Bank of central banks highlights huge electricity and processing requirements

Academic predicts that what should be taught and by whom could start a turf war

Specialist funds target digital coin despite mixed messages from regulators

Institution criticises practice of paying traders to exchange coins

William Hinman raises hopes that certain digital assets could be exempt from supervision

Wealth in nascent cryptocurrency concentrated in mystery group of 1,600 investors

Entrepreneur Jonathan Bixby seeks to ‘democratise’ crypto-mining process

Long-term holders cashed out to short-term speculators, data show

The tech chief changed tack — but ran into trouble with regulators and investors

Blockchain technology hosts virtual art collections that cannot be replicated

Bitcoin, Ethereum, mining — distributed ledger technology decoded

More than 100 banks have signed up with the blockchain-based challenger but the incumbent is fighting back