On 8 June 2021, the El Salvadorian Legislative Assembly passed a bill, which has now become law, that makes Bitcoin legal tender within the country. The law is formally known as “Ley Bitcoin” or “Bitc...

Q1 of 2021 has seen price surges in asset classes such as stocks, housing, and commodities as both individuals and companies have sought to protect themselves against perceived high inflation in the w...

Cryptocurrency scams are on the rise and targeting Kiwis. Are you or a family member looking at a crypto investment and wondering if it's a scam? Maybe you're already certain of an investment you're g...

It took 66 days to move bitcoin from a price of 17,500 NZD to 35,000 NZD and 52 days from 35,000 NZD to 70,000 NZD. The dramatic price increases come on the heels of inflation, institutional demand, a...

One common objection that cryptocurrency advocates encounter is that bitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value. They assert that other assets, such as gold, do. When pressed for ...

Juan de Mariana (1536 – 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit scholastic of the School of Salamanca. Little known to many, Spain’s School of Salamanca was the source of a philosophical and economic renaissance t...

Originally published in October 2017 by Adam Ludwin, this letter to Jamie Dimon addresses the misconceptions about cryptocurrencies and separates fact from fiction of this new asset class.

In this article, we explore the known (and possible) economic and philosophical influences of Satoshi Nakamoto: the pseudonym of bitcoin’s obscure founder. This is part two of a two-part article serie...

Satoshi Nakamoto remains an obscure character. Although little is known of his influences and motivations for creating bitcoin, this two-part article series seeks to explore both his technological inf...