by Misha Guttentag | Jun 18, 2019 | Banks, Bitcoin, Digital Money
By Misha Guttentag and JP Schnapper-Casteras Today’s announcement of Facebook’s much-anticipated cryptocurrency, Libra, has already spurred a flurry of commentary about technology and ramifications for the fintech space. But as Facebook publicly unveils its plans for...
by Misha Guttentag | Mar 6, 2019 | Banks, Bitcoin, Digital Money
The Bank of Canada recently published a study on “cryptoassets” that contains a subtle but significant error. In this post I explain what went wrong and why the Bank, which has previously released high-quality scholarship on this topic, should prioritize a...
by JP | Jan 16, 2019 | Bitcoin, Digital Money
By JP Schnapper-Casteras and Misha Guttentag This season’s steep decline in the price of bitcoin and other digital assets has rekindled a fierce debate about their role in the global economy: opponents lambast them as a Ponzi scheme about-to-collapse and proponents...
