A History of Digital Currency in the United States

New Technology in an Unregulated Market

Business & Finance, Economics, Macroeconomics, Economic History
Cover of the book A History of Digital Currency in the United States by P. Carl Mullan, Palgrave Macmillan US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: P. Carl Mullan ISBN: 9781137568700
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: November 23, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: P. Carl Mullan
ISBN: 9781137568700
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: November 23, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an entire industry of companies, agents, and participants turned a blind eye to crimes being committed in this unsupervised environment. He then tracks the subsequent changes made to US regulations that now prevent such unlicensed activity, illustrating the importance of supervising products and industries that arise from new disruptive technology. This book distills hundreds of hours of interviews with the creators and operators of early digital currency businesses to create detailed case studies of their practices.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an entire industry of companies, agents, and participants turned a blind eye to crimes being committed in this unsupervised environment. He then tracks the subsequent changes made to US regulations that now prevent such unlicensed activity, illustrating the importance of supervising products and industries that arise from new disruptive technology. This book distills hundreds of hours of interviews with the creators and operators of early digital currency businesses to create detailed case studies of their practices.

More books from Palgrave Macmillan US

Cover of the book Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Imagining Human Rights in Twenty-First Century Theater by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book The Politics of Parent Choice in Public Education by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Canada/US and Other Unfriendly Relations by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Bodies Without Borders by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book The Rise of Korean Leadership by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Alfred Weber and the Crisis of Culture, 1890-1933 by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Advertising in the Age of Persuasion by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book HIV/AIDS in China and India by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences by P. Carl Mullan
Cover of the book Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens by P. Carl Mullan
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy