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Audio Interviews (Radio or Podcast)

BBC: Outside Source: The current crash in the cryptocurrency markets (13 June 2022)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Tai Asks Why: What is the Future of Money? (27 April 2022)
BBC Business Daily Podcast: Why does Bitcoin consume so much energy? (26 Feb 2021)
Made in Tech: Vibrant cryptocurrency growth has excited many. Can Regulation spoil it? (12 Feb 2021)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), The Digital Human: Oops! (24 Feb 2020)
Texas Public Radio (TPR) The Source: Cash, Credit, Cryptocurrency: How Do You Choose to Pay? (panel member on call-in show, 2 January 2018)
WBEZ Chicago - Worldview: What is Blockchain Technology and Why Should We Care? (30 July 2018)
Scholars’ Circle Radio Show: Cryptocurrency, Insights from Scholars (15 April 2018)
WBEZ Chicago – Worldview: What Is Blockchain Technology and Why Should We Care? (30 July 2018)
National Public Radio (NPR) Marketplace: Why pay a ransom in bitcoin? (15 May 2017)
NPR Marketplace Tech: The rise of cryptocurrencies (22 June 2017)

Media Interview: Written or Quote

BBC News: Is the US trying to kill crypto? (15 June 2023)
CoinDesk: Crypto Goes to College (29 September 2022)
BBC News: Will the US crack down on cryptocurrency? (9 March 2022)
Cointelegraph Magazine: Crypto as a 'public good' in the 22nd Century (22 October 2021)
Cointelegraph Magazine: Is the cryptocurrency epicenter moving away from East Asia? (10 August 2021)
Cointelegraph: Terrorists still raise money through crypto, but the impact is limited (9 April 2021)
BBC Science: How Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble (27 February 2021)
Cointelegraph: Happy Birthday Dear Bitcoin: Crypto's first white paper turns 12 (October 2020)
Nikkei: Digital currency collaborative research, interviews with American experts (22 January 2020)
Breaker Mag: Economists Are Missing a Trick With Crypto (15 April 2019)
The Block: Mad Crypto: Hypothesizing bitcoin in a downcycle (7 August 2019)
The Street: How Fidelity Is Normalizing Bitcoin (10 August 2017)
Experian: What is Bitcoin and should you buy it? (12 September 2017)

Opinion Pieces

CoinDesk: What is a Cryptocurrency? We Need Clearer Definitions (December 31, 2019)

Non-Technical/Media-Focused Summaries of Research

Digital Currencies and Central Banks (2021) Book chapter, no media version.
Private and Hybrid Blockchains and Applications (2021) Book chapter, no media version.
Taxing Blockchain Forks (2020) No media version. Abstract hosted on academic profile.
3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (2020)
2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (2019)
Distributed Ledger Technology Systems: A Conceptual Framework (2018)
Bitcoin Reveals Exchange Rate Manipulation & Detects Capital Controls (2018)
Financial Regulation and Price Inconsistencies across Bitcoin Markets (2017) No media version. Abstract hosted on academic profile.
The Potential Impact of Decentralized Virtual Currency on Monetary Policy (2017)
Blockchain Technology Disrupting Traditional Records Systems (2017)