Bitcoin’s Ransomware Problem Won’t Go Away

By the end of 2019, at least $128 million in bitcoin had been paid to ransomware hackers. That's not good optics for a payment system.

Lightning Solves Bitcoin’s Speed Problem, but Watch Out for Fraudsters

Lightning-based fiat-bitcoin systems could popularize crypto payments, as long as fraud and bitcoin's non-reversibility don't get in the way.

Lessons From the First Digital Gold Boom

Long before crypto, there was digital gold. The boom of the mid-1990s has echoes for today.

A Central Bank Cryptocurrency? Not in 2018

Central bank digital currencies may sound like a nice idea, but blogger JP Koning argues they'll remain just that in 2018 – an idea.