Examining the hypothetical potential of Bitcoin as a tool of geoeconomic conflict, and the nascent examples that are already emerging.

For states, Bitcoin is a double-edged sword representing the simultaneous potential for advance or retreat in the field of national power.

The race is on to bring cash into the modern era via digital currency instruments, and finance may never be the same.

Mexican cartels are taking a page from Silicon Valley in their efforts to disrupt conventional law enforcement techniques using emerging tech like ransomware and cryptocurrencies.

The Russian government continues to walk a fine line between acceptance and rejection of cryptocurrencies.

Beijing is warming to the use of cryptocurrencies – but only on its own terms.

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency won’t necessarily succeed in overhauling the global status quo. But odds are that something like it will.

Does the rise of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency portend the demise of the nation-state’s currency monopoly?