Bitcoin
Your Money with Mary Holm
Money expert Mary Holm discusses the recent developments in bitcoin. Audio
'Everyone's a bit spooked': Inflation woes hit crypto, share markets
The crypto market nose-dived overnight, with investors panicking over high US inflation, which led to a bank-style run on a major crypto lending platform.
The anarchic current flowing through the cryptosphere
The further she ventured into crypto for her recent article, the more Sarah Resnick realised that not all cryptocurrency investors fit the cliches. But that didn't detract from the common, almost… Audio
Technology: Pacific nations weigh up Bitcoin embrace + what's plaguing Meta?
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at how Pacific nations like Palau and Tonga are considering whether to follow El Salvador's lead and embrace Bitcoin as legal tender to… Audio
The IT worker who threw away £340million of Bitcoin
Welsh IT worker James Howells has spent the last eight years asking the Newport City Council for permission to search its landfill after claiming he unintentionally dumped 7,500 units of the… Audio
Kiwi cryptocurrency thriller keeps readers guessing
In her former life, Martinborough-based author Rosy Fenwicke was a doctor who wrote books on the side. She's been a fulltime writer for a year now and won't be going back anytime soon. Her latest… Audio
The money craze that rises and collapses on a tweet
How on earth do you explain cryptocurrency? Not even those with their head in the game really understand it all. Audio
Are cryptocurrencies like bitcoin here to stay?
How long with cryptocurrencies remain a part of the financial landscape? Elon Musk says while cryptocurrency is "promising", people should proceed with caution. Sunday Morning tech correspondent Helen… Audio
Is it time to make the switch to private browsers?
The consumer technology writer from the New York Times is urging readers to ditch Chrome, Safari and Microsoft Edge in favour of using private browsers like Brave. Sunday Morning tech correspondent… Audio
What are NFTs and why are they selling for millions?
A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie's for an incredible $69m - with the winning bidder receiving a unique digital token known as an NFT. If you're still trying to figure out what NFTs… Audio
Evening business for 11 February 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6231060357001 Video, Audio
The Chain Gang - crypto's post-bubble potential
Peter Griffin looks past the rollercoaster ride that is cryptocurrency to find out its true potential. Audio
The One Coin scam and the missing cryptoqueen
The crypto-currency One Coin promised to be the next BitCoin. Even Kiwis got on board with the hype. The problem is, it never really existed and now its founder has disappeared. Audio
The future of currency: Do we still need banks?
Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at what Facebook's proposing with its Libra payment system and how it varies from Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. Audio
How to 'lose' Bitcoin worth $276m
Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at how the unregulated nature of cryptocurrency hit home recently with the case of a young company founder who died - taking knowledge of the password for… Audio
Bitcoin slump triggers crypto assets selling
Bitcoin fell to a more than one-year low today, breaching a key support level of $6000 and causing a wave of selling in the digital currency and other crypto assets in what has been a prolonged market…
Cyrpto currency scams
A Rangiora man has lost $320k in a bitcoin scam after buying the crypto currency through a website. The Panelists contemplate the old-fashioned, boring ways of slowly but surely laying your nest egg.
…US-Israeli teen convicted over global bomb threat hoax
A court in Tel Aviv has convicted an American-Israeli teenager of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools, community centres and other institutions in the US, Britain Australia and… Audio
Bitcoin fuels new addicts
Doctors are warning they are seeing people addicted to bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency becomes more popular. The issue is being compared to high-stakes gambling that can totally consume those who… Audio
Tomicah Tillemann: breaking down the blockchain
Dr Tomicah Tilleman knows blockchains. He is the Chair of the Global Blockchain Business Council, a co-founder of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator in the US, and a member of the Advisory Board of the… Audio