Jim Rickards is the editor of Strategic Intelligence and the author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis. He believes gold can go to $10,000 an ounce but he is much more skeptical about bitcoin. Rickards doesn’t trust the bitcoin price action and doesn’t believe the cryptocurrency will [...]
“What problem does it solve?” That’s the heart of Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman’s skepticism around cryptocurrencies — noting that while he may not understand technology, he does understand monetary economics! — shared as part of a “Let’s Settle This” debate (hosted by Versus by KIO Networks in Mexico City) [...]
The financial revolution once promised by cryptocurrencies has been knocked off course by regulators and allegations of fraud. So what does the future hold for crypto? Cypherpunk stills and Eric Hughes interview under creative commons licence: https://econ.st/3Iijagn 00:00 – The crypto party is over 01:06 – The history 03:30 – [...]
In Part Two of his discussion with our Daniela Cambone, economist Harry Dent explains why he is avoiding bitcoin and gold right now— and reveals the one crypto he is tracking. #gold #bitcoin #crypto Check out Part One covering Dent’s 40% market correction forecast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSJYAj8CDvg Get the same kind of [...]
Economist Tyler Cowen confirms there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch our playlist Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency bubble or revolution? ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV6X7mByZNf1O5as0bgYmP2h Cryptocurrency is truly a new idea, and it’s rare for society to encounter fundamentally new ideas. Cryptocurrency is well positioned to [...]
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies set out to upend the financial order and replace conventional money. Bitcoin has certainly disrupted the global financial system, but can it ever live up to the hype? Read our latest report on cryptocurrency: https://econ.st/3wnYfRr Find The Economist’s latest finance and economics coverage: https://econ.st/3pCKsnp Sign up [...]