Bitcoin: Is It Worth Investing in the Flagship Cryptocurrency?
If there is one investment trend that has left its mark on 2017, it is definitely the wild ride of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies....
Why Cryptocurrencies are not Currencies (yet)
By Mike Seiferling
Over the past few years, the terms ‘block-chain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’ have gained enthusiastic international front-page news and YouTube attention, largely due to...
Crypto Craze Creates Tax Problems, Especially for Americans
By Robert W. Wood
Although some countries do not tax crypto gains, IRS has been clear that crypto is a property for tax purposes. Americans...
The Future of Bitcoin Governance and Trading
By John Christopher Norwood
Bitcoin exploded into headlines and investment portfolios in 2017, and rightly so. Business Insider reports that the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency...
Cryptocurrency: Advancing Kazakhstan’s Economy and Investment?
By Samantha Brletich
Aimed at developing markets, cryptocurrency, and attracting investment, Kazakhstan created the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC). Such move, however, is not a...
Bitcoin, Cryptos and Financial Asset Bubbles
By Jack Rasmus
At less than $1000 per coin in January, Bitcoin prices surged past $11,000 this past November. It then corrected back to $9,000,...
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The World Bank and Neoliberalism: Continuity and Discontinuity in the Making of an Agenda
By Howard Stein
Since the latter part of the 1990s the World Bank has increasingly claimed its main focus is on poverty reduction and development. Among other things, the Bank introduced poverty focused loans, a...
