Rhian Lewis

The Cryptocurrency Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

Finance in the Age of Bitcoin, Blockchains and Tokens

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789665697
• Artikelnr.: 60213625

Autorenporträt

Rhian Lewis is a consultant software engineer and former digital journalist at The Times who is a regular international conference speaker and panellist on all things blockchain and cryptocurrency. She launched the altcoin portfolio tracker countmycrypto.com, co-founded the London Women in Bitcoin meetup group in 2014 and has acted as an advisor and strategist on various blockchain projects for the last seven years. She blogs on cryptocurrency and is the author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution (Kogan Page). She is based near Plymouth, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter
00: Introduction; Chapter
01: What is money?; Chapter
02: The first 10 years of Bitcoin; Chapter
03: Litecoin, Ethereum and a tidal wave of altcoins; Chapter
04: Libra: how Big Tech moved in on digital currencies; Chapter
05: Tokenomics and governance; Chapter
06: Driving change with token economies: case studies; Chapter
07: Public blockchains versus permissioned blockchains; Chapter
08: ICO mania; Chapter
09: Banking and financial services; Chapter
10: A revolution in financial products; Chapter
11: Regulation; Chapter
12: State
issued digital currencies; Chapter
13: Future digital currency trends