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New industry collaboration to study cryptocurrencies and other digital assets

01 Mar 2022

Multi-year Cambridge Digital Assets Programme launched with 16 institutional research collaborators to create open-access datasets and tools to...

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Ultra-secure form of virtual money proposed

08 May 2019

A new type of money that allows users to make decisions based on information arriving at different locations and times, and that could also protect...

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Study highlights growing significance of cryptocurrencies

04 May 2017

More than 3 million people (three times previous estimates) are estimated to be actively using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, finds the first global...

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Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’?

17 Oct 2016

Many of the world’s poorest poor don’t have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital...

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