cryptocurrencies

  Advocates of digital money, such as cryptocurrencies, have been pushing hard to play a pivotal role in how the global economy works. Reaching this goal has been challenging. High-profile failures of cryptocurrency platforms like FTX and Terra Luna (an algorithmic stablecoin that collapsed), coupled with stricter regulations from governments worldwide, have slowed progress. Still, a new sense of optimism is […]

  When Worldcoin, the biometric cryptocurrency project, launched on July 24, 2023, three years after its inception, it was met with criticism and concern in most Western nations. In quite a few emerging economies, however, the predominant sentiment was relief. This is because that is where the 2.3 million people who had already sold their […]