Business of Blockchain 2019 Recommended Reads13 Stories

Must-read articles related to our Business of Blockchain event, where technologists and thought-leaders from the cryptocurrency world are discussing how blockchains can make a difference in everything from finance to medicine to human rights.

  1. In 2019, blockchains will start to become boring

    After the Great Crypto Bull Run of 2017 and the monumental crash of 2018, blockchain technology won’t make as much noise in 2019. But it will become more useful.
    January 2, 2019

  2. Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

    More and more security holes are appearing in cryptocurrency and smart contract platforms, and some are fundamental to the way they were built.
    February 19, 2019
    An open block revealing digital coins within

  3. In blockchain we trust

    To understand why blockchain matters, look past the wild speculation at what is being built underneath, argue the authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency and its newly published follow-up, The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything.
    April 9, 2018

  4. Why Bitcoin Could Be Much More Than a Currency

    Bitcoin doesn’t have to replace government-backed money to improve the way we do business online.
    May 8, 2015

  5. Ethereum thinks it can change the world. It’s running out of time to prove it.

    The blockchain system has daunting technical problems to fix. But first, its disciples need to figure out how to govern themselves.
    December 13, 2018

  6. Venture capitalists are still throwing hundreds of millions at blockchains

    A look at the data shows that despite the crypto market’s long downturn, VCs are still betting big.
    April 2, 2019

  7. Wall Street’s embrace could break Bitcoin

    Going mainstream could be disastrous for the currency, if traders treat it like a conventional asset.
    September 7, 2018

  8. How to get blockchains to talk to each other

    If blockchains are really going to give us the internet of money, they’ll need to work together.
    May 24, 2018

  9. A Mind-Bending Cryptographic Trick Promises to Take Blockchains Mainstream

    Cryptographers have researched zero-knowledge proofs for two decades, but the technique is only just now poised to redefine the concept of online privacy.
    November 9, 2017

  10. Stablecoins will help cryptocurrencies achieve world domination—if they actually work

    Price-stable coins could spur the adoption of crypto payment applications, but the technology is largely unproven.
    September 27, 2018

  11. Governments Are Testing Their Own Cryptocurrencies

    Bitcoin-like money may emerge in countries where cash is in decline or financial networks need updating.
    September 25, 2017

  12. Can China Contain Bitcoin?

    It is trying. But the cryptocurrency is bigger than any country, even the one where it has been most popular.
    December 11, 2017

  13. Forget sketchy ICOs: a new kind of crypto-fundraising aims to go legit

    Blockchain-based “digital securities” promise to make it possible for anyone invest in new companies and technologies.
    March 26, 2019