Cryptocurrencies : Money, Trust and Regulation /
The advent of new digital currencies has challenged our notions about money, its function and purpose, and our faith in the financial and banking structures that underpin its legitimacy. Oonagh McDonald examines the challenges, opportunities and threats that cryptocurrencies pose to existing fiat cu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Agenda Publishing,
2021.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acronyms
- 1. Introduction: Bitcoin beginnings
- 2. New cryptocurrencies and new developments
- 3. Stablecoins: the search for stability
- 4. Initial coin offerings: the "Wild West"
- 5. The regulatory response to ICOs
- 6. Global stablecoins: Libra
- 7. Reactions to stablecoins
- 8. Central banks and central bank digital currencies
- 9. The decline of cash
- 10. Credit and trust
- Appendix: smart contracts
- Notes
- Index