The Cryptocurrency Revolution

Business, Finance, Risk, Information Management

Edition: 1 Date: 03/10/2020 Price: £19.99 ISBN Paperback: 9781789665680 ISBN Ebook: 9781789665697 Pages: 280 Format (mm): 230x158 Product Category: Professional/General Subject: Accounting & Finance

Author Information

Rhian Lewis is a software engineer and former digital journalist at thetimes.co.uk. She co-founded the London Women in Bitcoin meetup in 2014 and co-developed the altcoin portfolio tracker countmycrypto.com. She is an international conference speaker and blogger on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. « Pulls together the most important takeaways from the growth of cryptocurrencies and blockchains, looking at their potential impact on traditional business and finance « Explains the key value proposition of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and how the landscape has evolved « Explores how blockchains can enable new financial products and efficiencies for incumbent banks and financial institutions « Examines the implications of Big Tech companies such as Facebook entering the digital currency market « Compares the attitudes of governments and regulators around the world to genuinely borderless technologies

Description

The world of cryptocurrencies and blockchains was initially viewed as a niche space of little interest to mainstream business and finance sectors. With major banks now licensed to provide cryptocurrency custody solutions, and everyone from Facebook to governments using the underlying technology to create their own digital currencies, this has undoubtedly changed.

The Cryptocurrency Revolution explains the most important takeaways from the continued growth of digital currencies and blockchain technology and explores the transformative possibilities of borderless payments, decentralized finance (‘DeFi’) and machine-to-machine transactions.

Written in jargon-free and accessible language, this book examines the key value proposition of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and how decentralized technologies could enable banks and financial institutions to become more efficient. It looks at the potential impact of company-backed virtual currencies (such as Facebook’s Libra) and how governments and regulators around the world are reacting to these innovations. With discussion of the principles of tokenomics and the difference between public and private blockchains, The Cryptocurrency Revolution is the essential guide for those wishing to understand the threats and opportunities of the changing world of payments and finance.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 What is money? 2 The first 10 years of Bitcoin 3 Litecoin, Ethereum and a tidal wave of altcoins 4 Libra: how Big Tech moved in on digital currencies 5 Tokenomics and governance 6 Driving change with token economies: case studies 7 Public blockchains versus permissioned blockchains 8 ICO mania 9 Banking and financial services 10 A revolution in financial products 11 Regulation 12 State-issued digital currencies 13 Future digital currency trends