Forget ICOs. The Initial Exchange Offering is here to take your money and do whatever the hell they want with it. Back in 2015, a 21-year-old named Vitalik Buterin needed capital to bootstrap his new blockchain network, Ethereum. So, Buterin set up an Initial Coin Offering, a system whereby people

Institutional money has finally arrived! Or has it? Does it even matter? If there was one meme that kept us all warm during the crypto winter of 2018, it was the prospect that a flood of institutional money would enter the space any day now, arriving like a fleet of

Bitcoin promised to do to money what email did to communication. Is it any closer to achieving the dream? I still remember the strange thrill I felt when I first read about bitcoin back in 2011. (And before you ask, no, I’m not obscenely rich; 26-year-old me decided that

Would you trust Mark Zuckerberg with your money? Soon you may not have a choice. Well, it’s happened. Facebook, the world’s sixth most valuable company, with a customer base of around 2.7 billion people, has announced that it will soon be releasing its very own cryptocurrency: Libra.

Decentralisation is truly the greatest trend that has affected all of us since the turn of the 21st century. The biggest industries in the world have been transformed by decentralisation, creating far greater outcomes for users in consumer technology, media and now, finance. Cryptocurrency is making waves in the advocation

One of the biggest strengths of cryptocurrencies is the ability to provide alternative financial systems. As legacy systems continue to cater to yesterday’s world, friction in commerce and financial exclusion have become a trend globally. The advancements in cryptocurrency are beginning to bridge the gap for cross-border transactions and

This is a guest blog post by Chris Brycki, Founder and CEO of Stockspot, an Australian online investment adviser and fund manager. Previous to this, Chris was a Portfolio Manager at UBS and BlueLake Partners. Here’s his take on trading bitcoin. As big believers in the opportunity for technology

In March, the UK government formally announced plans to welcome and regulate digital currency activity in the UK. The promise of research funding, police training, and pragmatic regulation are welcome first steps, but to what end? The focus in this area tends to fall on questions of innovation, competition, crime,

I’ve bought a lot of stuff with bitcoin. Coffee, groceries, clothes… all very necessary but also quite ordinary. Last week, I signed up for a membership at Hubud, a co-working space in Bali and I paid for it with bitcoin. It was honestly the best bitcoin purchase I’ve

Basic financial services are more expensive and exclusive than they need to be. If we can strip digital finance down into a lightweight, near-free service, we can offer it to everybody, including those currently excluded from the sector. Approximately half of the adult world does not have a bank account.

Our resident marketing lead Sam breaks down our #bitcoinisbetter campaign. At CoinJar we like to have fun. So when we discovered Distroprint, a poster distribution group that accepts bitcoin, we thought it would be a good opportunity to get the bitcoin conversation going in everyday life. After some brainstorming, we

On Saturday we partnered with Grumpy’s Green and Touch Records to launch The Broken Needle’s Vinyl, “Holy Coast”, for bitcoin. It was a massive night for all involved, and we got to have some fun, set up wallets and pay for our drinks with bitcoin. CoinJar helped the

The Bitcoin protocol is amazing. Not just because you can move millions of dollars for 10c, but because its very open source nature means smart folk all over the world can come up with new ways to use it and make it work. A new project being worked on is