China Is Rolling Out a Government Digital Currency. We Shouldn't Try to Copy Them.
Western countries aren’t immune to the siren call of surveillance via commerce-tracking.
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Facebook Says Its New Digital Currency Will Be 'Open to Anyone.' That's Not True.
Besides, the regulators are already licking their chops.
Bitcoin at 10
A new book aims to chronicle the digital currency's ideological origins.
Trump Administration Labels China a 'Currency Manipulator' After China Briefly Stops Manipulating Its Currency
Don't worry about China's currency manipulation. It only hurts China's own people, and benefits American consumers and businesses.
The Escalating Trade War Is Bad News for Pretty Much Everyone
Stocks plunge as China cuts off purchases of American agricultural goods, U.S. responds by labeling China a "currency manipulator" because the Chinese government is no longer artificially propping up the yuan.
Hong Kong Protests Show Dangers of a Cashless Society
Many digital payments can be tracked, potentially assisting an authoritarian crackdown.
Data Surveillance Shows Why We Need Cash, Cryptocurrencies
A cashless society is a monitored (and potentially controlled) society.
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.
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.
In Defense of Cash
Around the world, governments are trying to kill paper money. It's a terrible idea.
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.
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.
Indian Prime Minister's Shake Down of Private Wealth
Modi restores a command economy, ends liberalization.
RIP India's Economic Liberalization
PM Modi's demonetization is a scheme to rob private enterprise, just like his socialist predecessors did.
Ramen Noodles Replacing Cigarettes as Prison Currency
The rise of ramen noodles as prison currency can be blamed on cost-cutting that leaves prisoners hungry, says a new study.
In the UK, Like America, Cash is King—of the Growing Shadow Economy
In an age of digital transactions, demand for British banknotes and coins continues to grow to satisfy off-the-books work.
Penn. Town Cites Federal Reg About Pennies as Payment That Expired 50 Years Ago
News outlets repeated the claim while Internet commenters were skeptical.
Heading Into Weekend With No Deal, Greeks Rush to Withdraw Cash
This is what a bank run looks like.
Bitcoin's Long-Term Viability Threatened by Block Size Limits
If unaddressed, an arbitrary protocol quirk implemented by Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could soon undermine the scalability and long-term viability of the cryptocurrency.
Abolish Cash? Hell No, Says German Economist. Notes and Coins Are 'Printed Freedom.'
Evading state control is a feature, not a bug
Control Freaks' Solution to Shadow Economy: Nag People and Abolish Cash
They'll try anything but lowering taxes and reducing regulations
Venezuelans Blocked from Buying Flights Out of Country
International airlines won't take their increasingly worthless currency
Individual Bitcoin Miners Don't Have to Register with US Government
Not that they were going to, anyway
Bank of England To Introduce Plastic Bank Notes in 2016
Around 20 countries already have bank notes made of polymer
Dollar Hits Eight-and-a-Half Year Low Against Basket of Currencies
Reflects fears about state of U.S. economy
Swiss Regulators Probe Accusations of Foreign Currency Manipulation
Banks around the world could be implicated
Rupee at Record Low Against the Dollar
International investors have withdrawn billions of dollars worth of shares and debt from Indian markets since June