Government Scares Companies Away From Facebook's Libra Project
After senators sent threatening letters to Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe, the companies "decided" not to sign on to the online payment system.
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin at 10
A new book aims to chronicle the digital currency's ideological origins.
Can Bitcoin Replace Central Banking? A Debate
Listen to economists Saifedean Ammous and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.
Can Bitcoin Replace Government-Issued Money? A Debate
Watch economists Saifedean Ammous and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.
How Bitcoin Is Freeing People in China, Venezuela, Iran, and…America
Cryptocurrency is a human rights issue, explains Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation.
Facebook's Libra Yields Before Congress. Bitcoin Can Never Be Controlled.
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez will never get to interrogate Satoshi Nakamoto.
Renegade University's Thaddeus Russell Wants To Blow Your Mind
This historian and online-education entrepreneur says runaway slaves, ladies of the evening, bootleggers, and other dropouts and discontents made America free.
Trump and Others Scared of Cryptocurrency Echo Earlier Fears About Cash
If there’s one thing government types can agree on, it’s that nobody should be allowed to buy and sell stuff without permission.
Facebook's Libra 'Cryptocurrency' Aims to Disrupt Payments. Bitcoin Aims to Disrupt Government Power.
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest venture won't compete with Satoshi Nakamoto’s project for undermining central banking, tyranny, and the financial surveillance state.
Bitcoin Isn't Anonymous. Is That a Dealbreaker?
As the cryptocurrency continues use, issues of privacy and fungibility crop up.
Data Surveillance Shows Why We Need Cash, Cryptocurrencies
A cashless society is a monitored (and potentially controlled) society.
Tim May, Father of 'Crypto Anarchy,' Is Dead at 66
The Cypherpunk co-founder was a major influence on both bitcoin and WikiLeaks.
A Crackdown on Cash and Bitcoin? Curbing Crime vs. Empowering the Surveillance State
Economists Kenneth Rogoff and Lawrence H. White face off over what the impact would be of a ban on cryptocurrency and phaseout of the $100 bill.
SEC Goes After Cryptocurrency 'Influencers,' Starting With DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather: Reason Roundup
Plus: the First Amendment problems with prosecuting Wikileaks and the trans troops ban is dealt another blow.
Debate: Should the Government Get Rid of Cash and Restrict Cryptocurrenices?
The next Reason/Soho Forum debate takes place in New York on December 3 and features Harvard's Ken Rogoff and GMU's Larry White.
Ready to Get Off Facebook? Reason Reviews 5 Alternative Social Networks.
Facebook, Twitter, and other mainstream social networks have their issues. Are these 5 platforms viable alternatives?
Blockchain Is Changing Lives in Africa
Startups from Cape Town to Nairobi think the budding technology is the future of the continent.
Hey, Paul Krugman: Here's What Bitcoin Is Good for
To assume that governments do better at keeping currencies stable ignores parts of the world.
Fed Chair: Cryptocurrency Investors Are 'Unsophisticated'
Chairman Jerome Powell says they are putting their money in risky, unbacked investments built on reckless speculation.
What Happens If Cryptocurrency Technologies Are Regulated as Securities?
The SEC is getting serious about initial coin offering (ICO) oversight.
3 Steps to Buy and Store Bitcoins Anonymously
A handful of best practices can go a long way toward shielding your transactions from government spies and other malevolents.
Australia Attempts to Fight Tobacco Black Markets by Banning Large Cash Transactions
This will hurt innocent people. It may harm legal businesses. And it won't actually work.
Backpage Plea to Texas Sex Trafficking Charge Turns On CEO's Admission to Brokering Adult Prostitution
Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer turned over the company and seven other executives in exchange for leniency.
Florida Government Employee Arrested for Mining Cryptocurrencies at Work
Florida man accused of ripping off government agency that rips off taxpayers.
Balaji Srinivasan: Technology Will Lead to a Borderless World
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur says cryptocurrencies, virtual reality, and mobile devices are helping individuals escape failed institutions.
Maybe the Government Won't Screw Up Bitcoin After All
Regulators seem to recognize the need for restraint.
Governments Hate Bitcoin and Cash for the Same Reason: They Protect People's Privacy.
Officials want to track every financial transaction you make, and they see cryptocurrencies and cash alike as barriers to achieving that goal.
What's Hot in Porn Tech: Blockchain, Cam Girls, and Snapchat
New technologies are helping the adult industry adjust to government regulations and give more power to performers.
If You Bought Drugs on the Silk Road Using Bitcoin, the Feds Might Know Who You Are
If buying drugs online feels easy, you're probably doing it wrong.
Free Banking for Bitcoin? How the Lightning Network Could Help
How do we scale the system for broad use?
Is Bitcoin the Death of Fiat Currency?: Podcast
Q&A with Michael Goldstein and Pierre Rochard of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.
Venezuelan Bitcoin Miners Must Register With the Government
Will a new regulatory framework help stop extortion and police abuse, or will it set the stage for a brutal crackdown?
Bitcoin Confuses Alan Greenspan
Mainstream economists were trained to believe that currencies need to be managed by central banks. So this new form of money is...hard to grasp.
Bitcoin Sends Elite Economists Into Glorious Fits of Confusion
Joseph Stiglitz is the George Costanza of economists: Every instinct he has, do the opposite.
In Search of the Elusive Bitcoin Billionaire
Bitcoin is booming. Libertarians were there first. So where are all the cryptocurrency tycoons?
Bitcoin and the Blockchain Will Stomp Out Wall Street Fraud
Q&A with Caitlin Long, a former Morgan Stanley managing director, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and recent convert to Austrian economics.
Bitcoin Is Free Speech: Why Jamie Dimon Was Wrong and Governments Can Never 'Close It Down'
Cryptocurrency is just code, and code is just speech, which is why in the U.S., at least, it's protected.
How Should Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Be Taxed?
Proposed legislation would be a boon to users dealing with very complex regulations.
Five Lessons from the Hansa and AlphaBay Busts
Dark net market users can learn from the most successful cyber crime operation in the history of the internet.
Phoenix Neurologist is Charged With Selling Bitcoin Without a License
Federal application of banking law to bitcoin nets another victim.
Silicon Valley Startup Lets Users Move Money Without Government Interference By Turning Their Phones Into Stand-Alone Banks [Reason Podcast]
Q&A with Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt on bitcoin as "regulatory arbitrage."
American Kingpin Treats Ross Ulbricht's Life and Trial Like a Soap Opera
Author Nick Bilton misses the point on the dark net.
Guns, Privacy, and Freedom Benefit From New Tech Tools
A wave of new technologies is making it easier for us all to flip the bird to regulators and prohibitionists.
Venezuelan Police Arrest Eight Bitcoin Miners in Two Weeks, and the Country's Leading Bitcoin Exchange Suspends Operations
Authorities uncover a warehouse with 11,000 mining computers drawing enough electricity "to power a whole town."
Four Bitcoin Miners Arrested in Venezuela
Three men and one woman were charged with "electricity theft" and "internet fraud."
