Archive: central bank digital currencies
Crypto in 2022: The Good, the Bad and the Weird
By Early Investing on December 29, 2022
It’s been a crazy year for the crypto market. We saw high-profile scandals, bankruptcies, hacks and a lot of reduced crypto prices. We also saw the Ethereum Merge go off without a hitch. We saw the Ukrainian government ask for help from the crypto community — and receive it. We saw several different countries launch or test their own central bank digital currencies. The…
Central Bank Digital Currencies Are a Threat, But Not to Bitcoin
By Adam Sharp on February 4, 2022
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937 after just four years of construction. Here’s a picture of the “ribbon cutting” ceremony. Contrast this with today, when San Francisco government officials just celebrated the reopening of a…
Crypto Monitor: Mainstreaming Breakthroughs
By Early Investing on June 19, 2020
In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Adam Sharp and Vin Narayanan explore key technological breakthroughs for crypto, the mainstreaming of crypto and the impact of digitizing fiat. Click on the video to watch. Or read more about the show below. This week, we discuss (among other things): Layer 2 solutions…
Crypto Monitor: Bank of England Chief Suggests Crypto Should Become World’s Reserve Currency
By Early Investing on August 30, 2019
The Bank of England is suggesting a network of digital currencies replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Meanwhile, Binance is moving into stablecoins and bitcoin remains a flight to safety.