• Cryptocurrencies, blockchain and bitcoin – how technology is reshaping finance

Crypto-currencies: Hype or (r)evolution?

The most well-known adopters of blockchain technology to date are crypto-currencies such as bitcoin. The surge in price and headlines about these new digital currencies is driving debate about how crypto-currencies could impact corporates and payment transactions.

“Cryptocurrencies are all the rage at the moment and are as much about blockchain as anything else but there could be an increasing desire for alternative medians of exchange in the years to come if we are correct.”

Jim Reid, economist at Deutsche Bank

• Bitcoin: number of Google searches and price levels develop in parallel

  Last year the number of Google bitcoin search requests developed in parallel to the price increases in the cryptocurrency. According to a study published in July last year, the correlation had previously been 91 percent. A further study dating from 2015 even concludes that trade in bitcoin can be partly predicted on the basis of search requests.

  Last year the number of Google bitcoin search requests developed in parallel to the price increases in the cryptocurrency. According to a study published in July last year, the correlation had previously been 91 percent. A further study dating from 2015 even concludes that trade in bitcoin can be partly predicted on the basis of search requests.

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