Money Reimagined


Policy

Money Reimagined: Musk Masters the Attention Economy

Bitcoin's recent surge shows the power of celebrity and how, like it or not, influencers create value in the modern economy.

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Finance

Money Reimagined: Enterprise Blockchain Isn't Dead

Corporations find blockchain technology challenging to use. But it's much too early to write off enterprise applications wholesale.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Narratives Wall Street Can't Control

It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Letter to President Biden

President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin's Warning for Central Banks

Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?

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Markets

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin's Road to Gold

Bitcoin may not be "digital gold" just yet. But with institutions accepting the business case and the price rising, it's well on the way.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Your Data, Our Humanity

At stake as we debate the data-monopolizing power of the internet’s biggest companies: the future of what it means to be human.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin's Tug of War as Wall Street Moves In

As Wall Street buys bitcoin, crypto faces a fight for its soul. On the one side is mainstream acceptance. On the other: its cypherpunk roots.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin vs. Gold Is a Battle of Narratives

The success of a store-of-value asset, like bitcoin or gold, isn't just a matter of durability, fungibility or scarcity. It's about whether people believe in it.

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Policy

Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short

Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system.

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