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Gavin Brown, The Conversation

Cryptocurrencies are helping both Russia and Ukraine. But can Putin use them to bypass sanctions?

If Moscow were to seriously start using crypto for payments, the market is not yet mature enough to cope.

Gavin Brown, The Conversation
· Mar 05, 2022 · 03:30 pm
Stock markets could derail if big companies like Tesla keep on buying Bitcoin

Global regulators are concerned about potential volatility spillover from digital asset prices into traditional capital markets.

Gavin Brown, The Conversation
· Feb 13, 2021 · 07:30 pm
The investment surge in altcoins suggests that cryptocurrencies are here to stay

In the first weeks of 2020, altcoins started to outperform the original cryptocurrency, bitcoin.

Gavin Brown, The Conversation
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Richard Whittle, The Conversation
· Feb 21, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Money matters: The future of currencies is not digital

Eleven years ago, the inventor of Bitcoin revolutionised money exchange. Today, over 1,000 cryptocurrencies have failed. How did we get here?

Gavin Brown, The Conversation
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Richard Whittle, The Conversation
· Nov 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm