradox
Bitcoin's ability to operate outside national jurisdictions may hep it solve an age-old economics paradox, Travis Patron argues.
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Banks
HSBC: Blockchain Tech Could Complement Central Bank Policies
UK banking group HSBC has outlined how the blockchain could be utilized to facilitate or enhance unconventional central bank policies.
Banks