Cryptocurrencies have raised hopes that paying for goods and services across borders will one day be as simple as making domestic payment. Will reality one day meet expectations?
After the city's securities watchdog steps in to stop an initial coin offering, corporates seeking to tap this funding source face a regulatory minefield. CT tries to map a way through.
Cryptocurrencies' problem is they’re often backed by little more than hope and hype. Bridgecoin, however, says it’s about to change all that. CT looks at its mechanisms and challenges.
Slow, complicated and expensive to transact, bitcoin is proving itself a poor medium of payment. China's hostility could also put the lid on the cryptocurrency's future.