Age Of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order - Softcover

Vigna, Paul

 
9781250081551: Age Of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order

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<p>Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? <br><br>In <i>The Age of Cryptocurrency</i>, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of "unbanked" individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. <br><br>But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change—for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril.<br><br>Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency—its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; <i>The Age of Cryptocurrency</i> will teach you how to be ready.</p>

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<p>MICHAEL J. CASEY writes for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, covering global finance in his "Horizons" column. He is a frequent contributor to the <i>Journal's</i> MoneyBeat blog and co-authors the daily "BitBeat" with Paul Vigna. He is the host of the book-themed video series "WSJ Afterword" and a frequent guest on and host of "The News Hub" and "MoneyBeat." His podcast on world economic affairs is forthcoming. Casey has written for such publications as <i>Foreign Policy, The Washington Post</i>, and <i>The Financial Times</i>. He is the author of two books: <i>Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image </i>(Vintage, 2009), one of Michiko Kakutani's "best books of 2009," and <i>The Unfair Trade: How Our Broken Financial System Destroys the Middle Class</i> (Crown, 2012). <br><br>PAUL VIGNA is a markets reporter for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, covering equities and the economy. He is a columnist and anchor for MoneyBeat. Previously a writer and editor of the MarketTalk column in DowJones Newswires, he has been a guest on the Fox Business Network, CNN, the BBC, and the John Batchelor radio show. He has been interviewed by <i>Bitcoin</i> magazine and appeared on the Bitcoins & Gravy podcast, and boasts a collective 20 years of journalism experience.</p>

MICHAEL J. CASEY writes for The Wall Street Journal, covering global finance in his "Horizons" column. He is a frequent contributor to the Journal's MoneyBeat blog and co-authors the daily "BitBeat" with Paul Vigna. He is the host of the book-themed video series "WSJ Afterword" and a frequent guest on and host of "The News Hub" and "MoneyBeat." His podcast on world economic affairs is forthcoming. Casey has written for such publications as Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, and The Financial Times. He is the author of two books: Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image (Vintage, 2009), one of Michiko Kakutani's "best books of 2009," and The Unfair Trade: How Our Broken Financial System Destroys the Middle Class (Crown, 2012).

PAUL VIGNA is a markets reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering equities and the economy. He is a columnist and anchor for MoneyBeat. Previously a writer and editor of the MarketTalk column in DowJones Newswires, he has been a guest on the Fox Business Network, CNN, the BBC, and the John Batchelor radio show. He has been interviewed by Bitcoin magazine and appeared on the Bitcoins & Gravy podcast, and boasts a collective 20 years of journalism experience.

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ISBN 10:  1250065631 ISBN 13:  9781250065636
Verlag: ST MARTINS PR, 2015
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