Lawrence White begins with obstacles to
alternative means of exchange.
Not exact matches
Bitcoin got an unexpected endorsement this week - federal authorities signaled they view the digital currency as a legal
means of exchange and legitimate payment
alternative.
This is a «prepackaged» bankruptcy filing where the company has reached an agreement with its creditors — which include PE firms Elliott Management, Monarch
Alternative Capital LP, and Apollo Global Management — to restructure its debt,
meaning that ownership will be transferred to creditors in
exchange for some
of the debt.
A crypto currency is an
alternative currency that is designed to serve as a
means of exchange between people and businesses that are willing to accept them.
With bitcoin drifting back toward its all - time high and interest in virtual currency growing — both as a store
of value and as a
means of speculation — traders have little
alternative but to use current centralized
exchanges that have always proven a point
of weakness in the bitcoin ecosystem.