by clubswan | Jan 12, 2022 | Club Swan News, Digital Currencies, Traditional Currency
The launch of Bitcoin in January 2009 was a very low-key event. Hardly anyone, least of all a central bank, took notice. Nevertheless, this event seemingly marked the beginning of the end for a financial system that has been around for over 500 years. When central...
by clubswan | Dec 7, 2021 | Club Swan News, Digital Currencies, Traditional Currency
There was a time in history when you could walk into a bank, hand over US dollars, Sterling Pounds, or Yens—depending on which country you lived in— and the teller would give you an equivalent amount of gold with hardly any questions asked. In that era, paper currency...
by clubswan | Sep 10, 2021 | Digital Currencies, Traditional Currency
Ten years have passed since Bitcoin made it onto the radar of investors, tech geeks, and nervous regulators. While it fights its way into the money mainstream, thousands of other alternative currencies have joined the march. There are now over 5,500 cryptocurrencies...
by clubswan | Sep 10, 2021 | Traditional Currency
Have you ever wondered why so many countries use the dollar as their currency name? Contrary to common belief, America was not the first country to adopt the dollar moniker, in fact, the currency name originated in small town called Sankt Joachimsthal in Bohemia (Now...
by clubswan | Feb 4, 2021 | Digital Currencies, Traditional Currency
It’s almost clichéd to state that we live in disruptive times; disruption has in fact become the moniker of the 21st century. In a short 20 years we have watched, and largely benefited from entire industries being upended by technology. The last decade in particular...
by clubswan | Dec 8, 2020 | Digital Currencies, Traditional Currency
Nothing beats the surprise of finding forgotten cash in a coat you haven’t worn for a while. Whether it’s ten or fifty dollars, you somehow feel a little richer. Finding forgotten banknotes in your pockets may however be lost forever, as we inch towards a cashless...
