Currency

The secretive industry is notoriously hard to track, but an economics-based model could help researchers and policymakers estimate just how much electricity the cryptocurrency requires.

• By Kate Wheeling

Many people think $2 bills are more valuable than their labels advertise. Are they?

• By Rick Paulas

Researchers report that reminders of money make people feel physically cooler.

• By Tom Jacobs

Public transportation passes are one of the most common forms of non-bank money that we interact with on a daily basis, but it’s easy—perhaps too easy—not to think of them as such, until something goes wrong.

• By Kyle Chayka

Changing monetary policy in China reminds us that all national currencies are little more than constructions, open to manipulation and wild fluctuation.

• By Kyle Chayka

The recent notice is a surreal step that brings what was once an anarchist’s dream come true closer to being a tool of the state.

• By Kyle Chayka

From Literature and Physical Culture to Banknote 2014, academic gatherings you should be aware of.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

And how Bitcoin is learning from the mistakes of those that came before it so it can avoid the same fate.

• By Kyle Chayka

After watching it survive Chinese legislation that attempted to ban the use of virtual currencies, we’re much closer to positive that Bitcoin is here to stay for good.

• By Kyle Chayka

The primary goal of money is to connect disparate individuals and groups, giving them a universal medium of exchange in the form of an object or symbol that all parties value.

• By Kyle Chayka

Fear not, virtual currency enthusiasts: Recent legal activity surrounding Bitcoin will only help to better integrate it into our financial system and make it more accessible.

• By Kyle Chayka

Activism. Education. Publishing. Now it's time for the Internet to revolutionize our outdated banking system. Meet some of the cryptocurrencies vying for a spot in your digital wallet.

• By Kyle Chayka

A cafe in Australia let's you buy a coffee with a kiss. Maybe they're on to something.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon