{"id":122451,"date":"2021-05-09T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/could-digital-currencies-put-banks-out-of-business-the-economist"},"modified":"2021-05-09T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:23:03","slug":"could-digital-currencies-put-banks-out-of-business-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/could-digital-currencies-put-banks-out-of-business-the-economist","title":{"rendered":"Could digital currencies put banks out of business? | The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpb-qJv6dBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been billed as a major disruptor to finance. But digital currencies issued by governments might be even more radical\u2014they may even threaten the future of traditional banking.<\/p>\n<p>Read our special report, \u201cThe Future of Banking\u201d : <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3tuTT8y\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3tuTT8y<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3a6aZmv\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3a6aZmv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more of our coverage on Finance &amp; Economics: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3b0g3cs\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3b0g3cs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Economist\u2019s podcast \u201cMoney Talks: the age of free money\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3eUduK3\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3eUduK3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is digital yuan set to transform both Chinese and international banking? <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3eYqcYb.\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3eYqcYb.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/could-digital-currencies-put-banks-out-of-business-the-economist\">Continue reading \u201cCould digital currencies put banks out of business? | The Economist\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been billed as a major disruptor to finance. But digital currencies issued by governments might be even more radical\u2014they may even threaten the future of traditional banking. Read our special report, \u201cThe Future of Banking\u201d : https:\/\/econ.st\/3tuTT8y. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date: https:\/\/econ.st\/3a6aZmv. Read more of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1318,43,1761,39,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-business","category-cryptocurrencies","category-economics","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}