The New Gold Rush
Start-up firms are raising cash by issuing new cryptocurrencies in "Initial Coin Offerings". But are ICOs an emerging investment bubble? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.
Start-up firms are raising cash by issuing new cryptocurrencies in "Initial Coin Offerings". But are these ICOs an emerging investment bubble? Economics blogger Frances Coppola and Pavlo Tanasyuk, founder of Spacebit, a "cryptocurrency for space exploration", discuss. Plus we find out what鈥檚 happening to the market for freelance online task-based work from Vili Lehdonvirta from the Oxford Internet Institute. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with 大象传媒 tech reporter Chris Foxx, and special guest Alison Van Diggelen, host of the Fresh Dialogues podcast.
(Image: 3D rendering of Ethereum cryptocurrency, Credit: Lightboxx/ Getty Images).
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