Why Countries Should Cool it with Crypto—For Now
Understandably, countries seek to be first-movers on crypto to streamline financial transactions, make payment ledgers that are transparent and immutable, lower costs of transactions, and enable greater access for unbanked and underbanked populations. But being first in crypto should not come at the expense of getting it right.
Why President Maduro may have just killed bitcoin fever
Venezuela’s inevitably doomed plan to save its economy by issuing its own kleptocurrency may well undermine the fragile foundations of other booming cryptocurrencies.