Economics

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Bitcoin's True Stress Test Is Yet to Come
What happens if there's another 2008-scale financial market crisis? Will diehard HODLers still resist liquidating their bitcoin assets?
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The Double-Spend (What Bitcoin's White Paper Solved Forever)
Bitcoin's white paper solving the double-spend problem in the digital world makes near real-time commerce possible across the entire planet.
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IMF
IMF Advises Against Crypto as Legal Tender in Marshall Islands Report
The IMF says the Republic of the Marshall Islands should reconsider introducing a cryptocurrency as a second legal tender over perceived risks.
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Nobel Peace Center
Crypto Research Firm Adds Nobel Prize Winners as Advisors
Blockchain research firm and accelerator Cryptic Labs has just taken on two Nobel-winning economists as advisers.
Nobel Peace Center

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What Would Happen to Crypto in a Global Market Meltdown?
CoinDesk advisory board director Michael Casey takes a look at the state of investor psychology as it relates to the crypto markets today.
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Lightning Network May Not Solve Bitcoin's Scaling 'Trilemma'
It isn’t possible to have decentralization, a fixed money supply and sufficient liquidity for an efficient payments system, says Frances Coppola.
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Stranger Things Upside Down
Why Bitcoin Needs Fiat (And This Won't Change in 2018)
Cryptocurrency ecosystems are still dependent on the very financial system they vilify for daily support and stability, says Tim Swanson.
Stranger Things Upside Down

Nomura
'Wealth Effect' From Bitcoin Trading Could Boost Japan's GDP, Say Analysts
Analysts from Japanese financial holdings company Nomura have estimated that the rise bitcoin prices could boost Japan's economic growth.
Nomura

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Bitcoin No Threat to Financial Stability, Say European Economists
A group of university economists believe bitcoin is no threat to the financial stability, though regulatory oversight needs to be increased.
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Robert J. Shiller
Nobel Winner Robert Shiller: Bitcoin Is Too 'Ambiguous' to Value
Nobel prize winning economist Robert Shiller believes there's no clear way to put a price on bitcoin, according to recent statements.
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