“It is an exciting time to be working on the origins of money,” Dr. Fauvelle wrote in a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. New forms of digital ...

In recent years, a new form of money has emerged, challenging conventional notions of forex and revolutionizing the way we think about funding. Cryptocurrency, constructed on blockchain technology ...

Regulation and careful supervision are key to anchoring trust in new digital forms of money. However, questions still abound. Payment providers may well be required to fully back coin issuance with ...

Have some gold or silver lying around? You're in luck: some NH legislators want to make the precious metals legal tender.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), currently in various stages of development around the world, are being created as a new form of money that, depending on how they are structured ...

Discover the long history of money, from goldsmiths to Bitcoin, and how digital currencies are challenging traditional monetary systems.

Your bank might not offer them as investments. In recent years, the government has treated this new form of money, which can be transferred instantly with little oversight, as a risky asset.

Investopedia / Joules Garcia Digital money is any means of payment that exists in a purely electronic form. Digital money is not physically tangible, like a dollar bill or a coin. It is accounted ...